Tu B’Av: The Holiday of Love and Wine 13, Aug 2008 This weekend is the little-known Jewish holiday of Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av. This unique holiday is not one marked by fasting, or extra praying, or lighting candles or other similar rituals. Rather, this day marks love and is celebrated by eating good food and drinking summer wine. Whether Jewish […]
Israel:The New Old World Wine 2, Dec 2007 There is much discussion between “New World” (Australia, South Africa, etc.) and “Old World” (France, etc.) wine and also where Israel fits in. Well, the reality is that Israel is the new old world wine. From IsraelWines.co.il – An exhibition on the subject of wine-making in Ancient Israel has been displayed in the Agur Winery during the […]
A preview of what’s to come 28, Feb 2008 Stay tuned for more photos, a write up and more, of my recent visit to a handful of Israeli wineries. In the meantime, here’s a preview of Dalton’s barrel room. In: Wine industry| Wineries Tags: Dalton, photo, wine barrel
Rogov’s Reviews: Psagot Winery 12, May 2009 Psagot Winery is an interesting new winery located just outside of Jerusalem that is available in the United States. Daniel Rogov recently conducted his annual tasting of their wines and this is what he has to say about it: Located in the northern Jerusalem Mountains, overlooking Wadi Kelt (Nachal Prat), the winery was founded by Na’ama […] In: Reviews Tags: Daniel Rogov, Psagot, Rogov’s Reviews, tasting notes
Israeli sparkling wines for the New Year 2008 (Sparkling wines for Sylvester) 28, Dec 2007 It’s a few days until New Years – or Sylvester as we call it in Israel – and with that comes bubbly. Yup, sparkling wine (or champagne, but champagne really only refers to sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France). Well, Israel isn’t known for being a world-class leader in this category but there are […]
Wine Advocate Scores 24, Dec 2007 Below are the scores for the Wine Advocate article on Israeli wines by Mark Squires. Robert Parker also sat in on the tastings, and tasted himself. IsraelWines.co.il also has the scores, in descending order. You can see the notes of the WA’s scoring system here However, note that tasting notes are very important. I saw excerpts of the […] In: Wine industry Tags: Mark Squires, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate Historic Tasting for Israel 24, […]
Tel Aviv Wine Festival 2, Nov 2009 I’ve previously blogged about the Jerusalem Wine Festival but I haven’t yet had a chance to attend the Tel Aviv Wine Festival which is held at the Tel Aviv Eretz Yisrael Museum, near Tel Aviv University. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera and my cell phone had one indicator left, so I didn’t want to waste […]
Wherever Jews have resided, there has always been home based wineries making wine for the Kiddush sanctification of the Sabbath. For the required blessing, grape beverages are necessary. Apart from a regular wine, either raisin wine or even grape juice is also suitable according to Jewish traditions, being regarded by Jewish law with the same reverence as wine. Jewish agricultural laws, with regard to vineyards in the Land of Israel, go back to the Biblical times. The Kosher wine laws […]
