HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

Posted on November 13, 2008 – Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov, Video, Wine Festivals | Leave a Comment Last week, Daniel Rogov unveiled his annual Guide to Israel Wines at Tel Aviv’s Wine Route. Unfortunately, due to horrible traffic, it took me longer-than-anticipated to reach Tel Aviv and I only arrived after the event was over. Nevertheless, the Israeli food portal Bakbuk was there and covered the event. Most importantly is a video of […] Read More..>> Jerusalem of […]

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Posted on March 1, 2009 – Filed Under Rogov, Video | Leave a Comment Gary Vaynerchuk tastes Israeli and California kosher wines with Daniel Rogov on the latest episode of Wine Library TV.  I was pleased to see Daniel Rogov as a guest on Gary V’s WLTV, tasting kosher and Israeli wines, including: 2007 Yogev Cabernet Sauv & Petit Verdot 2006 Carmel Carignan 2005 Yatir Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Herzog Generation VIII […] Read More..>> Israel: Food and Technology Posted on […]

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Posted on March 24, 2008 Ella Valley is another excellent terroir-driven winery that is making excellent wines in Israel. Ella Valley, founded in 1997 on Kibbutz Netiv Lamed Hay, produced around 150,000 bottles for the 2006 vintage. Run by French-trained winemaker Doron Rav Hon, the grapes all come from nearby vineyards and are harvested at night, to ensure high quality. The area of Ella Valley were harvesting wine for thousands of years. When they did excavations at the kibbutz and […]

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Posted on January 4, 2009 UPDATE: Due to the ongoing security situation in and near the Gaza border, this event was postponed. Golan Heights Winery is about to release its flagship, age-worthy wine the Yarden Katzrin 2004. The Katzrin, a Bordeaux-style blend, is known to have an aging potention of upwards of a decade and is only released in good years. Golan Heights Winery’s Katzrin premium Israeli wine The 2004 vintage will be released tomorrow at the winery on the […]

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Posted on June 11, 2008 – Filed Under Wine Events | 1 Comment On Wednesday and Thursday, June 25th and 26th, Israel’s Wine and Gourmet Magazine will be sponsoring it’s 12th wine fair. It will be taking place at the Eretz Israel Museum, which is near Tel Aviv University’s campus and the Diaspora Museum. New this year, it will be possible to purchase wines and have them delivered. Admission […] Read More..>>

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Posted on June 16, 2008 – Filed Under Video | 2 Comments Is this how to sell wine to the Millenials? Would you buy this wine? Why or why not? addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.israeli-wine.org%2F2008%2F06%2F16%2Fthe-future-of-wine-marketing%2F’; addthis_title = ‘The+future+of+wine+marketing%3F’; addthis_pub = ”; Read More..>>

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Posted on June 25, 2008 – Filed Under Wineries | 1 Comment While Adam Sandler’s character Zohan may eat American hummus (which, I must ask, what was up with that? No self-respecting Israeli would eat American hummus), it appears that Adam Sandler is enjoying some Israeli wine. On a recent trip in California, Sandler and his entourage visited O’Shaughnessy Estate Winery, where Ari Erle is the assistant […] Read More..>>

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Posted on June 23, 2008 – Filed Under Wine Events | 1 Comment School’s out! The tourists have arrived. Israelis are on vacation and visitors from around the world are amassing on Israel for their summer vacation. While you’re here this summer, there are some tremendous events not worth missing on the wine scene: 24 June – Lecture Series: Wine in Ancient Israel The Tel Aviv wine shop Pri HaGafen is […] Read More..>> Posted on June 23, 2008 – […]

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Posted on May 29, 2008 – Filed Under Video, Wine Events | Leave a Comment In case you missed it. Not like the real thing (no tasting on the video!) but more reason to visit Israel next year and drink Israeli wine — or if you are here this summer, check out the Jerusalem wine festival! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.israeli-wine.org%2F2008%2F05%2F29%2Fisrawinexpo-2008-2%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Israwinexpo+2008′; addthis_pub […] Read More..>> Israeli wine on WineSpectator.com Posted on May 24, 2008 – Filed Under Video, Wineries […]

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Posted on June 18, 2008 – Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | Leave a Comment Derekh haYayin (Wine Route) has put the June 30 Wine Spectator article on Israeli wine online. It’s here in PDF. However, if you haven’t already, please buy the magazine. There’s also an article on the Galilee region of Israel in the magazine, which I look forward to reading once I get my copy mailed from America. […] Read More..>>

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