HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

Posted at 19:52h in Featured, Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Israeli wine flows onto international shelves The following is from the Reuters wire service. Read the full article at Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters Life!) – Israeli wine has long stirred up associations with the syrupy libations of religious rituals, but modern techniques imported from top winemaking nations are… Posted at 15:38h in Wine 101 by Avi 4 Comments This is a guest post by Adam Montefiore, which was first published […]

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Posted at 15:28h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments The Tishbi family started in wine in Israel as farmers growing grapes for the Carmel collective in 1882. Celebrating its 30th vintage this year, the Tishbi winery makes over a million bottles of wine a year and has a loyal following both in Israel and overseas. But Tishbi isn’t just about wine: The visitor’s center includes a fine dining restaurant with an Austrian Master Chef, Friday barbecues with meat slow-cooked in Ole Hickory wood burning ovens from Missouri, an […]

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Posted at 22:16h in Events, Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Sommelier 2015 has come and gone. Held yesterday and today, wineries from around the world poured hundreds of wines to members of the food and beverage industry, including top wine journalists and critics from Germany, France, India, the Netherlands, and Poland.   One of the benefits of… Posted at 20:52h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Sommelier is Israel’s most professional wine festival. Not intended for hobbiests or people […]

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Posted at 17:00h in Wineries by 0 Comments I promise that this is the last post about Carmel Winery for a little while, but I promised last month some more information and news about Carmel and this post about Carmel’s quality revolution (which definitely does include the opening up of the Yatir Winery)… Posted at 21:12h in Reviews, Wine industry by 0 Comments An article about Israeli wine is in this month’s Decanter, the UK’s finest wine magazine. For copyright […]

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Posted at 21:04h in Events, Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments This article is from Ha’aretz by Lital Levin: Israel awaited the celebration of the 1954 wine harvest festival with high expectations. Such a festival is a new-old one for Jews. As one of its promoters told Haaretz: “In the Bible and our literature in general, a lot… Posted at 17:37h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments (The Following article is from wines-israel and reprinted with permission). Mony Winery is […]

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Posted at 12:01h in Wineries, Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments David Rhodes talking about Beaujolais Nouveau style wines and traditions including Israeli versions including Tishbi Junior, Binyamina Baby, the Golan Heights recently discontinued Gamay Nouveau and Carmel’s original 20 year Nouveau wines from 1983-2003. The following is from David’s radio show on Rusty Mike Radio. Click… Posted at 21:00h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments In the past decade Israel’s wine making has transformed from a hobby into […]

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Posted at 14:29h in Wine 101 by 0 Comments Questions for anyone who happened to stop by this blog: When did you start learning about/appreciating wine? Why do you like wine? How do you learn about wine? Books? Which ones? Courses? Where? Winery tours? What countries/regions?… Posted at 19:51h in Wine 101, Wine industry by 0 Comments One of the topics of this blog will be the young wine drinker, the late Gen X and the Millenial (1975-legal drinking age). […]

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Posted at 12:05h in Wine industry by 5 Comments Ha’aretz’s Family Affair section in the weekend paper profiled Roy Yitzhaki, owner of Tulip Winery, last month. Yitzhaki, 30, started the winery while still in college (in his mid-20s), and also runs a marketing company with Saslove in Tel Aviv. Very interesting to see a… Posted at 12:25h in Reviews, Wine industry by 3 Comments Golan Heights Winery is perhaps the best known large Israeli winery. They started the Israeli wine […]

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Posted at 14:49h in Reviews, Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments Those who follow me on Twitter @hakerem will know that Robert Parker released his annual guide to wine, Parker’s Wine Buyers Guide, 7th Edition, in early October. Parker’s guide is a list of some of the world’s best wines (at least according to Robert Parker… Posted at 14:27h in Events, Reviews, Wine industry by 0 Comments Last week, Daniel Rogov unveiled his annual Guide to Israel Wines at Tel […]

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Posted at 18:00h in Wineries by David Rhodes 0 Comments Give any competent winemaker great vineyards, a well-equipped winery and the backing of well-heeled owner and it’s interesting to see what they can come up with. Israeli born Na’ama Sorkin had minimal practical experience when she was first interviewed by the Dalton Winery’s owner Alex… Posted at 08:18h in Wine industry by Avi 1 Comment The following is also from wines-israel, reprinted with permission Food & wine writer and critic, […]

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