HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

Posted at 11:45h in Wineries by 0 Comments Check out this fascinating video with Gary Vaynerchuk and Kevin Rose of Digg giving the basics of wine tasting and wine tasting. Topics covered including corkscrews, decanting, wine fridges, and other topics. Check it out! … Posted at 21:11h in Wine industry by 2 Comments I have written previously about Israeli Wine Direct and the important work Richard Shaffer and his team are doing to bring small-quantity Israeli wine into the United […]

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Posted at 22:17h in Kosher, Reviews by Avi 4 Comments Wine Spectator is currently holding its 2009 Video Content and 9 finalists have been announced. Among the video finalists is a little known wine critic named Daniel Rogov talking about wine from a little known wine region called ISRAEL. Unfortunately, I can’t embed the video but… Posted at 17:55h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Jerusalem.com has an interview with Dan Vered, owner of the Jerusalem Wine and Art […]

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Posted at 22:46h in Featured, Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments The fourth edition of the book ‘The Wine Route of Israel’ has just been published. The last edition was published as long ago as nearly four years ago, so the content has been updated to reflect what has happened since then. The new edition has the same attractive vine leaf design in green, as before. It may be identified by the small barrel in the top right hand corner […]

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Posted at 14:35h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Earlier this month, Adam Montefiore published a list of top wine resources in his Jerusalem Post column. Looking for last-minute gifts, here are some recommendations: Wines of Israel The Ultimate Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines Wine Route of Israel The Bible of Israeli Wines as well as several websites. Notably, this… Posted at 19:30h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Al-Manar has a translation of an article written […]

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Posted at 10:24h in Reviews, Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments While the Israeli wine revolution was started by what’s today a large winery and continued with the work of other large wineries (Tishbi, etc.), it was pushed by the later growth of smaller wineries like Margalit and Castel. As a result, of course, large wineries… Posted at 21:16h in Wineries by 0 Comments My wife and in-laws went to Tishbi Winery, but, well, I didn’t. So I’ll just have […]

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Posted at 18:10h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Quick heads up that the Wine Advocate tastings on Israeli wines have just been released. The magazine was just mailed yesterday morning, so it should be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes shortly and the article will be on the eRobert Parker site (only accessible to subscribers… Posted at 16:33h in Events, Wine industry by 0 Comments Israeli wine just got a bit of attention in Canada. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along […]

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Posted at 16:56h in Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments I’m not a huge fans of these holiday lists because if you are reading me throughout the year, I’ve already given you plenty of suggestions. It’s not like wine tastes better or worse during the holidays although there may some food pairing that call for… Posted at 12:01h in Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments Winemakers across Israel are harvesting their grapes after enduring the hottest season on record. Not […]

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I’ve written about Israeli wine from Biblical Times until the 1990s. Here’s Israeli wine from the last decade: Now is the time to look back at the 2000’s, as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close. It was a very good decade… Posted at 08:21h in Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Israeli TV has a new piece on Daniel Rogov and Israeli wine. It’s in Hebrew so –  learn Hebrew! I probably don’t have time to […]

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Posted at 18:37h in Kosher by 0 Comments As a follow up to Friday’s post about how Shabbat provides an excellent opportunity for all – Jew, non Jew, religious, non-religious – to experience new wines and explore one’s personal tastes, I mentioned that I was serving the Galil Mountain 2006 Merlot. Just to… Posted at 16:08h in Kosher by 0 Comments For many years kosher and Israeli wine (which were essentially equivalent until the past 1-2 decades, as Israeli wine […]

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Posted at 09:46h in Wine industry by 0 Comments The Jerusalem Post reports that Dalton Winery is trying to “green” their winery and run a more environmentally-friendly operation. Wine already uses less water than traditional exports, like fruit. From the Post: Mar 18, 2009 15:19 Dalton Winery in Upper Galilee goes solar By … Posted at 22:30h in Kosher by 1 Comment It’s almost Passover time and that means WINE! In addition to Shabbat and the end of the holiday, […]

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