Posted at 10:46h in Wine industry by David Rhodes 0 Comments
Notes & Favorites from Day One of the 2nd Annual Jerusalem Kosher WIne Festival Even though I just started this year to score wines after spending years writing hundreds of essays and articles, I hope to refrain from scoring wines at festivals since there’s so much…
Jerusalem is hosting its 2nd Annual all–Kosher Wine Festival at the International Convention Center (ICC) Binyanei Ha’Uma in Hebrew, January 28th to the 30th 3PM to 11PM, conveniently within a few minutes walking of the Jerusalem Central Bus station and new light rail trains. Its…
I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWine Expo and determined to take full advantage, arrived as early as possible for the opening press conference which included a talk by Adam Montefiore’s on the state of the Israeli…
Posted at 12:27h in Wine industry by David Rhodes 0 Comments
The following article was written by David Rhodes. for Viewpoint Magazine, for the Young Israel movement and National Council of Young Israel Magazine. Download the PDF, Viewpoint-WineMakingIsrael…
Posted at 20:05h in Kosher, Wines by Avi 0 Comments
The Jerusalem Post has published an edited version of my article Wine Recommendations for Rosh Hashana. Read the article in the Jerusalem Post. Below is an excerpt from the article: What’s good in Israel? Israeli wine! Wine recommendations for Rosh Hashanah By Avi Hein, Editor-in-Chief: HaKerem: The Israeli Wine…
Posted at 12:12h in Wineries, Wines by David Rhodes 1 Comment
Wine has evolved over the millennium into an important part of celebrations for billions of people all around the world. Yet, for Jews in and outside of Israel it holds special significance. Every week’s Friday night dinner and Saturday lunch, it’s common to go through…
Posted at 14:08h in Wine 101, Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments
Debra Meiburg interviews Barry Saslove of Saslove Winery …
Posted at 14:05h in Wine 101, Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments
How to enjoy wine from Barry and Roni Saslove (Hebrew) …
Posted at 21:59h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments
This article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission La Revue du Vin, France’s most distinguished wine magazine, has selected four Israeli wines in the list of ‘the 100 Best Wines in the Mediterranean, between Spain & Israel’. The four wineries represented are: Domaine du Castel, situated at…
Posted at 21:29h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments
This article is reprinted with permission from Wines-Israel Arguably the most famous wine family in the world are the Rothschilds. This Jewish family originally were owners just of Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, and Chateau Clarke, all situated in Bordeaux. Since…
(This story first appeared on Wines-Israel and is reprinted with permission) There has been a trend in recent years of boutique wineries becoming kosher. Now two more wineries, have decided to make kosher wines from the 2010 harvest. The first is Flam Winery which was the largest…
Posted at 18:36h in Wine industry by Avi 4 Comments
Israwinexpo is coming back! This biennial professional Israeli wine event first occurred in 2006, then again in 2008, and is now coming back to Tel Aviv. Israwinexpo, along with Sommelier, are the two top wine events in Israel. Open to the public only on February 10-11,…
