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Wine for the Winter

By ⋅ January 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

From the Jerusalem Post,Byline: Ofer Zemach As we roll into winter our heads fill with thoughts of roaring fires and cashmere sweaters. It may be worth remembering that a glass of red wine can be just as comforting and often more accessible.

Wine tourism in Israel

By ⋅ January 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Israel has a tremendous wine route and in late-February I will be going on an extensive tour of several Israeli wineries with some visiting guests. However, I was wondering if anyone knows of tour guides or tour companies specializing in Israeli wine tours. The several I seem to have found appear to be out of [...]

ISRAEL21c covers Parker

By ⋅ January 4, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

ISRAEL21c has finally covered the Parker story, although I wish it was a bit more detailed (they could have asked me – but OK, to be fair, I didn’t propose it. Among many others, I’m sure, I brought this story to their attention a few weeks ago at dinner, the day after the results came [...]

A tour through some of Israel’s best wineries

By ⋅ January 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I just found this video on ISRAEL21c‘s beta site. ISRAEL21c is a great place that tells the story of Israel – it’s technology, arts, humanitarian efforts, and culture … including winemaking. Among other stories, I wrote an article on Domaine du Castel for them. Did you know that Sea Horse Winery’s owner/winemaker was in film? [...]

Happy New Year

By ⋅ January 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Well, New Year’s isn’t a holiday in Israel and I had work today so I didn’t break out the bubbly (although I finished a disgusting bottle of the 2005 Bartenura Pinot Grigio. It’s an Italian wine, don’t worry!)

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