Archive for April, 2008
Carmel Winery – The History of Israeli Wine
30, Apr 2008Tweet Carmel Mizrahi Winery was founded in 1882 and is, 126 years later, Israel’s largest and most famous winery. While not the first winery in Israel, it is the most well known and for many years (and even today) often serves as the face for Israeli wine. This can be good or bad, depending on [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries
- Tags: Carmel, Carmel Winery
Canada: Support quality Israeli wine
29, Apr 2008Tweet Here is an interesting article from the Canadian Jewish Independent on Israeli wine and my favorite part – the business and export side of quality wine. Nice focus on Carmel and Flam, including quotes from the legendary Adam Montefiore of Carmel and also Golan Flam of Flam. Nice to see Israeli wine getting noticed [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Canada, Carmel, Flam, Golan Flam
The story of Israel is the story of wine
28, Apr 2008Tweet Here are some pictures from ancient times (Byzantine era to the Babylonian era) of wine vats (called amphorae, also the name of a great winery in Israel – which is selling under the name Marvah in the United States) that were discovered off Israel’s coast. They were used by ships near the Mediterranean and [...]
- In: Wine 101|Wine industry
- Tags: Amphorae, history, Israeli history
Carmel
25, Apr 2008Tweet Carmel Winery – The Original Face of Israeli Wine
- In: Wineries
- Tags: Carmel, Carmel Winery, photo
Carmel Winery – Zichron Ya’akov
24, Apr 2008Tweet I visited Carmel Winery’s Zichron Ya’akov winery yesterday. I will have more to come later.
- In: Wineries
- Tags: Carmel, Carmel Winery, photos
Rimon in the Seattle Times
24, Apr 2008Tweet I apologize that I had not posted this earlier, but apparently if you sent e-mail to [email protected], I did not receive it. Here is an interesting article on Rimon (which is not from grapes and many critics do not consider it a wine) from the Seattle Times: Sunday, January 20, 2008 – Page updated [...]
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