Rogov on Vitkin
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Wineries | 1 Comment
In Daniel Rogov’s latest column in Ha’aretz, he tastes the interesting wine from Vitkin. This is a taste of Rogov’s thoughts:
Assaf Paz, the winemaker at Vitkin Winery, is doing some pretty strange things. The winery, a family affair producing about 40,000 bottles annually, has refused so far to fit into the standard mold. Instead of [...]
Israwinexpo 2008
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Video, Wine Events | Leave a Comment
In case you missed it. Not like the real thing (no tasting on the video!) but more reason to visit Israel next year and drink Israeli wine — or if you are here this summer, check out the Jerusalem wine festival!
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Wine Spectator discusses Israel
Posted on May 26, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | 1 Comment
The latest (June 30) issue of the Wine Spectator has an article about Israeli wine as well as a travel piece on the Galilee, including food and wine.
I haven’t yet seen the article yet, but the editor and author, Kim Marcus, also scores numerous Israeli wines. Here are the scores (please correct me if there [...]
Israeli wine on WineSpectator.com
Posted on May 24, 2008 - Filed Under Video, Wineries | Leave a Comment
Wine Spectator has a fascinating little video on Israeli wine (with a Dalton Chardonnay and a Clos De Gat red blend) from editor Kim Marcus. I can’t embed it but it’s currently on the Wine Spectator home page but this is what I think is the permalink to it — check it out!
Here is also [...]
Dalton Winery in the Rockville (MD) Gazette
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | Leave a Comment
It may not be Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, Decanter, or the Wine Spectator – all important industry publications that have recently covered or are about to cover Israeli wine – but there is a newspaper that just published an article about Israel’s Dalton Winery that I think is even more important. But, unless you live [...]
Read More..>>Carmel: From Sacramental to Single Vineyard
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under Wineries | Leave a Comment
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) just doesn’t cut it. But, since the story of Carmel [...]
Read More..>>Israeli wine hits Decanter
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
An article about Israeli wine is in this month’s Decanter, the UK’s finest wine magazine. For copyright reasons, I’m not posting it but it can be purchased via Decanter’s website.
In addition, there will be an article in next month’s Wine Spectator, expected to hit newsstands in late June.
It’s great to see Israeli wine get noticed! [...]
Thanks! Todah Rabah!
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Thanks! We’ve hit over 10,000 unique hits in just about 6 months! It’s great to know that there are so many fans of Israeli wine and a market for news about Israeli wine in English.
Keep reading, keep linking, and please encourage others to read, link, and drink Israeli wine!
And if you have comments or thoughts [...]
Carmel’s Quality Revolution
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | 2 Comments
One of the most important stories of the Israeli wine world is the quality revolution that took place (and is continuing with continuing improvements) at Carmel Wineries.
Carmel Wineries, founded in 1882, is one of Israel’s oldest producers of wine (and, I suspect, oldest producer of table wines) and certainly the most famous Israeli wine. In [...]
Great resource to find wine essentials – HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog Store
Posted on May 17, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I want to point out a little-known feature of this blog – the store. Yes, one of the important functions of HaKerem is not merely a list of wine essentials – from books, DVDs, and accessories like stemware and wine fridges – but also the opportunities to order them online via Amazon.com.
I want to just [...]
