Link it up: A PSA

Posted on June 28, 2008 - Filed Under Wineries | Leave a Comment

As Gary V says “LINK IT UP”
If you’ve been enjoying reading this blog than please be sure to add a link to your blog, website, twitter feed, or even e-mail signature. Link it up baby!
And, of course, I always accept tips in the little “tip jar” on the top right.

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Adam Sandler drinks Israeli wine

Posted on June 25, 2008 - Filed Under Wineries | 1 Comment

While Adam Sandler’s character Zohan may eat American hummus (which, I must ask, what was up with that? No self-respecting Israeli would eat American hummus), it appears that Adam Sandler is enjoying some Israeli wine.

On a recent trip in California, Sandler and his entourage visited O’Shaughnessy Estate Winery, where Ari Erle is the assistant [...]

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SF Chronicle: Israel’s wine industry reveals it’s California roots

Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wine Events | Leave a Comment

Interesting article about Israeli wine, especially Flam - whose father was the first Israeli to study at the University of California Davis’s winemaking program and was the winemaker at Carmel for decades. In honor of the Jewish Vinter’s event in California last weekend, several Israeli winemakers were there including Golan Flam (of Flam), Assaf Paz [...]

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Summer wine events in Israel

Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Events | 1 Comment

School’s out! The tourists have arrived. Israelis are on vacation and visitors from around the world are amassing on Israel for their summer vacation.

While you’re here this summer, there are some tremendous events not worth missing on the wine scene:

24 June – Lecture Series: Wine in Ancient Israel
The Tel Aviv wine shop Pri HaGafen is [...]

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Israeli whites just as healthy as red wines

Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Wineries | Leave a Comment

We all know that red wines have compounds that can be quite healthful, in moderation. The health benefits of red wines have been touted for decades. Yet, these health benefits do not exist in white wines — except for the Israeli winemaker Binyamina’s wines.
According to this report:
A white wine with the same health benefits as [...]

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Rogov’s Reviews: Bustan - Small But Special

Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov, Wineries | 2 Comments

Following is Daniel Rogov’s latest review in Ha’aretz. This week he reviews the Bustan Winery and Saslove. I admit that I haven’t had either, but I plan on tasting some at some upcoming wine festivals over the next month. Bustan is available in North America (imported by Royal) and Saslove is available in Canada, as [...]

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Drink Wine. Israeli Wine.

Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment

The following is a guest post from Ezra Butler, a fellow evangelist of Israeli wine. It was originally printed on Jewneric. I love his call to “be an Israeli wine evangelist.”

Maybe it’s just me, but everywhere I turn in Jerusalem, I am sucked into a conversation about wine. People who know me professionally lament to [...]

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Adam Montefiore talks to Israeli Wine Direct

Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | 1 Comment

My good friend Richard Shaffer of Israeli Wine Direct has recently started an absolutely fascinating series of podcasts with Israeli wine figures.
The first one has just been posted with Adam Montefiore. I’m listening it to it now and, despite knowing a lot about Israeli wine and Israeli wine marketing, I am learning a ton from [...]

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Israel’s Moment in the Sun: Wine Spectator

Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | Leave a Comment

Derekh haYayin (Wine Route) has put the June 30 Wine Spectator article on Israeli wine online. It’s here in PDF.
However, if you haven’t already, please buy the magazine. There’s also an article on the Galilee region of Israel in the magazine, which I look forward to reading once I get my copy mailed from America. [...]

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The future of wine marketing?

Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under Video | 2 Comments

Is this how to sell wine to the Millenials? Would you buy this wine?

Why or why not?

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