Archive for February, 2009

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Dalton Winery gets the web right

26, Feb 2009

Share   Israel is a world leader in high tech. Your computer’s firewall and the firewall that protects your home and corporate network was invented by an amazing Israeli company named CheckPoint. Your computer’s CPU is most likely an Intel chip that was significantly developed by Intel’s R&D centers in Israel. Your USB disk was [...]

Israel: Food and Technology

25, Feb 2009

Share Here is a Chinese news show about an Israeli food fair featuring the two best things about Israel: food and technology

Israeli Wine On the Rise: Food & Beverage Magazine

23, Feb 2009

Share Israeli wine is on the rise according to Food and Beverage Magazine. People are starting to get it! Food & Beverage Magazine, an important trade magazine for the food, beverage, and hospitality industries just published an excellent article about Israeli wine. According to Jacques Capsouto, owner and wine director of New York City’s Capsouto [...]

Tishbi Winery: A love story with the land of Israel

19, Feb 2009

Share This video about Tishbi Winery is in Hebrew, with English subtitles. Tishbi’s long history making grapes and wine in Israel reflect Israel’s long history as a wine producing nation.

Israeli Wine Statistics (2009)

17, Feb 2009

Share (This information first appeared at Israeli Wines-Pride of Israel wines-israel.co.il) VINEYARDS Israel is usually regarded as being part of the Middle East. It may be more accurately considered as being situated in the Eastern Mediterranean, a region also referred to as the Near East or ‘The Levant.’ Climate: Mainly Mediterranean. Long , hot dry [...]

Tzora Winery: Changes & Tasting Notes

12, Feb 2009

Share Daniel Rogov’s tasting notes follow for the Israeli Tzora winery: Set on Kibbutz Tzora at the foothills of the Jerusalem Mountains and overlooking the Soreq Valley, this formerly kibbutz-owned winery released its first 1,500 bottles from the 1993 vintage. Production in 2004 was about 60,000 bottles, in 2005 it was reduced to about 30,000 [...]

Avidan Winery: Tasting Notes

10, Feb 2009

Share I’ve tasted Avidan Winery’s selections several times at wine tastings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and always found their non-kosher Israeli wines quite enjoyable. But, really, who cares what I think? Well, me. Avidan Winery is a perfect example of a winery making uniquely Mediterranean wine! But, more of you care what Israeli wine [...]

Soreq Winery to supply Jerusalem Twestival

10, Feb 2009

Share Around the world, Twitter users are gathering together this weekend to support water in Africa. In a fundraising effort, proceeds from the event – taking place at numerous locations around the world – will go to support charity:water. One of these events to support water in Africa will be taking place in Jerusalem. The [...]

Daniel Rogov’s Saslove Winery tasting notes

9, Feb 2009

Share Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov has been making his annual round of tastings as of late and he recently visited Saslove Winery. Saslove, founded by Canadian immigrant Barry Saslove, is one of those great Israeli boutique wineries that are a secret to those outside of Israel. Here is the original thread and the following [...]

Vitkin Winery: Tasting notes from Daniel Rogov

6, Feb 2009

Share (For the thread, go to Daniel Rogov’s wine forum) Daniel Rogov recently visited the Israeli boutique winery of Vitkin. Here are his thoughts and tasting notes for the recent and soon-to-be releases of this Israeli winery. Established by Doron and Sharona Belogolovsky on Moshav Kfar Vitkin on the central Coastal Plain, this winery released [...]


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