Share In honor of New Year’s Eve, this is a repost of a post from earlier this month about Israeli sparkling wine. I’m drinking the Carmel Selected Sparkling Wine for New Years. What about you? Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains [...]
Share I’ve written about Israeli wine from Biblical Times until the 1990s. Here’s Israeli wine from the last decade: Now is the time to look back at the 2000’s, as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close. It was a very good decade for Israeli wines. The boutique boom that began [...]
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- Tags: Barkan, Binyamina, Carmel, Carmel Winery, Castel, Dalton, Daniel Rogov, Domaine du Castel, Ella Valley, Flam, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights Winery, Ha'aretz, history, Israeli history, Israeli wine, Israwinexpo, kosher, Recanati, Wine Advocate, wine tasting, Yarden, Yatir
Share Israeli TV has a new piece on Daniel Rogov and Israeli wine. It’s in Hebrew so – learn Hebrew! I probably don’t have time to add subtitles to the video.
Share Stephen Brook, who visited Israel for IsraWinExpo 2008, has written an update to Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion. The Wine Companion is one of the classic books, which is in the library of every wine lover. Over the years Stephen Brook has been a prolific author and his most famous book is his work on [...]
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- Tags: Barkan, Barkat, Binyamina, Carmel, Castel, Chillag, Clos de Gat, Golan Heights, Hevron Heights, Hugh Johnson, Margalit, Recanati, Sea Horse, Segal, stephen brook, Tanya, Tishbi, Tulip, Vitkin, wine companion, Yatir
Share I just discovered 1337wine via Twitter and it appears that he just discovered Israeli wine. In his video wine show (episode 101 and counting), Mark Fusco is introduced to Israeli wines with tastings of the: Barkan Chardonnay Galil Mountain Yiron Ella Valley Syrah As someone very knowledgeable about Israeli wine (and Israel, in general, [...]
Share Those who live in Israel know that each year new Israeli wineries keep on opening up and new wines are constantly released. Old wineries keep on improving and competing with the best. With over 250 wineries in Israel, both certified kosher and not, the Israeli wine world has changed rapidly and it’s even hard [...]
Share Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains the classic wine to make a toast with. It is also symbol of success and happiness. Though it is a style of wine that has taken Israelis time to learn to appreciate, sparkling wines [...]
Share I’ve written about Sommolier 2009, Israel’s biggest wine festival, here and here. Here are more photos from the event. If you have more please leave the link in the comments or e-mail info@israeli-wine.org
Share Every year a new wine festival opens in Israel, from the southern tips of Eilat to the northern tips of the Golan Heights. But it is no exaggeration to say that Israel’s most important wine festival is Tel Aviv’s Sommelier. This giant Israeli wine festival has now been held for several years, with wines from [...]
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- Tags: Avidan, Barkan, Binyamina, Carmel, Chateau Golan, Dalton, Daneil Rogov, Golan Heights Winery, Israel, Recanati, Rimon, Sea Horse, Sea Horse Winery, Sommelier, Tabor, Tel Aviv, wine festival, Yafo, Yatir, zinfandel
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