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The Ultimate Rogov Guide

11, Nov 2011

Tweet Buy The Ultimate Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines The following is printed with permission of the author The ultimate, and final, Rogov Guide has been published. It contains nearly 687 pages. Last years version had a mere 603 pages! This year there is no International kosher wine Guide, nor a version in Hebrew. The book [...]

Rhodes On Rogov’s Tribute Evening

30, Aug 2011

Tweet At sunset August 29th, at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv, a virtual who’s who in Israeli wine attended a tribute to veteran food & wine critic Daniel Rogov. It was especially moving to see how many turned out since we’re in the middle of harvest season in Israel and many of the [...]

Advertisement: Wine-Food Pairing

1, Jul 2011

Tweet A wine dinner in Ra’anana, Israel pairing 6 dishes prepared by Chef Yosef Kirschenbaum & wine guy David Rhodes If you are in Israel and want a wine dinner in your house contact David Rhodes 052-702-WINE (9463) and tell Dave Avi sent you…

Bottom Up or Top Down? How the Israeli wine industry promotes itself

6, Feb 2011

Tweet The Jerusalem Post blogger Levi Shapiro has a new post about my two favorite Israeli wine folk: Daniel Rogov, Israel’s premier wine critic, and Adam Montefiore, Israel’s premier international wine marketer, often referred to (though he humbly laughs at the claim) as “The Ambassador of Israeli Wine.” Not surprisingly, the two most important figures [...]

Getting to Know Israel’s Wine Country: Wine Spectator

18, Oct 2010

Tweet Wine Spectator featured an article about Israeli wine in September. Getting to Know Israel’s Wine Country With more than 200 wineries, five wine regions and a new focus on quality, Israel has plenty to explore. Learn more from three of its leading winemakers Read  the article on Wine Spectator’s website

Israeli Wine in Washington, DC

21, Nov 2009

Tweet My Israeli wine buddy Richard Shaffer of Israeli Wine Direct has just placed Israeli wine in my favorite city and hometown: Washington DC Watch his video

10 Reasons Why I Love Gary V

10, Sep 2009

Tweet In honor of Gary Vaynerchuk’s appearance in Wednesday’s New York Times, I’ve compiled my own Top 10 Reasons Why I love Gary V! 10 Reasons why I love Gary Vaynerchuk 10. Gary V reminds me a little of myself. Gary Vaynerchuk turned his father’s Shoppers Discount Liquor into the $60 million a year Wine [...]

Reuters: Israeli wine flows onto international shelves

18, Aug 2009

Tweet Israeli wine flows onto international shelves The following is from the Reuters wire service. Read the full article at Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters Life!) – Israeli wine has long stirred up associations with the syrupy libations of religious rituals, but modern techniques imported from top winemaking nations are now helping it find space on shelves [...]

Ten Best Wine Producers in Israel

12, Aug 2009

Tweet Who are the top ten wineries in Israel? According to Daniel Rogov they are: Golan Heights Winery (Katzrin, Yarden, Gamla) Margalit Yatir Domaine du Castel Clos de Gat Flam Chateau Golan Carmel (Limited Edition, Single Vineyard, Appellation) Galil Mountain Pelter (This list is from Daniel Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wine)

Photos from the Jerusalem Wine Festival

10, Aug 2009

Tweet Much better than I could ever take, here are some photos of the Jerusalem Wine Festival held August 2009 at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (These beautiful photographs are courtesy of Jessica Korman, The F Stops Here)

Where to Buy Israeli Wine

26, Aug 2008

Tweet One of the challenges about writing about Israeli wine is that the story is still not out. Particularly outside of the observant kosher wine-drinking population (who then ignore great wines like Clos de Gat, Flam, Pelter, Saslove, etc.), many people still have never drank Israeli wine. Reading comments on Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV [...]

Carmel Winery’s Quality Revolution Continues

5, Aug 2008

Tweet Carmel’s quality revolution is not over. In the past few years, Carmel Winery has made serious changes in management, viticulture, and structure. They created new excellent top level wines including the Appellation series which provides great value-for-money and the Single Vineyard smash hits. Slowly and unnoticed by us “wine snobs” their supermarket Selected and [...]


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