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Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate

3, Mar 2010

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The Wine Advocate, owned by Robert Parker, the world’s most famous & influential wine critic, has again tasted wines from Israel.
This is encouraging because Israel now seems to appear at least once a year in a formal tasting. It was not so long ago that Israel was off the Parker radar. However today that has [...]

It’s Israeli Wine … Not Kosher

2, Feb 2010

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I’ve really been enjoying the Wine Enthusiast lately. They’ve got some of the best coverage from a mainstream wine magazine of Israeli wine representing where the Israeli wine market is today. Particularly, I should add, on their social media channels.
So, I was pleased to see a blog post dispelling the famous kosher wine myth in the post [...]

Social Media and the Wine Industry

28, Jan 2010

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[I plan to write much more on this next week, but here is a post that I wrote on Daniel Rogov's forum]
In response to the discussions [on Rogov's forum] about blogging and the wine industry, I just found out that Lift9 (a social media marketing agency – I have no affiliation with them nor this [...]

Petite Sirah? Yes, Sirrah!

20, Jan 2010

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(The following is a guest post from Irene Sharon Hodes, reprinted with permission)
I had the opportunity to taste a wine that is new to me, Vitkin’s 2006 Petite Sirah. A friend brought the bottle to the vegan dinner party I hosted last Friday (an exceptional experience I really need to get on to blog about).  She knew [...]

Israwinexpo 2010 Tel Aviv

19, Jan 2010

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Israwinexpo is coming back! This biennial professional Israeli wine event first occurred in 2006, then again in 2008, and is now coming back to Tel Aviv. Israwinexpo, along with Sommelier, are the two top wine events in Israel.
Open to the public only on February 10-11, 2010 from 16:00-22:00 (4PM-10PM), the Israeli wine tasting will be [...]

Top French Chefs Create Gala Dinner & Enjoy Israeli Wine

13, Jan 2010

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A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and adults with [...]

Sparkling Wine (Champagne) for the New Year

31, Dec 2009

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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 the classic [...]

A Decade of Israeli Wine 2000-2009

30, Dec 2009

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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 in the [...]

Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion Features Israeli Wine

28, Dec 2009

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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 Bordeaux. He [...]

1337 Wine Tastes Barkan, Galil Mountain, and Ella Valley

22, Dec 2009

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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, having lived here for over [...]


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