Archive for the ‘Wine industry’ Category
Domaine du Castel’s Eli Ben Zaken on BBC
26, Aug 2010Share The BBC has a great profile of Domaine du Castel, a great winery that I discovered several years ago. When you think of the world’s great wine producers Israel is not a name that often crops up. But Eli Ben Zaken is trying to change that. What started as a hobby is now an [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries|Wines
- Tags: BBC, Domaine du Castel, Eli Ben-Zaken, Video
Wine harvest festivals fall flat … in 1954
16, Aug 2010Share This article is from Ha’aretz by Lital Levin: Israel awaited the celebration of the 1954 wine harvest festival with high expectations. Such a festival is a new-old one for Jews. As one of its promoters told Haaretz: “In the Bible and our literature in general, a lot of space is dedicated to wine. Noah was [...]
- In: Events|Wine industry
- Tags: Carmel Winery, wine harvest, Zichron Ya'akov
Four Rothschilds, Wine & The State of Israel
7, Aug 2010Share (The following article is reprinted from wines-israel and reprinted with permission) Talk about the Rothschilds and you will automatically think of finance, the arts and philanthropy. However scratch below the surface and wine, the Jewish community and Israel comes to the fore as an ongoing thread through the family story. Their influence in the [...]
From Rothschild to Parker
3, Aug 2010Share (The following article was written by Adam Montefiore for TASTED magazine and is reprinted with permission from wines-israel.com) Israel is a ‘new world’ wine country, in one of the oldest wine regions on earth. In this Biblical land, one can find a curious combination of the new, old and ancient world of winemaking in [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Carmel, history of Israel, Robert Parker
Israeli Wine on Social Media
31, Jul 2010Share Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn are all the rage, but we’ve been covering Israeli wine on social media for over 3 years! Here are some great sources to discover Israeli wine on social media. What are your favorites? Support blue and white – become a fan of Israeli wine on Facebook. Tweet tweet. Check out [...]
Summer Israeli Wines
30, Jul 2010Share (The following is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission) Enjoy wine in the summer by matching the wine not to the food but to the occasion. Here is the time to buy what you like and not worry what others think. For the growing number of wine lovers who like to boast that ‘they [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wines
- Tags: red wine, rose, summer, summer wine, white wine
Share A number of Israeli wineries are celebrating significant anniversaries in 2010: Carmel, Tishbi, Dalton, Galil Mountain and Recanati are all commemorating their milestones in different ways. Each has their own unique story. They have all given a great deal to the development of the Israel wine industry and each has contributed to the quality [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries
- Tags: Carmel, Dalton, Galil Mountain, Recanati, Tishbi
Share (This story first appeared on Wines-Israel and is reprinted with permission) There has been a trend in recent years of boutique wineries becoming kosher. Now two more wineries, have decided to make kosher wines from the 2010 harvest. The first is Flam Winery which was the largest Israeli winery producing non kosher wines in [...]
The Wine Spectator Tastes Israel
22, Jun 2010Share The Wine Spectator, the world’s most famous wine magazine, has again tasted Israeli wines. The results were featured in the magazine and on the website. The better scores are listed below. It is noticeable that Israel’s Mediterranean varieties such as Syrah/ Shiraz, Carignan and Petite Sirah seem to be featuring more and more strongly [...]
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- Tags: Wine Spectator
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