World Wine Report ranks Israeli wines
Posted on October 10, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
Tom Stevenson’s 2009 World Wine Report has just been released in the UK (and is available at amazon.co.uk) and will be available in the United States at the end of the month.
In addition to ranking wines from around the world, it has a great section about Israel written by Daniel Rogov and Tom Stevenson’s choices [...]
Wine Spectator: Kosher wines for the High Holidays
Posted on September 26, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | Leave a Comment
The Wine Spectator’s Kim Marcus has a new article on “kosher wines for the High Holidays” in the latest Wine Spectator (free until October 1).
Not surprisingly, all but one of the wines are from Israel. Whether you are Jewish or not, celebrating the holidays or not, these are great wines to seek out. You have [...]
Read More..>>Wannabe Wino tastes Flam Classico
Posted on September 21, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
Sonadora, a hotshot DC lawyer cum wine aficionado had an interesting wine-food pairing the other day: tacos with Israel’s Flam Classico. Well, the pairing was a flop but, according to Sonadora, the Flam has “the nose that I now really love about a Cabernet Sauvignon.”
The Flam Classico comes from one of Israel’s top boutique [...]
Read More..>>Rogov Reviews: Recanati, Yatir, Avidan
Posted on September 19, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
From Ha’aretz, Daniel Rogov reviews the Israeli wines from Recanati, Yatir and Avidan.
Wine and Spirits / Notable from Recanati
By Daniel Rogov
From its inception in 2000 to the present, the Recanati winery has offered a generous selection of wines, many of which have been consistently excellent. Located in the Hefer Valley in the northern part of [...]
ABC News: Harvesting World Class Grapes in Israel
Posted on September 17, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | 1 Comment
Harvesting World Class Grapes in Israel
Israeli Grape Harvest Produces One of the World’s Great Wines
By RACHEL LEBOWITZ
JERUSALEM, Sept. 10, 2008 —
Eli Gilbert Ben-Zaken, the founder of Domaine du Castel, one of the world’s most prominent wineries, had a gut feeling that Monday was the perfect time to harvest his grapes.
“I imagine a lot of the [...]
JTA: Israeli wines come of age
Posted on September 14, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | 1 Comment
A bit behind the times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the stereotypical “Israeli wines used to suck, now they are good story.” Focusing on Castel, a story I did two years ago. But, perhaps the most important as it’s the Jewish crowd that is most stuck on an image of Israeli wines from 30 or [...]
Read More..>>Mark Spivak tours the Israeli wine route
Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
Mark Spivak, a wine reviewer who has written for the Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Media Group, and other Florida and national magazines, and is the host of a wine show on NPR, recently visited Israel. After not visiting Israel for over 15 years, Spivak was in for a shock. His past experience:
To put [...]
Golan Heights Winery Celebrates 25 in Tel Aviv
Posted on September 7, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wine Events | Leave a Comment
Residents of Israel have occasion to celebrate. The revolutionary Golan Heights Winery, which is celebrating 25 years this year, is having a celebration at the Tel Aviv port between September 11-20.
Golan Heights Winery will both pour those Israeli wines that are available at retailers and also open some special vintage wines from their library that [...]
Read More..>>Domaine du Castel’s Barrel Room
Posted on August 28, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | 1 Comment
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Exclusive: Israeli supermarket chain in negotiations to buy Binyamina Winery
Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
Binyamina Winery is for sale! The Israeli discount supermarket chain Chetzi Chinam is currently in negotiations to buy Israel’s fifth largest winery, Binyamina, according to the Israeli Hebrew press. This site is the first place to report this story in ENGLISH.
According to the Israeli financial newspaper, Globes, the negotiation between the heads of Hetzi Hinam [...]
