Rogov’s Reviews: Sophisticated Benyamina
Posted on July 9, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov | 1 Comment
Daniel Rogov has a positive review of the Benyamina Winery in last week’s Ha’aretz. Benyamina is a large winery, often overlooked. It’s great to see that this Israeli winery is constantly improving.
Wine and Spirits / Sophisticated Binyamina
By Daniel Rogov
That Binyamina winery is on the way up is beyond question. With far better control over its [...]
Rogov’s Reviews: Bustan - Small But Special
Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov, Wineries | 2 Comments
Following is Daniel Rogov’s latest review in Ha’aretz. This week he reviews the Bustan Winery and Saslove. I admit that I haven’t had either, but I plan on tasting some at some upcoming wine festivals over the next month. Bustan is available in North America (imported by Royal) and Saslove is available in Canada, as [...]
Read More..>>Rogov tastes whites
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov, Wineries | 1 Comment
It’s summer time and that means it’s time to break out the white wines — which are great deals too! In this week’s Ha’aretz, Israel’s premier wine critic Daniel Rogov tries a few whites.
By Daniel Rogov
In Israel, as in California, nearly all the locally made white wines are made from grapes that have their origins [...]
Read More..>>Rogov on Israwinexpo
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov, Wine Events, Wine Festivals | Leave a Comment
Daniel Rogov has his thoughts of Israwinexpo here.
He was interviewed by Israeli portal Walla! here (in Hebrew only, it was quite interesting for Dovrei Ivrit).
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The Best Wines of Israel: 2007
Posted on January 6, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | Leave a Comment
Daniel Rogov has posted (a few days ago, sorry!) his list of the best Israeli wines for 2007. These aren’t necessarily the best Israeli wines ever, he points out, but rather the best wines that he has tasted in 2007. The kosher wines are marked with a “K” for those who are interested.
The following list, [...]
Read More..>>Champagne for the New Year (Sparkling wine for Sylvester) Take II
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Rogov | Leave a Comment
A follow up to the below post. If you still can’t decide what sparkling wine to open tonight, here’s two tasting notes on the bubby from Daniel Rogov’s column in Ha’aretz:
Pelter, Blanc de Blanc Brut, n.v.: Although categorized as non-vintage, this wine was made with Chardonnay grapes entirely from the 2003 vintage. Gentle yeast and [...]
Israeli sparkling wines for the New Year 2008 (Sparkling wines for Sylvester)
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov, Wineries | Leave a Comment
It’s a few days until New Years – or Sylvester as we call it in Israel – and with that comes bubbly. Yup, sparkling wine (or champagne, but champagne really only refers to sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France).
Well, Israel isn’t known for being a world-class leader in this category but there are [...]
Robert Parker and Wine Advocate on Israeli wine
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | Leave a Comment
It’s been an open secret that Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s wine publication – a fellow Terp! but more importantly, the most famous wine critic) and Parker recently tasted Israel’s 100 best wines, as determined by a small group of critics/professionals.
Well, there is a sneak preview on the Parker wine forum. First off, apparently the article [...]
Gary Vaynerchuk on Yarden and Israeli wines
Posted on December 4, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov, Video | Leave a Comment
Just watched the WLTV clip. Gary gives a shoutout to my favorite wine critic – Daniel Rogov, the guru of Israeli wine and the only wine critic in Israel writing in English and for a foreign (and local) audience. It seems that Gary very much enjoyed the Yarden 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon. I’m not surprised as [...]
Read More..>>Psagot Winery
Posted on November 29, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov, Wineries | Leave a Comment
Monday night I had the opportunity to taste five truly amazing wines. While most were from California (including Covenant’s second label, the Cabernet Sauvignon Red Sea 2003), there was one unique and special wine from Israel. In fact, it was from a winery that I had never tried before: Psagot.
While we didn’t take formal tasting [...]
