Archive for the ‘Wineries’ 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
Mony on the Rise
12, Aug 2010Share (The Following article is from wines-israel and reprinted with permission). Mony Winery is a cocktail which beautifully illustrates the variety and complexity of Israeli wine. It is an estate winery situated at a monastery, owned by a Christian Israeli Arab family, producing kosher wines, from monastery owned vineyards, made by a Jewish Canadian winemaker! [...]
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 [...]
Tale of Two Wines
27, Jul 2010Share (This article first appeared on wines-israel.com and is reprinted with permission) Two wines were recently launched on the same date, at the same venue, with a tasting by a select group of Israel’s leading wine journalists & critics. As the wines were tasted together, it was the perfect opportunity to compare the story and [...]
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 [...]
Share Carmel Winery’s Appellation Petite Sirah 2006 has been selected by Decanter Wine Magazine as Wine of the Month in their July 2010 issue. This is the first time since the 1990’s that an Israeli wine has received this prestigious award. Decanter is one of the world’s most famous wine magazines with their contributors being [...]
- In: Reviews|Wineries|Wines
- Tags: Carmel, Carmel Winery, Decanter, Petit Sirah
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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