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Ra’anana Wine Festival

16, Oct 2011

Tweet The first Ra’anana Wine Festival is next week!!! October 26th and 27th, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 6:30pm to Midnight in Ra’anana Park (Lev HaPark) on the west side (near the pond and cafe). The festival costs only 60 NIS, which includes a collectable wine glass and all the wine you can taste!!! It’s [...]

Raise your glass! Wine recommendations for Rosh Hashana

25, Sep 2011

Tweet The Jerusalem Post has published an edited version of my article Wine Recommendations for Rosh Hashana. Read the article in the Jerusalem Post. Below is an excerpt from the article: What’s good in Israel? Israeli wine! Wine recommendations for Rosh Hashanah By Avi Hein, Editor-in-Chief: HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog It’s not a Jewish [...]

Keep it in the Family: Israeli Wine Families

30, Jun 2011

Tweet This article is reprinted with permission from Wines-Israel   Arguably the most famous wine family in the world are the Rothschilds. This Jewish family originally were owners just of Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, and Chateau Clarke, all situated in Bordeaux. Since then, they have expanded to all parts of the wine globe [...]

Israel at the Kosher Food and Wine Experience

14, Mar 2011

Tweet The following post was reprinted with permission by wines-israel.com The KFWE 2011 recently took place in Manhattan, NY. This refers to the Kosher Food & Wine Experience which was organized by the Royal Wine Corporation of Bayonne, New Jersey. Royal Wine are owners of Herzog Wine Cellars in California, Kedem Winery in Upstate New [...]

Hugh Johnson on Israel

18, Aug 2010

Tweet (The following article first appeared on wines-israel and is reprinted w/ permission To order Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2011 please click here.) The new Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2011 has been published by Mitchell Beazley, London. This is the annual, mini-encyclopedia written by Englishman, Hugh Johnson. It is the world’s largest selling wine [...]

Top 10 Israeli Wines, according to Calcalist, Israeli Financial Paper

7, Apr 2010

Tweet In the financial paper Calcalist, respected wine critic, Shlomo Papirblat, has named his top ten Israeli wines. They are as follows: 1. Yarden Katzrin 2004, Golan Heights Winery 2. Castel Grand Vin 2007, Domaine du Castel 3. Yatir Forest 2006, Yatir Winery 4. Sycra Merlot 2006, Clos de Gat 5. Carmel Limited Edition 2005, [...]

Best Values for Israeli Wine

15, Mar 2010

Tweet This was the second year of the Best Value competition, organized by Studio Ben Ami. There were 128 wines in the competition from 28 Israeli wineries. The main category was for wines less than 79 shekels and there were also prizes for wines under 50 shekels. The results were announced at the David InterContinental [...]

A Decade of Israeli Wine 2000-2009

30, Dec 2009

Tweet 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 [...]

Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion Features Israeli Wine

28, Dec 2009

Tweet 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 [...]

1337 Wine Tastes Barkan, Galil Mountain, and Ella Valley

22, Dec 2009

Tweet 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, [...]

Sommelier 2009 – Israel’s Professional Wine Event

4, Dec 2009

Tweet Every year a new wine festival opens in Israel, from the southern tips of Eilat to the northern tips of the Golan Heights. But it is no exaggeration to say that Israel’s most important wine festival is Tel Aviv’s Sommelier. This giant Israeli wine festival has now been held for several years, with wines from [...]

Hugh Johnson’s 2010 Wine Book Features Israeli Wine

19, Aug 2009

Tweet This article about Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book first appeared on wines-israel.com Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2010 is published already, even though it is only late August 2009. However early or not, it represents good news for Israel! No less than twenty six Israeli wineries have made this prestigious guide book, which is [...]


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