It’s ‘Beaujolais Day,’ in Israel too
Posted on November 19, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov | Leave a Comment
Note: I meant to publish this early last week, but for technical reasons, this post never got published. My apologies.
By Daniel Rogov
As every November, tomorrow dozens of wine stores from Paris to Rio de Janeiro will celebrate the first wines of the 2008 Beaujolais harvest.
Beaujolais nouveau, a red wine, is the most popular vin de [...]
Golan Gamay Noveau 2008
Posted on November 18, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | 1 Comment
Israel’s only Beaujolais-style wine is the Golan Gamay Noveau. The Golan Gamay Noveau is the Golan Heights Winery’s first red wine from the 2008 vintage.
The wine, just like those in the Beaujolais region of France, comes from 100% Gamay grapes, that came from the Tel Fares vineyard on the Golan Heights. The Tel Fares vineyard [...]
Israel’s 2008 Harvest Begins
Posted on November 17, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
The 2008 harvest has just begun and, here in Israel, a handful of super-young wines have just been released or are about to be released.
The Golan Heights Winery has already released their 2008 Moscato, a light and fizzy wine. This is Daniel Rogov’s tasting note:
Golan Heights Winery, Moscato, Golan, 2008: Oh what a lovely little [...]
It’s here… The countdown is over… if you live in Israel
Posted on November 21, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I wrote last week about the release of the 2007 vintages of Israeli wines, and specifically beaujolais-style. Well, it turns out, of course, that only one of the young wines are true beaujolais-style – the Gamay Noveau from the Golan Heights Winery. But, GHW has also already released the 2007 Moscato and Tishbi, Carmel, and [...]
Read More..>>It’s almost here - Countdown 2007
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Rogov, Wine Basics, Wine Events, Wine Festivals, Wineries | Leave a Comment
One of the most fun wine events is fast upon us – the release of the 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau. According to that all-knowing source Wikipedia:
Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular vin de primeur, fermented for just a few weeks [...]
