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Israwinexpo is coming back! This biennial professional Israeli wine event first occurred in 2006, then again in 2008, and is now coming back to Tel Aviv. Israwinexpo, along with Sommelier, are the two top wine events in Israel.
Open to the public only on February 10-11, 2010 from 16:00-22:00 (4PM-10PM), the Israeli wine tasting will be [...]
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- Tags: Adir, Alexander, Amphorae, Avidan, Bashan, Ben Haim, Binyamina, Carmel, Chillag, Dalton, Domaine Ventura, event, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights Winery, Gvaot, israeli wine event, Israwinexpo, Recanati, Saslove, Sea Horse, Shilo, Tel Aviv, Teperberg, Teperberg 1870, Tishbi, Tulip, Tzion, Tzora, Villa Willhemla, Vitkin, Yatir
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It’s not my practice to post kosher wine events on this Israeli wine blog, since kosher wine and israeli wine are different — not all kosher wine is Israeli, not all Israeli wine is kosher, but of course many Israeli wine is kosher and the best kosher wine comes from Israel.
So, I thought my readers [...]
- In: Events
- Tags: Agur, Binyamina, California, Castel, Herzog, kosher, New York, Psagot, Royal, Tzuba, wine event, Yatir
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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 in the [...]
- In: Wine 101| Wine industry| Wineries| Wines
- Tags: Barkan, Binyamina, Carmel, Carmel Winery, Castel, Dalton, Daniel Rogov, Domaine du Castel, Ella Valley, Flam, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights Winery, Ha'aretz, history, Israeli history, Israeli wine, Israwinexpo, kosher, Recanati, Wine Advocate, wine tasting, Yarden, Yatir
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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 Bordeaux. He [...]
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- Tags: Barkan, Barkat, Binyamina, Carmel, Castel, Chillag, Clos de Gat, Golan Heights, Hevron Heights, Hugh Johnson, Margalit, Recanati, Sea Horse, Segal, stephen brook, Tanya, Tishbi, Tulip, Vitkin, wine companion, Yatir
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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 Israel and [...]
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- Tags: Avidan, Barkan, Binyamina, Carmel, Chateau Golan, Dalton, Daneil Rogov, Golan Heights Winery, Israel, Recanati, Rimon, Sea Horse, Sea Horse Winery, Sommelier, Tabor, Tel Aviv, wine festival, Yafo, Yatir, zinfandel
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While the Israeli wine revolution was started by what’s today a large winery and continued with the work of other large wineries (Tishbi, etc.), it was pushed by the later growth of smaller wineries like Margalit and Castel. As a result, of course, large wineries like Carmel radically restructured and today are making top of [...]
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French food and Israeli wine are not a common combination. After all, when people think Israeli wine they often (wrongly) associate it only with kosher food – thus barring wine and food combinations like mahi in a shrimp sauce with Barkan’s chardonnay. Yet, one French restaurant — TriBeCa’s Capsouto Frères is making just such a [...]
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- Tags: Binyamina, Capsouto, Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Dalton, French, French wine, Galil Mountain, Margalit, Recanati, Yarden, Yatir
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Baby Binyamina is the first release of the 2008 vintage from Binyamina Winery. A light and fruity wine, it was released one minute after midnight on November 20. Like Beaujolais wine, the Binyamina B underwent carbonic maceration. This means that this young wine is meant for immediate drinking and not long-term storage.
Unlike Beaujolais wine, the [...]
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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 [...]
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