Posts Tagged ‘Carmel Winery’
Wine harvest festivals fall flat … in 1954
16, Aug 2010Share This article is from Ha’aretz by Lital Levin: Israel awaited the celebration of the 1954 wine harvest festival with high expectations. Such a festival is a new-old one for Jews. As one of its promoters told Haaretz: “In the Bible and our literature in general, a lot of space is dedicated to wine. Noah was [...]
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- Tags: Carmel Winery, wine harvest, Zichron Ya'akov
Four Rothschilds, Wine & The State of Israel
7, Aug 2010Share (The following article is reprinted from wines-israel and reprinted with permission) Talk about the Rothschilds and you will automatically think of finance, the arts and philanthropy. However scratch below the surface and wine, the Jewish community and Israel comes to the fore as an ongoing thread through the family story. Their influence in the [...]
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 [...]
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- Tags: Carmel, Carmel Winery, Decanter, Petit Sirah
Share Carmel Winery is celebrating its 120th year of harvests. The first harvest to be received by Rishon Le Zion Wine Cellars was on August 3rd 1890. Soon the 2010 harvest will begin, which will be the 120th by Israel’s most historic winery. To celebrate this, a special Symphony has been composed by Gil Shohat. [...]
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- Tags: Carmel Winery, Events
Adam Montefiore in the Huffington Post
29, Apr 2010Share I’ve previously written about Adam Montefiore, currently a manager at Carmel Winery. The dean of Israeli wine marketing (a topic close to my heart) and someone I’m privileged to have met and call an associate and friend, Montefiore is also known by his moniker ‘The Ambassador of Israeli Wine’ – a title well deserved. As one [...]
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- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Carmel, Carmel Winery, Yatir
Adam Montefiore: The Ambassador of Israeli Wine
25, Mar 2010Share In 1884, a year before his death, Sir Moses Montefiore, then 100 years old, made his last donation to the new village of Rishon le Zion, birth place of the modern Israel wine industry. Over 100 years later a young Englishman with blue eyes made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel. The great, great grandson of Moses [...]
Kosher wine from Israel for Purim
5, Mar 2009Share Kosher wine for Purim Alcohol is an important component of many people’s Purim holiday celebration. For those looking to add kosher wine to their Purim baskets and Purim feast, here are some suggestions. Given the current state of the economy, I’ve only listed low priced wines. Under 50 NIS For great value wines, many [...]
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- Tags: Carmel Winery, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights Winery, kosher, Purim
Share Carmel Winery has just announced the launch of its award-winning premium brandy, the Carmel 100. This quality Israeli brandy was aged for at least eight years in oak barrels. This new release of the Carmel 100 brandy is in honor of the hundredth anniversary of Carmel Winery. Brandy Carmel 100 is made with Columbard [...]
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- Tags: brandy, Carmel, Carmel 100, Carmel Winery
Share Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov’s latest wine review in Ha’aretz continues the last post of Carmel’s rise in quality and includes numerous great Israeli wines. Read the full review here or below: Wine and Spirits / Critics’ darling By Daniel Rogov In recent months Israeli wines have become the darling of critics in the [...]
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- Tags: Avidan, Carmel, Carmel Winery, Chateau Golan, Daniel Rogov, Ha'aretz, Pelter, Reviews, Savion
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