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Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate

3, Mar 2010

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The Wine Advocate, owned by Robert Parker, the world’s most famous & influential wine critic, has again tasted wines from Israel.
This is encouraging because Israel now seems to appear at least once a year in a formal tasting. It was not so long ago that Israel was off the Parker radar. However today that has [...]

Petite Sirah? Yes, Sirrah!

20, Jan 2010

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(The following is a guest post from Irene Sharon Hodes, reprinted with permission)
I had the opportunity to taste a wine that is new to me, Vitkin’s 2006 Petite Sirah. A friend brought the bottle to the vegan dinner party I hosted last Friday (an exceptional experience I really need to get on to blog about).  She knew [...]

Israwinexpo 2010 Tel Aviv

19, Jan 2010

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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 [...]

Top French Chefs Create Gala Dinner & Enjoy Israeli Wine

13, Jan 2010

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A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and adults with [...]

Sparkling Wine (Champagne) for the New Year

31, Dec 2009

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In honor of New Year’s Eve, this is a repost of a post from earlier this month about Israeli sparkling wine. I’m drinking the Carmel Selected Sparkling Wine for New Years. What about you?
Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains the classic [...]

A Decade of Israeli Wine 2000-2009

30, Dec 2009

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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 [...]

Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion Features Israeli Wine

28, Dec 2009

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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 [...]

Israel’s Wines of Celebration

8, Dec 2009

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Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains the classic wine to make a toast with. It is also symbol of success and happiness. Though it is a style of wine that has taken Israelis time to learn to appreciate, sparkling wines have [...]

Sommelier 2009 – Israel’s Professional Wine Event

4, Dec 2009

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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 [...]

Israel’s World Class Dessert Wines

30, Oct 2009

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Unfortunately most Israelis associate sweet wines with Kiddush and religious ritual, and therefore the very word ‘sweet’ has connotations of a cheap and nasty wine. Something which is to be avoided, at all costs. However some of the world’s most sought after and expensive wines are sweet, pudding wines. An Eiswein or Trockenbeerenauslese from Germany, [...]


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