Posts Tagged ‘Castel’
Castel & Yatir Excel Again
5, Jan 2012Tweet The following is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. The Wine Advocate has published its annual December tasting of Israeli wines. The three most successful wines were Yatir Forest, Castel Grand Vin and Carmel Limited Edition. The target of any winery is to receive 90 points or more in the Wine Advocate. The wines [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries|Wines
- Tags: Castel, Mark Squires, Wine Advocate, Yatir
The Kosher Wine Making Revolution in Israel
26, Sep 2011Tweet The following article was written by David Rhodes. for Viewpoint Magazine, for the Young Israel movement and National Council of Young Israel Magazine. Download the PDF, Viewpoint-WineMakingIsrael
- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Carmel Winery, Castel, Flam, Golan Heights Winery, Gush Tzion, Har Bracha, kosher wine, mevushal, Saslove, Tishbi, Yatir
The Israeli Wines that Made History
27, Sep 2010Tweet The following is a guest post from wines-israel and reprinted with permission Many Israeli wineries win awards, many win gold medals. There are even wineries which ‘collect’ awards, sending wines to any competition where medals are generously given. This is because to the general consumer, a gold medal looks the same whether it is [...]
Tweet The Wall Street Journal published a profile about wine in the Judean Hills, near Jerusalem, in March 2010. Young Vineyards, Biblical Pedigrees The Judean Hills have become an Israeli wine region to reckon with; memories of the Second Holy Temple Tzora Vineyards The vineyard of kibbutz-based Tzora. Winemaker Yaakov Berg has a recycled winery [...]
- In: Kosher|Wine industry|Wineries|Wines
- Tags: Agur, Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Ella Valley, Flam, Jerusalem, Judean Hills, Pelter, Tzora, Wall Street Journal, Yatir
Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate
3, Mar 2010Tweet 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 [...]
Kosher Wine Events in California and New York
14, Jan 2010Tweet 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 [...]
10 Best Wineries in Israel
20, Oct 2009Tweet Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wine is coming out in a few weeks for 2010 (How did that happen?). He’s been publishing this annual guide to Israeli wine for the past several years and it keeps on getting bigger and bigger. One of the most interesting sections of Daniel Rogov’s Israeli wine tasting guide [...]
Tweet Two Israeli wineries have been included in Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Book 2010. Domaine du Castel and Yatir Winery are both listed for the first time signalling more recognition for the advances of Israeli wine. As far as wine recommendation goes, Castel’s Grand Vin and Yatir Forest are both awarded two stars. ‘C’ Blanc [...]
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