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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 [...]
- In: Wine industry| Wineries
- Tags: Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Galil Mountain Winery, Golan Heights Winery, Margalit, Mark Squires, Robert Parker, Tulip Winery, Wine Advocate, wine tasting, 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 [...]
- In: Wine industry
- 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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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 is his [...]
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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 du Castel [...]
- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Domaine du Castel, Golan Heights Winery, Margalit, Oz Clarke, Pocket Wine Book, Yarden, Yatir, Yellow Tail
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This article about Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book first appeared on wines-israel.com
Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2010 is published already, even though it is only late August 2009. However early or not, it represents good news for Israel! No less than twenty six Israeli wineries have made this prestigious guide book, which is similar [...]
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- Tags: Agur, Barkan, Carmel, Castel, Chillag, Dalton, Ella Valley, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights Winery, Hugh Johnson, Margalit, Pelter, Recanati, Saslove, Sea Horse, Segal, Tabor, Tulip, Tzora, Vitkin, Yatir
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Who are the top ten wineries in Israel? According to Daniel Rogov they are:
Golan Heights Winery (Katzrin, Yarden, Gamla)
Margalit
Yatir
Domaine du Castel
Clos de Gat
Flam
Chateau Golan
Carmel (Limited Edition, Single Vineyard, Appellation)
Galil Mountain
Pelter
(This list is from Daniel Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wine)
- In: Featured| Wine industry| Wineries
- Tags: Carmel, Castel, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Domaine du Castel, Flam, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights Winery, Margalit, Pelter, Yatir
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Perhaps you should have Israeli wine for the 4th of July
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Israeli wine has finally been covered in my hometown newspaper, The Washington Post. This article in the travel section of the Washington Post, by NPR correspondent Linda Gradstein and fellow Jerusalemite, discusses the wines around Jerusalem. In fact, I think there are more wineries now in the Judean Hills than in Zichron Ya’akov, home [...]
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