Rogov’s Reviews: Alexander, Gat Shomron, Ruth, Tishbi
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
In this week’s Ha’aretz, Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov tastes wines from the Alexander Winery, Gat Shomron Winery, and Tishbi winery.
Wine and Spirits / Greats from Alexander
By Daniel Rogov
Located on Moshav Beit Yitzhak in the Sharon region, the Alexander winery, founded in 1996 by Yoram Shalom, receives grapes largely from contract vineyards it controls at [...]
Wine gifts for the holidays
Posted on December 7, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Reports are that Americans are cutting back on gifts for themselves, while the crisis in America has reached Israel. Yet, this holiday season doesn’t have to be an empty one for adults. Instead of buying wine for gifts, how about learning about a new wine region, discovering Israeli cuisine, and spreading the knowledge of the [...]
Read More..>>It’s ‘Beaujolais Day,’ in Israel too
Posted on November 19, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov | Leave a Comment
Note: I meant to publish this early last week, but for technical reasons, this post never got published. My apologies.
By Daniel Rogov
As every November, tomorrow dozens of wine stores from Paris to Rio de Janeiro will celebrate the first wines of the 2008 Beaujolais harvest.
Beaujolais nouveau, a red wine, is the most popular vin de [...]
Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wine
Posted on November 13, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov, Video, Wine Festivals | Leave a Comment
Last week, Daniel Rogov unveiled his annual Guide to Israel Wines at Tel Aviv’s Wine Route. Unfortunately, due to horrible traffic, it took me longer-than-anticipated to reach Tel Aviv and I only arrived after the event was over.
Nevertheless, the Israeli food portal Bakbuk was there and covered the event. Most importantly is a video of [...]
The Bible of Israeli Wine
Posted on November 7, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | Leave a Comment
Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines keeps on getting bigger and bigger. Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wines, released last Thursday, is the largest guide yet to Israel’s growing wine industry. While the 2008 guide, including a chapter on wine storage not appearing in the 2009 edition, was a thick 455 pages, the newest edition [...]
Read More..>>Rogov’s Reviews: Recanati, Yarden, Castel, Galil Mountain, Flam, Vitkin, Dalton, Karmei Yosef
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | 1 Comment
That which cheereth God and man
By Daniel Rogov
During the two-week period preceding Rosh Hashanah, Israelis purchase 40 percent of all the wine that is sold during the entire year. It’s not that people go on drinking binges during this time of year, but fine wine is increasingly perceived as part of the cultured way of [...]
World Wine Report ranks Israeli wines
Posted on October 10, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
Tom Stevenson’s 2009 World Wine Report has just been released in the UK (and is available at amazon.co.uk) and will be available in the United States at the end of the month.
In addition to ranking wines from around the world, it has a great section about Israel written by Daniel Rogov and Tom Stevenson’s choices [...]
Rogov Reviews: Recanati, Yatir, Avidan
Posted on September 19, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
From Ha’aretz, Daniel Rogov reviews the Israeli wines from Recanati, Yatir and Avidan.
Wine and Spirits / Notable from Recanati
By Daniel Rogov
From its inception in 2000 to the present, the Recanati winery has offered a generous selection of wines, many of which have been consistently excellent. Located in the Hefer Valley in the northern part of [...]
JTA: Israeli wines come of age
Posted on September 14, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | 1 Comment
A bit behind the times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the stereotypical “Israeli wines used to suck, now they are good story.” Focusing on Castel, a story I did two years ago. But, perhaps the most important as it’s the Jewish crowd that is most stuck on an image of Israeli wines from 30 or [...]
Read More..>>Rogov’s Reviews: Golan Heights Winery - Still at the forefront
Posted on August 20, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | 2 Comments
Golan Heights Winery is perhaps the best known large Israeli winery. They started the Israeli wine revolution and continue to lead the pack in quality. Daniel Rogov’s latest Israeli wine review in Ha’aretz is below.
Wine and Spirits / Still at the forefront: Golan Heights
By Daniel Rogov
Since it released its first wine from the [...]
