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Boutique non-kosher Israeli wine now in the US

By ⋅ July 2, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

I have written previously about Israeli Wine Direct and the important work Richard Shaffer and his team are doing to bring small-quantity Israeli wine into the United States. IWD is making some of Israel’s best, small-production wine available to consumers in America. My only complaint is that it means less for me! Well, I have [...]

SF Chronicle: Israel’s wine industry reveals it’s California roots

By ⋅ June 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Interesting article about Israeli wine, especially Flam – whose father was the first Israeli to study at the University of California Davis’s winemaking program and was the winemaker at Carmel for decades. In honor of the Jewish Vinter’s event in California last weekend, several Israeli winemakers were there including Golan Flam (of Flam), Assaf Paz [...]

Rogov tastes whites

By ⋅ June 8, 2008 ⋅ One comment

It’s summer time and that means it’s time to break out the white wines — which are great deals too! In this week’s Ha’aretz, Israel’s premier wine critic Daniel Rogov tries a few whites. By Daniel Rogov In Israel, as in California, nearly all the locally made white wines are made from grapes that have [...]

US wine events

By ⋅ June 1, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Israeli Wine Direct is bringing some great winemakers to the US to introduce their wines to the American market. Definitely worth checking out! Zeev Smilansky of Meishar will be in Chicago June 8-9 (Sun-Mon). Golan Flam and several other Israeli winemakers will be at the Jewish Vintners Celebration in Napa Valley from June 20-22. For [...]

Canada: Support quality Israeli wine

By ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Here is an interesting article from the Canadian Jewish Independent on Israeli wine and my favorite part – the business and export side of quality wine. Nice focus on Carmel and Flam, including quotes from the legendary Adam Montefiore of Carmel and also Golan Flam of Flam. Nice to see Israeli wine getting noticed as [...]

Top 10 Kosher Wines for 2007

By ⋅ January 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Gamliel Kronemer, the New York Jewish Week’s wine writer, has just released his Top 10 kosher wines for 2007. While missing out on many of the great non-certified Israeli wines (Flam, Margalit, Pelter, Clos de Gat, Odem Mountain [going certified starting with the 2007 vintages] and many more), about half the list is Israeli wines. [...]

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