Posts Tagged ‘Golan Heights’

Top French Chefs Create Gala Dinner & Enjoy Israeli Wine

13, Jan 2010

Share 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 [...]

Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion Features Israeli Wine

28, Dec 2009

Share 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 [...]

Tel Aviv Wine Festival

2, Nov 2009

Share I’ve previously blogged about the Jerusalem Wine Festival but I haven’t yet had a chance to attend the Tel Aviv Wine Festival which is held at the Tel Aviv Eretz Yisrael Museum, near Tel Aviv University. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera and my cell phone had one indicator left, so I didn’t want [...]

On wine and waiting…

2, Oct 2009

Share How much beer does it take to make wine: A Visit to Dalton Winery The following is a guest post by Alex Aizenberg about his recent visit to Israel. Alex is a lover of Israeli wine and public relations guy. If you are interested in writing a guest post for HaKerem: The Israeli Wine [...]

Rogov tastes whites

8, Jun 2008

Share 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 [...]

Chag Pesach Sameach – Happy Passover

18, Apr 2008

Share It’s almost Shabbat and then immediately after will be the beginning of the Passover holiday, the celebration of the Jewish people’s deliverance from slavery to our home in Israel. And, above all, this is a holiday in which Jews throughout the world will be sitting down and drinking wine. So, to all my readers [...]

Organic Israeli wine

20, Dec 2007

Share The following story originally appeared in “the honey,” an English e-newsletter about life and culture in Israel:  WINE PURO VINO If this purist bent suits the current fancy, take it a step further and go organic in your wines. The much acclaimed Sea Horse Winery on Moshav Bar Giora, just southwest of Jerusalem, has [...]

Ynet: Israeli world class wines, it’s official

15, Nov 2007

Share From ynetnews.com:   Adam Montefiore Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik Israeli world-class wines – it’s now official! For the first time ever, two Israeli wineries, Domaine du Castel and Yarden (Golan Heights Winery), have been awarded the coveted four star awards Adam Montefiore Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2008 has been published and it contains good [...]

It’s almost here – Countdown 2007

13, Nov 2007

Share One of the most fun wine events is fast upon us – the release of the 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau. According to that all-knowing source Wikipedia: Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular vin de primeur, fermented for just a [...]


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