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Wine of Jerusalem, Ancient and Modern

15, Sep 2009

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Jerusalem.com has an interview with Dan Vered, owner of the Jerusalem Wine and Art store in the Old City in Jerusalem, which is a new wine shop in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter.
While Israel’s “wine revolution” only took place in the last few decades, as we’ve said before, Israel has been making wine for thousands of years.
Dan [...]

Photos from the Jerusalem Wine Festival

10, Aug 2009

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Much better than I could ever take, here are some photos of the Jerusalem Wine Festival held August 2009 at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
(These beautiful photographs are courtesy of Jessica Korman, The F Stops Here)

Job Opportunity at Jerusalem Wine Store

4, Aug 2009

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Tell them that you found the job at HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog
The wine store in the Cardo of the Old City in Jerusalem is looking for an experienced saleswoman.
The job offered is for eight plus hours a day, five days a week, and five [...]

Washington Post features Israeli wine

10, Jun 2009

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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 [...]

Israeli wine festival in Jerusalem – June 4

26, May 2009

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As part of the 2009 Israel Festival, the wineries in the Jerusalem area will be holding a one-day festival on the beatiful campus of the Hebrew University, in the botanical gardens (I believe that this is the Givat Ram campus of Hebrew U, not Mt. Scopus). The festival will be Thursday June 4, beginning at [...]

A visit to Katlav Winery

18, Dec 2008

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One of the great things about living in Israel, is that some of the greatest and most surprising wineries are only a short drive away. In America, you have to go to California or Washington State to get America’s best wineries, but in Israel, a great winery is no more than 3 or 4 hours [...]

Jerusalem of Wine

21, Jul 2008

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The Jerusalem Wine Festival has come and gone for the year. This wine tasting festival is only a few years old but it has already become a Jerusalem tradition for Israel’s Anglo population and Jerusalemites, thirsty for some culture in the holy city. Last week, I attended the event and came in with mixed feelings.
From [...]

Jerusalem Wine Festival – Today through Thursday

15, Jul 2008

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Today’s the day! The Jerusalem Wine Festival – a fun way to taste Israeli wine – is here.
I plan on being there on Wednesday so check it out. If you attend the event (or any other Israeli wine event) please send me your photos and, even better, your thoughts, remarks, or even a guest post. [...]

Avi Ben talks Jerusalem and Israeli wine

13, Jul 2008

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The great, new Jerusalem culture guide, Jerusalemite, has an interview with Avi Ben in honor of the upcoming Jerusalem wine tasting at the Israel Museum this week. Avi Ben was one of the important figures in raising wine culture in Israel over the past few decades and expanding the Israeli food culture in Israel. He [...]

Summer wine events in Israel

23, Jun 2008

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School’s out! The tourists have arrived. Israelis are on vacation and visitors from around the world are amassing on Israel for their summer vacation.

While you’re here this summer, there are some tremendous events not worth missing on the wine scene:

24 June – Lecture Series: Wine in Ancient Israel
The Tel Aviv wine shop Pri HaGafen is [...]


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