Posts Tagged ‘Margalit’
Israeli Harvest: An Early Report: “So Far, So Good…”
14, Sep 2011Tweet …says winemaker Golan Tishbi. “It’s a lot better than last year.” as he tends to his family’s estate vines in Zichron Ya’acov and who harvests grapes from all over Israel to produce about 1 million bottles every year at Israel’s 6th largest winery. The Tishbi Winery has already harvested several kinds of grape varietals [...]
Tweet This article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission La Revue du Vin, France’s most distinguished wine magazine, has selected four Israeli wines in the list of ‘the 100 Best Wines in the Mediterranean, between Spain & Israel’. The four wineries represented are: Domaine du Castel, situated at Ramat Raziel in the Judean Hills, [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries
- Tags: Domaine du Castel, Flam Winery, Margalit, Saslove
Margalit Awarded 93 Points
22, Mar 2011Tweet The following post is reprinted from wines-israel.com In the latest tasting of Israeli wines published by The Wine Advocate, the Israeli wines to stand out were: Margalit Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve 2007 93 points Margalit Kadita Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 91 points Flam Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2007 90 points Vitkin Carignan 2007 90 points [...]
Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate
3, Mar 2010Tweet 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 [...]
10 Best Wineries in Israel
20, Oct 2009Tweet 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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
Ten Best Wine Producers in Israel
12, Aug 2009Tweet 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)
French food, Israeli wine
25, Mar 2009Tweet French food and Israeli wine are not a common combination. After all, when people think Israeli wine they often (wrongly) associate it only with kosher food – thus barring wine and food combinations like mahi in a shrimp sauce with Barkan’s chardonnay. Yet, one French restaurant — TriBeCa’s Capsouto Frères is making just such [...]
- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Binyamina, Capsouto, Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Dalton, French, French wine, Galil Mountain, Margalit, Recanati, Yarden, Yatir
Boutique non-kosher Israeli wine now in the US
2, Jul 2008Tweet 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 [...]
- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Bravdo, direct to trade, direct wine, Flam, Inertia, Israeli Wine Direct, La Terra Promessa, Margalit, Meishar, Pelter, richard shaffer, Somek, Tzora, US wine, Wines, Yaffo
Top 10 Kosher Wines for 2007
15, Jan 2008Tweet 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 [...]
- In: Kosher
- Tags: Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Domaine du Castel, Flam, Har Odem, kosher, Margalit, Mt. Odem, New York Jewish Week, Pelter, Recanati, Yatir
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