Posts Tagged ‘Mark Squires’

Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate

3, Mar 2010

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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 that has [...]

Mark Squires Tastes Israeli Wine in the Wine Advocate

2, Sep 2009

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Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has a new tasting of Israeli boutique and garagiste wineries by Mark Squires (who authored the first two reviews of Israeli wine in the Wine Advocate).
While Squires’s first review was widely received with several wineries receiving scores of 90 or above and the rest receiving scores in the 80s, today’s tasting [...]

Scoop: Wine Advocate re-tastes Israeli wine

24, Dec 2008

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SCOOP: The latest issue of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has a new tasting of Israeli wines by Mark Squires. This is important because it means that the Wine Advocate is paying continued attention to Israeli wine. As I said, the secret’s out. Israeli wine is good and not just for kosher-keepers.
Here are Squire’s scores from [...]

Why Israeli Wine is World Class (My Philosophy on What is Good Wine)

18, Aug 2008

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Israeli wine is world class. Yes, we’ve heard this recently from the likes of Robert Parker, Mark Squires, Gary Vaynerchuk, Wine Spectator, Decanter, and other wine critics and trade publications. But I think they’ve all got it a bit wrong.
Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not necessarily disagreeing with their scores and I’ll take the 93 that [...]

Israeli wine on CNN International

10, May 2008

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Check out this clip about Israeli wine on CNN International (sorry I can’t embed it, and don’t let the initial talk of the falcons in the UAE confuse you, it just takes about a minute and a half for them to get to Israel).
My only reaction: I want to be the Grape Man!
UPDATE: It’s also [...]

Robert Parker writes about Israeli wines in Business Week

8, Mar 2008

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Robert Parker talks about Israeli wine in his Business Week column, with rankings for Castel, Yatir, Carmel’s Limited Edition. Here is the link.
It’s great to see Israeli wines begin to get the recognition that they deserve. Wine Spectator also recently featured an article about Tulip Winery.

Mark Squires on Israeli wine

8, Feb 2008

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Richard, a nice American blogger who also shows the love to Israeli wine, interviewed Mark Squires on his blog Israel Wine Direct (the only other Israeli wine blog, but missing out on a ton since Richard’s in America – but he’s scheduled to bring great Israeli wine to American direct consumers).
The interview is worth paying [...]

Wine Advocate Scores

24, Dec 2007

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Below are the scores for the Wine Advocate article on Israeli wines by Mark Squires. Robert Parker also sat in on the tastings, and tasted himself.
IsraelWines.co.il also has the scores, in descending order.
You can see the notes of the WA’s scoring system here
However, note that tasting notes are very important. I saw excerpts of the [...]

Historic Tasting for Israel

24, Dec 2007

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From the IsraelWines.co.il site:

The Wine Advocate’s first generic tasting of Israeli wines resulted in a resounding success, which will encourage the whole industry. The Wine Advocate is the mouthpiece of Robert Parker, the world’s most powerful and influential wine critic.
No less than 14 wines scored over 90 points. This has always been the mythical barrier [...]

Robert Parker and Wine Advocate on Israeli wine

6, Dec 2007

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It’s been an open secret that Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s wine publication – a fellow Terp! but more importantly, the most famous wine critic) and Parker recently tasted Israel’s 100 best wines, as determined by a small group of critics/professionals.
Well, there is a sneak preview on the Parker wine forum. First off, apparently the article [...]


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