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Hugh Johnson’s 2010 Wine Book Features Israeli Wine

By ⋅ August 19, 2009 ⋅ One comment

This article about Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book first appeared on wines-israel.com Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2010 is published already, even though it is only late August 2009. However early or not, it represents good news for Israel! No less than twenty six Israeli wineries have made this prestigious guide book, which is similar [...]

French food, Israeli wine

By ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

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 a [...]

The Best Israeli Wines of 2009

By ⋅ January 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In Daniel Rogov’s weekly column in Ha’aretz he reviews some of the best wines of 2009. Chateau Golan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Royal Reserve 2005: Almost impenetrably dark garnet in color, this wine is both concentrated and elegant. A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cabernet Franc, opening with spicy, mocha-tinged blackcurrants, those yielding to blackberries, [...]

World Wine Report ranks Israeli wines

By ⋅ October 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Tom Stevenson’s 2009 World Wine Report has just been released in the UK (and is available at amazon.co.uk) and will be available in the United States at the end of the month. In addition to ranking wines from around the world, it has a great section about Israel written by Daniel Rogov and Tom Stevenson’s [...]

Great Kosher Wine for Rosh Hashana (and year round)

By ⋅ September 21, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

The Jewish holidays are a great time to find lots of Israeli wine – even if you aren’t Jewish. Rosh Hashana and Sukkot, two great feasting holidays, are coming up soon (Rosh Hashana begins this year on the night of September 29 and lasts two days) and this is a great chance to buy kosher [...]

Rogov Reviews: Recanati, Yatir, Avidan

By ⋅ September 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

From Ha’aretz, Daniel Rogov reviews the Israeli wines from Recanati, Yatir and Avidan. Wine and Spirits / Notable from Recanati By Daniel Rogov From its inception in 2000 to the present, the Recanati winery has offered a generous selection of wines, many of which have been consistently excellent. Located in the Hefer Valley in the [...]

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

By ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

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 [...]

Barbera – Italian Wine becomes Israeli

By ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Israeli wine made from the Barbera grape are becoming more and more popular. Several new wineries have been introducing this Mediterranean varietal into their wines. Originally seen only by Dalton and Recanati, Galil Mountain has also recently introduced an Israeli Barbara. Barbera is not known much outside of Italy, but it is one of the [...]

Jerusalem of Wine

By ⋅ July 21, 2008 ⋅ One comment

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. [...]

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 [...]

Recanati & Galil Mountain: Versatile

By ⋅ January 25, 2008 ⋅ One comment

I do apologize that I am posting often about the same wineries – Recanati, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights, Yatir, etc. – and not paying enough attention to Pelter, Vitkin, Chateau Golan, Ella Valley, or some of the 100s of other Israeli wines, but certain wines are just so versatile. Such as two of my favorite [...]

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