The Bible of Israeli Wine
Posted on November 7, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | Leave a Comment
Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines keeps on getting bigger and bigger. Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wines, released last Thursday, is the largest guide yet to Israel’s growing wine industry. While the 2008 guide, including a chapter on wine storage not appearing in the 2009 edition, was a thick 455 pages, the newest edition [...]
Read More..>>JTA: Israeli wines come of age
Posted on September 14, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | 1 Comment
A bit behind the times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the stereotypical “Israeli wines used to suck, now they are good story.” Focusing on Castel, a story I did two years ago. But, perhaps the most important as it’s the Jewish crowd that is most stuck on an image of Israeli wines from 30 or [...]
Read More..>>Rogov’s Reviews: Golan Heights Winery - Still at the forefront
Posted on August 20, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | 2 Comments
Golan Heights Winery is perhaps the best known large Israeli winery. They started the Israeli wine revolution and continue to lead the pack in quality. Daniel Rogov’s latest Israeli wine review in Ha’aretz is below.
Wine and Spirits / Still at the forefront: Golan Heights
By Daniel Rogov
Since it released its first wine from the [...]
Rogov’s Reviews: Best Deals on Local Wines
Posted on August 17, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
The latest Ha’aretz review from Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov. This time, on what he calls good values in local wines. Note that all the prices are the Israeli local price and not abroad. Are the non-kosher wines available in the US beyond those carried by Israeli Wine Direct?
Wine and Spirits / Best deals on [...]
Carmel, Avidan, Pelter, Chateau Golan, Savion: Daniel Rogov’s Reviews
Posted on August 7, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | 2 Comments
Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov’s latest wine review in Ha’aretz continues the last post of Carmel’s rise in quality and includes numerous great Israeli wines. Read the full review here or below:
Wine and Spirits / Critics’ darling
By Daniel Rogov
In recent months Israeli wines have become the darling of critics in the United States. Several months [...]
Teperberg 1870: Rogov’s Reviews
Posted on July 17, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov | Leave a Comment
The following is a review from Daniel Rogov of one of my favorite Israeli wineries - Teperberg 1870. This winery represents the Israeli wine revolution as it existed since the 19th century, but making kiddush wines of no interest to those looking for quality wines. Yet, they have undone significant changes with the younger generation [...]
Read More..>>Rogov’s Reviews: Sophisticated Benyamina
Posted on July 9, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov | 1 Comment
Daniel Rogov has a positive review of the Benyamina Winery in last week’s Ha’aretz. Benyamina is a large winery, often overlooked. It’s great to see that this Israeli winery is constantly improving.
Wine and Spirits / Sophisticated Binyamina
By Daniel Rogov
That Binyamina winery is on the way up is beyond question. With far better control over its [...]
Rogov’s Reviews: Bustan - Small But Special
Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov, Wineries | 2 Comments
Following is Daniel Rogov’s latest review in Ha’aretz. This week he reviews the Bustan Winery and Saslove. I admit that I haven’t had either, but I plan on tasting some at some upcoming wine festivals over the next month. Bustan is available in North America (imported by Royal) and Saslove is available in Canada, as [...]
Read More..>>Rogov tastes whites
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Rogov, Wineries | 1 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 their origins [...]
Read More..>>Rogov on Vitkin
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Wineries | 1 Comment
In Daniel Rogov’s latest column in Ha’aretz, he tastes the interesting wine from Vitkin. This is a taste of Rogov’s thoughts:
Assaf Paz, the winemaker at Vitkin Winery, is doing some pretty strange things. The winery, a family affair producing about 40,000 bottles annually, has refused so far to fit into the standard mold. Instead of [...]
