Posts Tagged ‘Tishbi

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Israwinexpo is coming back! This biennial professional Israeli wine event first occurred in 2006, then again in 2008, and is now coming back to Tel Aviv. Israwinexpo, along with Sommelier, are the two top wine events in Israel.
Open to the public only on February 10-11, 2010 from 16:00-22:00 (4PM-10PM), the Israeli wine tasting will be [...]

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Stephen Brook, who visited Israel for IsraWinExpo 2008, has written an update to Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion. The Wine Companion is one of the classic books, which is in the library of every wine lover.
Over the years Stephen Brook has been a prolific author and his most famous book is his work on Bordeaux. He [...]

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Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains the classic wine to make a toast with. It is also symbol of success and happiness. Though it is a style of wine that has taken Israelis time to learn to appreciate, sparkling wines have [...]

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Twenty years ago there was a large market for Israeli brandies. Stock 84 and Brandy 777 were big domestic brands. In the 1990’s Carmel & Tishbi brandies won major international recognition at the very highest possible level. Yet high domestic taxes and the fact that brandy just drifted out of fashion, have contributed to an [...]

Tishbi Winery

19, Apr 2009

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My wife and in-laws went to Tishbi Winery, but, well, I didn’t. So I’ll just have to suffice with some pictures from the winery:
 

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This video about Tishbi Winery is in Hebrew, with English subtitles. Tishbi’s long history making grapes and wine in Israel reflect Israel’s long history as a wine producing nation.

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In this week’s Ha’aretz, Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov tastes wines from the Alexander Winery, Gat Shomron Winery, and Tishbi winery.

Wine and Spirits / Greats from Alexander
By Daniel Rogov
Located on Moshav Beit Yitzhak in the Sharon region, the Alexander winery, founded in 1996 by Yoram Shalom, receives grapes largely from contract vineyards it controls at [...]

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The 2008 harvest has just begun and, here in Israel, a handful of super-young wines have just been released or are about to be released.
The Golan Heights Winery has already released their 2008 Moscato, a light and fizzy wine. This is Daniel Rogov’s tasting note:
Golan Heights Winery, Moscato, Golan, 2008: Oh what a lovely little [...]

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Scroll down for the English:
יום חמישי 17/4/08 בשעה 20:00

WINE HALL ממשיכה בחגיגות ימי חמישי והפעם  היינות של יריב ליל הסדר :
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תישבי אסטייט שרדונה
תישבי אסטייט פינו נואר 2005
גוש עציון , בלנד בורדו , 2005
פסגות קברנה סובניון 2005
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According to a report in Globes, Israel’s top financial paper, Israel is now seeking to be the next Tuscany, Bordeaux, Rhone, Napa and Sonoma Valley. That is, Israel too, hopes to become a wine tourism destination.
According to Globes:

Zichron Yaacov and Binyamina are formulating a plan to create agricultural tourism with the aim of developing and [...]


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