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The Israeli Petite Sirah by Adam Montefiore

By ⋅ April 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Petite Sirah was a new immigrant to Israel in the 1970’s. It came in a package ordered by Charles Loinger, the director of the Israel Wine Institute, from UC Davis. Partners in the same journey were French Colombard and Emerald Riesling. The impact of those two white grapes on the Israeli market was initially far [...]

Israwinexpo 2010 Tel Aviv

By ⋅ January 19, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

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 [...]

Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion Features Israeli Wine

By ⋅ December 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

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. [...]

Israel’s Wines of Celebration

By ⋅ December 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

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 [...]

Israel’s Forgotten Brandies

By ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ April 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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:  

Tishbi Winery: A love story with the land of Israel

By ⋅ February 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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.

Rogov’s Reviews: Alexander, Gat Shomron, Ruth, Tishbi

By ⋅ December 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Israel’s 2008 Harvest Begins

By ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Israel: The Next Napa or Tuscany? Israel seeks to become wine tourism destination

By ⋅ January 18, 2008 ⋅ One comment

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 [...]

Israeli sparkling wines for the New Year 2008 (Sparkling wines for Sylvester)

By ⋅ December 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s a few days until New Years – or Sylvester as we call it in Israel – and with that comes bubbly. Yup, sparkling wine (or champagne, but champagne really only refers to sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France). Well, Israel isn’t known for being a world-class leader in this category but there [...]

It’s almost here – Countdown 2007

By ⋅ November 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the most fun wine events is fast upon us – the release of the 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau. According to that all-knowing source Wikipedia: Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular vin de primeur, fermented for just a few [...]

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