Posts Tagged ‘Wine Advocate’

Castel & Yatir Excel Again

5, Jan 2012

Tweet The following is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission.  The Wine Advocate has published its annual December tasting of Israeli wines. The three most successful wines were Yatir Forest, Castel Grand Vin and Carmel Limited Edition. The target of any winery is to receive 90 points or more in the Wine Advocate. The wines [...]

Mark Squires Tastes Israel

5, Jan 2011

Tweet (This article appeared in wines-israel.co.il and is reprinted with permission) Mark Squires has written reviews of Israeli wines in the latest edition of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. This is the second major tasting Squires has undertaken on Israeli wines this year. He tasted 76 wines this time. Some wineries sent a large number of [...]

Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate

3, Mar 2010

Tweet 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 [...]

A Decade of Israeli Wine 2000-2009

30, Dec 2009

Tweet I’ve written about Israeli wine from Biblical Times until the 1990s. Here’s Israeli wine from the last decade: Now is the time to look back at the 2000’s, as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close. It was a very good decade for Israeli wines. The boutique boom that began [...]

Mark Squires Tastes Israeli Wine in the Wine Advocate

2, Sep 2009

Tweet 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, [...]

Scoop: Wine Advocate re-tastes Israeli wine

24, Dec 2008

Tweet 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 [...]

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

18, Aug 2008

Tweet 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 [...]

Wine Advocate tastes Israeli wines … again

10, Jul 2008

Tweet Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has a new Internet-only feature on Israeli wine. This article by Mark Squires has reviews, tasting notes, and some of the Wine Advocate’s thoughts on Israeli wine. I will have more on this topic later, once I go through the tasting notes, but if you are a subscriber check it [...]

Mark Squires on Israeli wine

8, Feb 2008

Tweet 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 [...]

Wine Advocate Scores

24, Dec 2007

Tweet 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 [...]

Historic Tasting for Israel

24, Dec 2007

Tweet 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 [...]

Heads up: Wine Advocate Released

22, Dec 2007

Tweet Quick heads up that the Wine Advocate tastings on Israeli wines have just been released. The magazine was just mailed yesterday morning, so it should be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes shortly and the article will be on the eRobert Parker site (only accessible to subscribers and subscriptions cost $99, so I don’t have one) [...]


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