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Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate

3, Mar 2010

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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 that has [...]

A Decade of Israeli Wine 2000-2009

30, Dec 2009

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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 in the [...]

Wine Tasting at Tel Aviv’s Eretz Yisrael Museum – Thursday is Last Day

22, Oct 2009

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From Daniel Rogov’s forum:
Wine and Gourmet Magazine will be holding its 12th wine tasting event at Museum haAretz in Tel Aviv on Wednesday and Thursday, 21 and 22 October. A small change this year, for whereas in the past the event featured only Israeli wines, this time imported wines will also be offered for tasting. [...]

Katamon Wine Tasting, Friday 11 September

6, Sep 2009

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If you happen to be near Jerusalem, this is an opportunity to taste a boutique winery near Jerusalem:
For those of you who were not able to attend the Harvest Celebration at the Katamon winery, you’ll have another chance as Avital has agreed to bring his wines to us for next Friday’s tasting.
Katamon Winery
Just in time [...]

Professional Wine Tasting Class in Tel Aviv

28, Jul 2009

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Want to learn how to taste wine the right way? Well, apparently a new group of Tel Aviv sommelier’s is hosting a new wine tasting class, probably one of the best Israel has to offer. I saw the following announcement:

The Premier Cru Wine Academy is proud to present:
The first complete wine course in Israel taught [...]

Israeli wine festival in Jerusalem – June 4

26, May 2009

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As part of the 2009 Israel Festival, the wineries in the Jerusalem area will be holding a one-day festival on the beatiful campus of the Hebrew University, in the botanical gardens (I believe that this is the Givat Ram campus of Hebrew U, not Mt. Scopus). The festival will be Thursday June 4, beginning at [...]

Tasting Dalton’s Sauvignon Blanc from the Wine Tasting Guy

29, Apr 2009

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Wine tasting is an important part of wine appreciating. I’ve long had a section on wine tasting.
Now, the aptly named Wine Tasting Guy, a fellow passionate lover of Israeli wine, has a few videos about wine tasting and a taste of a recent release from Israel’s Dalton Winery that he tasted while visiting his brother [...]

Avi Ben talks Jerusalem and Israeli wine

13, Jul 2008

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The great, new Jerusalem culture guide, Jerusalemite, has an interview with Avi Ben in honor of the upcoming Jerusalem wine tasting at the Israel Museum this week. Avi Ben was one of the important figures in raising wine culture in Israel over the past few decades and expanding the Israeli food culture in Israel. He [...]

Summer wine events in Israel

23, Jun 2008

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School’s out! The tourists have arrived. Israelis are on vacation and visitors from around the world are amassing on Israel for their summer vacation.

While you’re here this summer, there are some tremendous events not worth missing on the wine scene:

24 June – Lecture Series: Wine in Ancient Israel
The Tel Aviv wine shop Pri HaGafen is [...]

How to Taste Wine

5, May 2008

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