Yarden Katzrin 2004 virtual tasting
Posted on January 4, 2009 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
UPDATE: Due to the ongoing security situation in and near the Gaza border, this event was postponed.
Golan Heights Winery is about to release its flagship, age-worthy wine the Yarden Katzrin 2004. The Katzrin, a Bordeaux-style blend, is known to have an aging potention of upwards of a decade and is only released in good years.
The [...]
Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines includes Israeli Yarden
Posted on November 24, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
There are millions of wines from around the world. Even the best critics don’t know about most wines. Yet, very few of them are in the top 100. However, according to this year’s Wine Spectator, an Israeli wine has made their list of the best 100 wines.
Along with the best old world French chateaus, new [...]
Great Kosher Wine for Rosh Hashana (and year round)
Posted on September 21, 2008 - Filed Under Kosher and Jewish | 2 Comments
The Jewish holidays are a great time to find lots of Israeli wine – even if you aren’t Jewish. Rosh Hashana and Sukkot, two great feasting holidays, are coming up soon (Rosh Hashana begins this year on the night of September 29 and lasts two days) and this is a great chance to buy kosher [...]
Read More..>>Israeli wine for Shabbat
Posted on August 1, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry | Leave a Comment
I will be drinking the 2007 Yarden Gewurztraminer tonight with a Shabbat dinner of sushi. This light wine with a variety of foods and this unique varietal is grown in the Golan Heights’ volcanic soil. The 2007 Yarden Gewurztraminer displays an aromatic mix of characters: juicy litchi, fresh flowers, green apple, orange blossom, persimmon and [...]
Read More..>>Six wines for sixty years
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Check out this new article by Adam Montefiore on the history of Israel wine since independence.
As Israel celebrates Yom Hatzma’ut – Independence Day for the 60th time, I have been given the task to look back and select a wine to cover each decade. This is not necessarily meant to be a list of the [...]
Gary Vaynerchuk on Yarden and Israeli wines
Posted on December 4, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Rogov, Video | Leave a Comment
Just watched the WLTV clip. Gary gives a shoutout to my favorite wine critic – Daniel Rogov, the guru of Israeli wine and the only wine critic in Israel writing in English and for a foreign (and local) audience. It seems that Gary very much enjoyed the Yarden 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon. I’m not surprised as [...]
Read More..>>Gary tastes Yarden
Posted on December 4, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | Leave a Comment
Haven’t watched it yet but Gary Vaynerchuk has the 2003 Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon on the latest Wine Library TV. Now, if only he referred to it as Israeli and not kosher (although it is a great wine - like most of Golan Heights Winery - that happens to be kosher)! Why do you think he [...]
Read More..>>Ynet: Israeli world class wines, it’s official
Posted on November 15, 2007 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Wineries | Leave a Comment
From ynetnews.com:
Adam Montefiore
Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik
Israeli world-class wines – it’s now official!
For the first time ever, two Israeli wineries, Domaine du Castel and Yarden (Golan Heights Winery), have been awarded the coveted four star awards
Adam Montefiore
Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2008 has been published and it contains good [...]
