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Binyamina Winery Reopens Visitor Center After 10 Million NIS Renovation

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????After almost two years of work totaling 10 million NIS (about $2.5 million) the Binyamina Winery (Israel's 5th largest Winery) reopened their winery's visitor center. Occupying the historic building that once housed a perfume factory, the building once housed the fledgling winery before it expanded across the street to its current production le...

Interview with Mark Squires of the Wine Advocate on Israeli wine

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DR: Over the last several years, Israeli wineries have been winning more than their fair share of international recognition and awards. When visiting any of the best Israeli wineries, the recognition they seem to hold most dear is that from Robert Parker?s Wine Advocate. Robert Parker is the founder of the 100 point wine scoring

New Book on Israeli Wine

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?Wines of Israel? is a new book published by Cordinata, which is being launched at Succot. It is really the little sister of the larger format coffee table book, The Wine Route of Israel. ?Wines of Israel? is in an attractive, compact, concise and practical guide giving an insight into the wines and wineries of

First Internationally Recognized Wine Classes Start in Israel

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[Press Release] A great opportunity for those who want to learn more about wine is coming to Israel in October. The International Sommelier Guild will be starting classes in Tel Aviv at the Bin 281 Wine Shop and Bar at 281 Dizengoff Street (on the corner of Ben Yehuda). The first course, Wine Appreciation 1,

Wine for the High Holidays

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For my 5773 list of suggested wines for the High Holidays, I decided on some changes on how I picked my wines from previous years. First, I decided to try to mix up the price points a little so there were some affordable wines for everyone to choose from and I decided to suggest some

Netanyahu Receives Carmel Wine

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Mr. Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, received a nice surprise when he recently visited the Windmill at Mishkenot Shaananim & Yemin Moshe in Jerusalem. He was presented with a bottle of Carmel Limited Edition 2007 in a special gift box, by Adam Montefiore of Carmel Winery. The Mayor of Jerusalem and Ambassador of

International Wine Review Releases new issue: ?The New Wines of Israel?

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For immediate release Washington, DC August 6, 2012. The International Wine Review (IWR) announces the release of its 32nd Report ?The New Wines of Israel. The report is based on extensive research and travel in Israel by a team consisting of Publisher Michael Potashnik and Editor Donald Winkler in collaboration with Joel Butler, MW, a

Ella Valley?s New Winemaker

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I often refer to wine as ?consumable organic art.? A good winemaker needs to be part viticulturist and biochemist to make sure nothing goes wrong with a wine, first with the grapes in the vineyard then with the juice fermenting into wine at the winery. As well, a winemaker needs to be part artist to

Festival Favorites from Jerusalem

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???? ? ? ????The Jerusalem Wine Festival is the largest and most widely attended wine festival in Israel with tens of thousands attending over four nights. Traditionally, and now it's in its 9th year, the festival is held at Jerusalem's revered Israel Museum during the week of Tu Ba'av , which is both Jewish "Valentine's...

LeChaim To London!

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The London 2012 Olympics are about to start. England is known for frenetic, physical football, unique pubs, flat beer, tea with milk, fish and chips and the Queen. it is also a city which is known for being the center of the wine trade and has been so for over 200 years. It was there

Barkan Winery Merges Two Wine Events into One Evening

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Nestled amongst the vines of Israel?s largest contiguous vineyard at Kibbutz Hulda, about thirty minutes southwest of Tel Aviv, Israel?s second largest winery, Barkan, hosted a press event to inaugurate it?s new and long awaited visitor center and to launch its release of their three Cabernet Sauvignon?s in their 2009 Barkan Altitude series. Over 3...

Carmel Winery on CNN

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Check out Israeli wine?s best spokesperson Adam Montefiore on CNN Part I: Part II:

Ring around the Ros?

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Ros? is a tremendously underappreciated wine that goes well with an incredible array of food with the ability to provide welcome respite from the uncomfortable summer heat and humidity. With all due respect to Eric Asimov, while I do sometimes enjoy Ros? during the year Ros? is and always will be the perennial summer wine

Herzliya White Wine Festival

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The White festival returns to the Herzliya Marina the evenings of Wednesday, July 4th and Thursday, July 5th, 2012. ? The gates open at 6PM and the event goes until midnight with arriving guests welcomed until 11PM. ? A wide selection of Israeli & imported white, ros? and sparkling wines will be available for tasting

Carmel & Golan Lead in Eshkol HaZahav

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The Eshkol Hazahav wine tasting competition, has taken place for the tenth consecutive year. The Gala Dinner was held at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. The number of wines taking part were 282, from 63 wineries. The tastings, which took place over four days. The tastings were done by a group of selected

Eshkol HaZahav 2012

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The tenth year of Eshkol Hazahav! This is Israel?s main wine tasting competition which is held annually. Eshkol Hazahav, which translates as ?The Golden Cluster?, has become a fixture in the Israeli wine calendar. It is regarded locally as the Oscars of Israeli wine. After four days of tastings by carefully chosen wine professionals, the

Ra?anana Wine Festival

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The Ra?anana Wine Festival takes place tomorrow (Wednesday June 27) and Thursday June 28 at Lev HaPark (near the pond area). Admission is 55 NIS for Ra?anana residents with valid ID and 60 NIS for non-residents. Participating wineries include: Arza Barkan Segal Teperberg Hacerem Yaffo Or Ganuz Kinur David Lavie Zfat Dror Sasi Gat Shomron

Reflections from the Wine Pond

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The 2012 Eshchol HaZahav or the Golden Cluster Awards were just held in Tel Aviv at the Dan Panorama Hotel.? It?s the only wine competition that judges only Israeli wines and wines from all price categories.? Yet, wine competitions are a curious phenomenon in the wine industry.? For the public, it?s an opportunity to learn

Binyamina Listed in UK

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Binyamina Winery has recently succeeded to get wines listed in both Tesco and Marks & Spencers. Tesco is the largest supermarket chain and wine retailer in the United Kingdom. Marks & Spencer's is one of England's most famous retailers specializing in clothing, food and wines. Tesco offer a kosher service for the Jewish community by...

Carmel is Wine Enthusiast?s Editors? Choice

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Carmel is Wine Enthusiast's Editors' Choice No less than three Carmel Appellation wines have scored 90 points in the Wine Enthusiast, and in addition, each wine was also awarded the prestigious ‘Editor's Choice'. The wines were as follows: Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon, Upper Galilee, Carmel Winery 2009 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?...

Eshkol HaZahav, Golden Cluster Wine awards

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Delicious Rewards for Good Deeds and Celebrated Wines ? ????An enticing menu has been announced for the 10th Annual Golden Cluster's Awards Gala Dinner, what's billed as the "Oscars of Israeli Wines." The proceeds from this year's dinner will go to the Schneider's Children's Medical Center of Israel. This well anticipated festive evening will be...

Big, Bold and Innovative (Barkan Winery)

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Much has changed since I last profiled Barkan in 2007 ? the majority of it positive. In fact, so much changed that Barkan earned the title of ?Most Improved Winery? in my 2010 annual round up of the Israeli wine scene. Like Israel?s largest winery, Carmel, Barkan in recent years has made an effort to

More Proof That Wine is Good For Your Heart

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????When you work at a winery, you soon find out there's no shortage of people who want your wine for free. Winemakers tend to be generous souls, from my experience, but there's a limit to how many wine writers, dignitaries and charities you can bestow with samples or bottles for a charity gala and still

Upcoming Wine Events for June & the Rest of Summer in Israel

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  Recanati Winery in Emeq Hefer (in the Industrial Park off Rt. 4) Plenty of food (dairy) and a wide selection of wine for 40 NIS at the winery. Friday June 1st 10am to 3pm.   White Red Nights Festival 2012 June 4th-7th, 2012 This is an international festival, focusing on wine, music and cuisine.

Haifa Wine Festival

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Where: Haifa's Rappaport Audiotorium's Gardens on Mt. Carmel When:?May 22,23 & 24 6 to 11PM 50 NIS for the public One of the best festivals to attend ..20 plus wineries with some who don't venture too south and lectures and presentations and releases from the wineries each evening in adjacent private rooms…Andre Suidan is the...

Teperberg 1870

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Wine and cheese. No pairing of food and beverage is as ubiquitous in the Western world. Whether in North or South America or along the Mediterranean, when we think of one we most often think about enjoying it with the other. As Shavuot nears in Israel, a holiday where the consumption of dairy products in

The Kosher Grapevine

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While this site is not a kosher wine site, with many Israeli wine not being kosher and much kosher wine not being Israeli, I know it?s of interest to some readers and so I?m reviewing a new book out on the market, written by a New York real estate expert, The Kosher Grapevine: Exploring the

The Camel Wine on CNN

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CNN's Erin Burnett discovers Carmel Winery and a beautiful bottle of Carmel Appellation with, yes, a camel on the bottle.

David and Goliath (Ella Valley Winery)

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Ella Valley Winery is located in the valley of Ella in the Judean Hills, which has been a viticulturally important area for 2000 years. While, from an historical point of view, the aesthetically stunning Ella Valley is primarily known for the monumental show-down between David and Goliath; it does have other claims to fame. As

Return of The Ancient World

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Marks and Spencer, the iconic British food and clothing retailer founded by two Jewish families, has chosen a special selection of wines from the Eastern Mediterranean. Following new interest in Eastern Mediterranean food, M&S has chosen fifteen wines from Croatia, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Slovenia. These will be available in their w...

The Benefits of Maturity (Old Vine Wines)

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As I have often mentioned, while most wines are meant to be consumed early and don?t benefit from any additional time in the bottle, a few years of cellaring can make magic happen for a small percentage of quality wines (usually the most exciting ones). The additional time in the bottle gives the tannins, acid,

Yom Hatzmaut ? Looking Back

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This article first appeared on wines-israel.com and is reprinted with permission of the author. On Israel?s 64th Independence Day, it is worthwhile to look back at some of Israel?s most influential wines, which have helped to advance Israel?s image as a wine producing country of international quality. These are some of the wines that charted

Easter Wine Tour

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When I moved to California from Massachusetts, I missed the embedded and concentrated layers of culture and history that New England had to offer over the American Southwest. Yet when moving to Israel, those hundreds of years of New England culture were overshadowed by thousands of years of civilizations that can be overwhelming to a

2012 Blind Israeli Cabernet tasting in Tel Aviv

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Recently, I participated in an unprecedented tasting of Israeli Cabernet Sauvignon wines in Tel Aviv in the garden of Chef Alon Gonen?s home. We had all been invited by wine writer Rani Rogel of Food & Beverage/Israel. Three panels of wine writers, enthusiasts and wine makers sampled 37 wines so each panel averaged about 12

Passover Kosher Wine Buying Guide

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Holiday Shopping – Parts I & II As you probably already know, the weeks leading up to Pessach are the US kosher wine industry?s busiest with more kosher wine being sold during this period than the rest of the year combined. As the popularity of quality kosher wine continues to increase, the quality and variety

The Other White Meat?

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When moving to a new country, there are certain cultural changes one should expect. One might expect to adapt to new languages, politics, business practices, music, food and beverages. Coming from America, I was bit surprised on one dietary trend in Israel and that is the vast consumption of dog. Dog eaten for breakfast, dog

VIP Wine Tasting and Gallery Opening Reception in Ra?anana, Israel

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Sunday April 1st (No Fooling!!!) 7 PM to 8PM wine tasting and art gallery opening?at Brill's New Judaica Art Gallery Rechov Ahuza 111 50 NIS (FREE with purchase of any wine bottle) featuring the newly kosher wine of the Saslove Winery (at discounted prices for Pesach) 2010 was their first kosher vintage and five red

The English Voice Of Israeli Wine

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By Gamliel Kronemer, this article first appeared in The Jewish Week With oenophilia running in his famous family, Adam Montefiore has quickly become the unofficial spokesman for Israel?s wine industry. Just don?t ask him to grade a bottle. In a glass by himself: From London?s largest brewery to Israel?s wine giant Carmel, the journey of

Yarden Single Vineyard

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When writing about Israel?s largest wineries, it?s fruitless to write about all their dozens of different wines in one article so its prudent to taste their wines throughout the year. At the Israwinexpo 2012 in February , the Golan Heights Winery featured several Chardonnays and Syrahs including their premium Single Vineyard selections. On March 16...

Recanati in Wine Advocate

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Recanati Winery has gained some excellent scores in the Wine Advocate, the newsletter owned by Robert Parker. Robert Parker is the world's most famous wine critic. Mark Squires, a specialist in Israeli wines and part of Parker's team, did the tasting. Three of their wines scored 90 points or more. One scored 91 points, the

6 Wines for a Progressive Passover Seder

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When you have family or friends over for Passover so its easy to have a dozen or a few dozen people at the table. ?Why not make it more interesting and serve several wines as you fill your required four glasses (and for some of us several more). Serve them in the order listed to

Tsina Avidan, z?l

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The small Israeli wine world is in shock at the premature, untimely death of Tsina Avidan, the owner and winemaker of Avidan Winery, one of the country?s most up and coming, fastest improving boutique wineries. A boutique winery should almost by definition be characterful and highly individual. Avidan Winery certainly fits the bill. The wines

Que Syrah, Syrah (Stylistic Differences between Syrah & Shiraz)

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Syrah is a grape native to France?s Rh?ne Valley, I believe this varietal has great potential to be among those most appropriate to showcase Israel?s unique terroir (in my opinion, Grenache, Carignan and Cabernet Franc also top that list of potentials). However, as Syrah continues to make inroads within the Israeli market, sales of California

Snow In Yatir?s Vineyards

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On Friday March 2nd 2012 it snowed in Yatir Forest. Yatir Forest is Israel?s largest planted forest. The vineyards of Yatir Winery lie within the forest at an elevation of 600 to 900 meters above sea level. Yatir Forest is the meeting place between the Judean Hills, Judean Desert and Negev desert. It is this

Binyamina Reserve Release

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Recently, I attended a press release in Tel Aviv of Binyamina Reserve wines for 2012. First we tasted the 2011 Binyamina Reserve Gewurztraminer with a suggested retail price of 64 NIS.? With 12 grams of sugar/liter, this semi-dry wine is proof positive why Gewurztraminer is becoming one of the most popular premium white grapes in

What?s Happening in Israeli Wine: Some Perspective from Israwinexpo 2012

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?As far as I know, I was the only wine writer to attend all three days of the Israwinexpo 2012 in Tel Aviv. I?m not bragging (OK maybe I am a little). It was a delight but also a test of endurance. There was about thirty wineries and over 100 and closer to 200 wines

David Rhodes?s ?Favorite, Best or Most Interesting Wines? of the Israwinexpo 2012

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This is a shortened list from a longer article for those who like lists rather than reading explanations. Some wines I consider the best of the expo, some sentimental favorites and some just intellectually stimulating and worth mentioning as being illustrative of emerging trends. A few special wines were all of the above 2009 Tishbi

IsraWine Expo 2012

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I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWine Expo and determined to take full advantage, arrived as early as possible for the opening press conference which included a talk by Adam Montefiore's on the state of the Israeli wine industry to the approximately 45 visiting foreign journalists, wine

Wine Route of Israel ? New, Revised & Updated

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The third edition of The Wine Route of Israel has been published by Cordinata. The book is the most comprehensive overview of the Israeli wine industry to date. This coffee table book contains over 250 pages in full color, with photographs of wineries, winemakers, vineyards and wines. It will be an excellent gift to the

Israwinexpo 2012

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Isawinexpo 2012 is coming! This industry wine event occurs only every 2 years at Tel Aviv?s Ganei Taharucha convention center. It will take place February 21-23 (February 21 only for members of the trade, 22-23 for the general public). The ISRAWINEXPO exhibition is organized by the Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center in cooperation with...

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