Month: January 2018

When I arrived in Israel, there were just ten wineries. The winery boom was ahead of us, and the boutique winery explosion that was to take place was still to begin. However the first person to set this off was an unassuming, quiet farmer wine grower called Yonatan (Jonathan) Tishbi. He founded his winery against the odds, withdrawing from the cooperative of the largest winery in the country. That he succeeded was admirable and he came to be the forerunner of the revolution that was to follow. However the Tishbi family story lasts over 130 years, so we have to go right back to the beginning and then bring the story up to date until today.