To Jews there is no communal, religious or family life without wine. Each Sabbath starts with an act of blessing, the Kiddush or “Sanctification” is chanted over a cup of wine: “Blessed are you O Lord, Our God for creating the fruit of the vine.”
By: Daniel Rogov Yesterday afternoon (Thursday,18 Sep) I arrived at the Yoav Yehuda festival, there to start a round of tastings and re-tastings as well
Dr. Yair Margalit has been a constant figure of the Israeli wine scene during the last 20 + years.
Lior Laxer is one of the new bright lights on the Israel’s wine scene.
The Golan Heights Winery has led the way on the Israeli wine scene for 25 years.
Yatir Forest is the de-luxe, prestige wine of Yatir Winery, which is situated at Tel Arad in the north east Negev desert
Not all wines produced in Israel are automatically kosher. In fact there are more wineries producing non kosher wine in Israel. However more than 90% of the Israeli wine produced is kosher. This is because, without exception, the largest wineries only produce kosher wines.
Israel is a tiny country, which would comfortably fit into New Jersey or Wales. It is a country that is always in the news there is a fascination by the media quite out of proportion to its size.
Carmel have launched a new look for their Private Collection label.
The Israelites? interest in winegrowing is a continual theme throughout the Bible and Talmud. Wine was seen as a symbol of happiness and out of all the books of the Bible, only the Book of Jonah contains no reference to it.
Ronnie James is no longer with us. He passed away. Ronnie was a pioneer, but remained the same lovable, unspoilt character, not changed one iota by success.
