
WINE EDUCATION IN ISRAEL
Back in 1979 I was working for the brewery Charrington, part of the Bass Charrington group. By chance I was put on a wine course

Back in 1979 I was working for the brewery Charrington, part of the Bass Charrington group. By chance I was put on a wine course

Passover is of course not just Seder Night and the Festival of Freedom, it is also the Festival of Wine. When and where else, are

The Judean Hills are flowing with wine, echoing the words of Amos the Prophet. Recently, four of Israel’s finest wineries decided to pool their efforts

When all the talk is of quality Israeli wines which win prizes worldwide, you will be surprised, at how much grape juice and Kiddush wine

Farewell to Rishon Le Zion Wine Cellars. The final death throes have taken place and the historic winery of Israel is finally closed. It has

When I visit restaurants, I invariably study the wine list, looking for balance. It has to match the restaurant in style, size and price. I

If the 1980’s heralded the birth of the quality revolution in Israeli wine, and the 1990’s the development of boutique wineries, the first decade of

67 Wine is one of the iconic wine and spirit stores in Manhattan. It was founded in 1941 by Joel Weiser and it is still

Wherever the soil is poor and unfertile throughout the Mediterranean basin and the Levant, vines and olive trees have always been planted. They both thrive

Robert Parker, a young, humble lawyer from Monkton, Maryland, was a wine lover. He began tasting wines, writing tasting notes and publishing them for a
Israel, like many long thin countries, has a surprising number of microclimates. It is possible to ski in the morning on Mount Hermon in the

Do you know that until the last quarter of the 20th century, woman winemakers were regarded with suspicion. In the Catholic ‘old world’, of France,