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The Book of Isaiah tells us that there is "no rest for the wicked" and both Lenny Bruce and Woody Allen reminded us that there is "no rest for the weary". I don't consider myself... Read more

Owned by a branch of the Shor family, the Arza winery was founded in 1847 and until recently produced primarily Kiddush wines for the ultra-orthodox. Despite producing several million bottles of wine annually, these wines... Read more

The Golan Heights Winery has just officially announced the upcoming Golan Vintage 2010. This is the sixth celebration of this event which in past years has drawn a sophisticated crowd for wine tastings, culinary demonstrations... Read more

On Wednesday, 3 March, I made my way on the 6 a.m. train to Beer Sheva, there to be picked up to make the rounds of seven Negev wineries. Before getting into the wines, let... Read more

Many have asked for comments and tasting notes of the wines of the Domaine du Castel in magnum format. Alas, these are not tastings that come on a regular basis even to the most dedicated... Read more

On Thursday, 25 February, I visited the Yaffo Winery. I recall the first time I visited Yaffo and met Moshe and Anne Celniker who were then making their wine in their Ramat HaHayal home. Today,... Read more

On Thursday, 25 February, the Israeli Railroads delivered me comfortably to Beit Shemesh, from where I made my way to the Agur winery for my annual visit. Set on Moshav Agur in the Judean plains,... Read more

At my request this early afternoon and thanks to Eli Ben Zaken, I received a bottle of the 2008 Petit Castel of Domaine du Castel. I normally set such bottles aside for a minimum of... Read more

Continuing on my travels, albeit without Charlie, this late morning (Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010) found me at the Karmei Yosef winery. Call the winery by its formal name "Karmei Yosef" or call it by the... Read more

Located in the foothills of the Jerusalem Mountains on the grounds of the Dir Rafat Monastery, the Money winery was operated for many years by the resident monks. About eight years ago, control of the... Read more

Today found me still during the relatively early hours of morning at the Tzora Vineyards winery, there to do do tastings from the 2007, 2008 and 2009 vintages. Memories, it is said die hard, and... Read more

This morning (Thursday, 18 Feb 2010) found me at the Carmel winery in Rishon LeTzion, there to do primarily advance tastings. During my return to Tel Aviv, I reflected on the reality that for the... Read more

Not all that long ago (2 February) I visited the Recanati Winery and posted my tasting notes at viewtopic.php?f=29&t=30075 I mentioned on that posting that the winery was soon to release their 2006 Special Reserve... Read more

On Monday (15 Feb 2010), I paid my annual visit to the Binyamina Winery for barrel, advance and re-tastings. Let me start my comments with the suggestion that all of us forget just about everything... Read more

On Tuesday, 9 February, I attended the opening day of the Israwinexpo exhibition in Tel Aviv. As I have written earlier, my overall impressions of the event were very positive. From overall organization to the... Read more

On Monday (7 Feb 2010), I left Tel Aviv at about 06:30 to make my way to do my annual tasting at the Golan Heights Winery. Of the 61 wines I tasted, there were six... Read more

Like many others, I today received a notification from Domaine du Castel to the effect that they have formally released their 2007 Grand Vin. The wine is now making its way to wine shops in... Read more

As I have written earlier, the first two editions of this exhibition, held in 2006 and 2008 were, in my opinion, great successes and served several major purposes. First, they served as a showcase for... Read more

This late afternoon and early evening (Thursday, 4 February) I found myself at the Carmel Winery in Zichron Ya'akov, there for the unveiling for journalists of the winery's new prestige blend, the 2007 Mediterranean. We... Read more

Today (Tuesday, 2 February) found me at the Recanati winery, there to do barrel tastings, advance tastings and re-tastings. Established in 2000, this modern winery located in the Hefer Valley in the north part of... Read more

Because the city of Beit Shemesh is located conveniently to the many wineries in the Jerusalem Mountains, I have become intimately familiar with the railroad station there. Today, after making my way there by train... Read more