Old City ...since 1848 until today. The Teperbergs were another company operating in the Old City. They picked up their Germanic sounding name and an interest in wine from...
Old City
80 Jerusalem ...of Rehov Yehudim (Jews Street) in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Zion Winery, Israel’s oldest existing winery, was founded in 1848 by Rabbi...
Jerusalem
74 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Jerusalem ...& TEPERBERG FAMILIES: OLD CITY WINERIES Even in the Old City of Jerusalem alone, there were no less than 26 wineries, but they were not commercial. They...
Jerusalem
66 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Hebron ...The raw materials were supplied by the Arab vineyards in the Bethlehem & Hebron areas. Zeitani, Hevroni and Dabouki were some of the grape varieties used...
Hebron
77 35.108539,31.524354,0 Ottoman Empire ...East. www.adammontefiore.com On the founding of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle Eastern wine industry was finally obliterated because of the...
Ottoman Empire
80 Europe ...and Nazareth. The revival was short lived, but the Crusaders did return to Europe with many noble grape varieties which had their origins in the Middle East...
Europe
78 27.5,42.5,0 Yavne ...wine producing traditions in the country. The large wine complex discovered at Yavne, dating from 1,500 years ago, remains the largest Byzantine winery ever found...
Yavne
81 Carmel ...Askelon etc), by wine style (Yashan Noshan, Conditon etc) or an area (Sharon, Carmel etc.) They were not known by variety. They were usually sweetened (with date...
Carmel
80 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Tel ...was a message uncovered on a pottery shard from a soldier in the garrison at Tel Arad, saying “If there is wine, send quantity.” It was dated 2,600 years ago...
Tel
79 35.64471,33.17704,0 Judea ...commodity being shipped in goatskin or pottery. The vineyards of Galilee and Judea were mentioned. The earliest storage vessels originated in southern Canaan and...
Judea
79 Galilee ...Mount Hermon to the Negev. The discovery of a wine cellar at Tel Kabri in the Galilee dated back more than 3,600 years, excited archeologists from all over the...
Galilee
80 Israel ...as their logo. The vine was one of the blessings promised to the children of Israel. The Israelites soon inherited and adopted the wine expertise and culture of...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Egypt ...traders of wine. The Canaanites were the world’s best winemakers. Arguably, Egypt was the world's first great wine culture, where wine was exalted and treasured...
Egypt
78 Lebanon ...Caucasus 11,000 years ago. However, it was from the Levant (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) that the vines made their way westwards, cross breeding with wild...
Lebanon
78 -74.836,40.64177,0 Israel ...it. ….they shall plant vineyards and drink their wines.” How right he was! Israel now has a thriving and dynamic wine industry. Vineyards again cover the map of...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...ISRAELI WINE FROM THE ISRAELITES TO THE ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel – Modern Israel – Israel Today Israel is now considered a quality wine...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 ISRAELI A HISTORY OF ISRAELI WINE FROM THE ISRAELITES TO THE ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel –...
ISRAELI
14 35.693185,33.247952,0 Ramle ...from White Russia. They founded a winery in 1950 and later settled in Ramle. JAMES ROTHSCHILD DONATION James Rothschild, son of Baron Edmond, left...
Ramle
72 34.873555555,31.9318,0 Zion ...ha, but there were fourteen wineries in existence. Eliaz and Askalon-Carmei Zion were founded in the early years of the state. Eliaz was established in 1952 by...
Zion
78 -87.83285,42.44613,0 Sarona ...Rishon Le Zion, Zichron Ya’acov and Mikveh Israel. They also had a winery in Sarona, adjacent to the current Montefiore Quarter of Tel Aviv, built in the mid...
Sarona
79 Israel ...that built the wineries at Rishon Le Zion, Zichron Ya’acov and Mikveh Israel. They also had a winery in Sarona, adjacent to the current Montefiore Quarter...
Israel
72 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Cremisan Monastery ...and Pinot Noir to the Holy Land. Cremisan Winery was founded by the Cremisan Monastery at Beit Jalla. It was founded by Salesian Monks from Italy in 1885. Cremisan is...
Cremisan Monastery
71 Mount ...reinterred in the beautiful Ramat Hanadiv Gardens, on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the sea and the winery & vineyards he loved so much. The...
Mount
79 United States ...industry lost its principal markets: Russia, because of the Revolution; the United States because of Prohibition and Egypt and the Middle East because of Arab...
United States
78 -112.5748710765186,45.70207474696211,0 Russia ...When the war was over though, the industry lost its principal markets: Russia, because of the Revolution; the United States because of Prohibition and Egypt...
Russia
75 96.72826321601113,61.982679896951,0 Israel ...BEN-GURION: WINERY WORKER No less than three future prime ministers of Israel worked in Carmel’s wineries & vineyards before they entered politics. David...
Israel
73 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 French ...Jacob Ltd." (Agudat Hacormim in Hebrew.) The registration of the name in French was in recognition of the Baron's contribution. The cooperative included...
French
75 -86.43333,16.35,0 Constantinople ...company marketing wines in the Ottoman Empire to places like Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople, Alexandria as well as Jaffa & Jerusalem. Carmel even had a branch in Cairo. In...
Constantinople
81 Austria ...Herzl showed his appreciation by becoming a shareholder of Carmel Wine Co. in Austria. The first major award to be given to an Israeli wine was the Gold Medal...
Austria
80 14.13948181405662,47.58667613180298,0 Great Britain ...the different wines. Palwin became the largest selling Israeli wine in Great Britain for well over 100 years. The wineries of Rishon Le Zion and Zichron Ya’acov...
Great Britain
73 Israeli ...known as "Palestine Wine Co.", hence the name ‘Palwin’, which became the first Israeli wine brand. Wines were labeled using numbers, to make it easy for new...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Britain ...by Austria (1897), Germany, Britain (1898) and America (1900). The company in Britain was known as "Palestine Wine Co.", hence the name ‘Palwin’, which became the...
Britain
80 -2.8597499154730794,54.125395081364154,0 Alicante ...to be ripped out, and vineyards were replanted with varieties like Carignan, Alicante, Clairette & Ugni Blanc. SCV DES GRANDES CAVES In the meantime, Rothschild...
Alicante
79 123.0185,10.89704,0 Bordeaux ...varieties and there was no real market for a fine Palestine wine. When the Bordeaux varieties were affected by phylloxera, they had to be ripped out, and vineyards...
Bordeaux
77 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Indian ...by bringing cuttings from a nursery in Kashmir. These became known as ‘the Indian vines’. www.adammontefiore.com When his experts encouraged caution...
Indian
77 -83.92074,33.24262,0 Tuscany ...and fell in love with the Mount Carmel area, which he thought was Israel’s Tuscany or Provence. He then decided to create a wine industry. Rothschild brought in...
Tuscany
77 Mount ...villages. In 1887 he visited for the first time and fell in love with the Mount Carmel area, which he thought was Israel’s Tuscany or Provence. He then decided...
Mount
76 Petit Bouschet ...(Grenache), Carignan, Espart (Mourvedre), Bordolo (Cinsault), Brachet and Petit Bouschet. Rothschild, who sponsored early Jewish pioneer settlements in the Land of...
Petit Bouschet
76 Palestine ...of his expert horticulturists, summoned from the Palace of Versailles to visit Palestine, recommended vineyards as being the solution in 1882. The first experimental...
Palestine
81 -80.54035,40.83395,0 Versailles ...a barren land. One of his expert horticulturists, summoned from the Palace of Versailles to visit Palestine, recommended vineyards as being the solution in 1882. The...
Versailles
80 -92.84103,38.43141,0 Canada ...$50 million and are increasing. Over half of the exports are to the USA and Canada. The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany...
Canada
79 -98.18587204622388,61.360532981218846,0 Israeli ...du Castel, Tzora Vineyards, Flam Winery, Sphera and Golan Heights Winery. Israeli exports total more than US $50 million and are increasing. Over half of the...
Israeli
77 35.693185,33.247952,0 Galil Mountain ...Zion, Tabor, Binyamina, Recanati, Jerusalem VW, Dalton, Tishbi and Galil Mountain. The large wineries control well over 90% of Israel’s harvest. There are...
Galil Mountain
69 Negev ...the land of Israel from the northern border with Lebanon, down to the deepest Negev. There are moshav wineries and kibbutz wineries. There are wineries run by...
Negev
80 34.75,30.25,0 State of Israel ...in the Hebron region, though Dabouki was also once grown prolifically in the State of Israel, particularly in the Coastal Plain. It was often used for distillation in the...
State of Israel
79 Israel ...is in the end the variety most associated with Israel. It has been in Israel for over 150 years, being established even before the involvement of...
Israel
73 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Eastern Mediterranean ...the most popular wine. Muscat of Alexandria is an indigenous variety to the Eastern Mediterranean and it has had a revival, due to the popularity of Moscato, the low alcohol...
Eastern Mediterranean
78 Portuguese ...most Israeli variety is Argaman, made by a cross of Carignan with the Portuguese grape Souzao. The first Argaman was launched by Carmel in the mid 90’s. The...
Portuguese
72 Israel ...MW (ex-Recanati, Barkan and Lewinsohn Winery) followed Eran Pick to become Israel’s second Master of Wine. www.adammontefiore.com ISRAEL WINE...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 ISRAEL ...or more of these varieties are Barkan, Feldstein and Gvaot. ERAN PICK MW – ISRAEL’S FIRST MASTER OF WINE Israel received a great deal of positive attention when...
ISRAEL
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Marawi ...winery to make wines from these local varieties was Recanati. They produced a Marawi and Bittuni, a cooperation between a Palestinian grower and Israeli winemaker...
Marawi
80 124.28395,8.0034,0 Italian ...of Israeli whites by Jancis Robinson MW. Their consultant in this project was Italian Riccardo Cotarella. Fadi Baterseh of Cremisan researched these varieties at...
Italian
80 California ...to the protocol of ‘Lodi Rules’ from California. These moves were led by California born Victor Schoenfeld, who became Head Winemaker in 1992 and has so far been...
California
75 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 Israeli ...date were awarded to the Castel Grand Vin and Clos de Gat Muscat. In addition, Israeli wines won some pretty impressive awards. Carmel Kayoumi Shiraz 2006 won ‘The...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...to the New York Wine Experience in 1999. Domaine du Castel became the first Israeli to be awarded the maximum Four Stars in Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book in...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 California ...new owners of Carmel Winery. Winemakers invariably studied abroad either in California, Australia, France or Italy. Also, wine consultants were used. Peter Stern...
California
79 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 Israel ...Capital, a consortium of investors from Britain, France, the United States and Israel. Eventually the two largest wineries became part of public companies. Tempo...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...Route of Israel (Cordinata, 2012, 2015). E. Sacks and A. Montefiore, Wines of Israel (Cordinata, 2012, 2020). R. Saslove and G. Haran, Wine Journey, An Israeli...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...(Al Ha’Shulchan, 2007). A. Hadas, Vine and Wine in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel (Kronenberg, Heb, 2007). R. Heskett and J. Butler MW, Divine Vintage (Palgrave...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...Guide To Israeli Wines (2016). M. Dayagi-Mendels, Drink and Be Merry (Israel Museum, 1999). J. Gur, The Book of New Israeli Food (Al Ha’Shulchan, 2007). A...
Israel
72 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...1966). M. Ben-Joseph, The Bible of Israeli Wines (Modan, 2002). M. Ben-Yosef, Israeli Wines (Chemed Books, Heb, 1997). M. Ben-Yosef, The Wine Book (Keter Publishing...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israel ...of hope for a better future.” In terms of climate, cuisine and character, Israel is both Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. A New World wine country set in the...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...jamessuckling.com tasted Israeli wines and gave some very high scores to Israeli wines. The highest scoring wines received 97 points. Twelve wines from seven...
Israeli
75 35.693185,33.247952,0 Valley ...Golan, Lower Golan; COASTAL PLAIN: Zichron Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills...
Valley
78 11.77935,47.89307,0 Upper Galilee East ...fifteen regions: GALILEE: Upper Galilee West, Upper Galilee East, Lower Galilee; GOLAN HEIGHTS: Upper Golan, Lower Golan; COASTAL...
Upper Galilee East
78 Upper Galilee West ...the following fifteen regions: GALILEE: Upper Galilee West, Upper Galilee East, Lower Galilee; GOLAN HEIGHTS: Upper Golan...
Upper Galilee West
72 GALILEE ...created a wine map identifying the following fifteen regions: GALILEE: Upper Galilee West, Upper Galilee East, Lower...
GALILEE
66 Tel Aviv ...the valleys of the Southern Mt. Carmel, and in the Judean Plain, south east of Tel Aviv. With the move to quality, the concentration of vineyards moved northwards and...
Tel Aviv
81 34.78057,32.08088,0 Poland ...Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far East, mainly Japan. Israeli wines are sold to more than...
Poland
78 19.404382772547915,52.12259403291701,0 Belgium ...main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far...
Belgium
78 Germany ...and Canada. The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland &...
Germany
79 10.393940105829056,51.11428797700689,0 Western Europe ...Over half of the exports are to the USA and Canada. The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern...
Western Europe
81 Israeli ...Jerusalem Vineyard Winery. A new style of investor became attracted to the Israeli wine scene. These were idealists who built new wineries with no expense spared...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 Carmel ...and focus on quality table wines. The large wineries also invested heavily. Carmel founded Yatir Winery in the Northeast Negev. They closed production at Rishon...
Carmel
80 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Efrat ...of the 2000’s. The traditional, historic wineries of Israel: Carmel Mizrahi, Efrat, Eliaz and Askalon were renamed Carmel Winery, Teperberg, Binyamina and Segal...
Efrat
79 35.206111111,31.704444444,0 Margalit Winery ...domestic winemakers who decided to establish their own wineries, resulting in Margalit Winery and Domaine du Castel respectively. Dr. Yair Margalit was a chemistry...
Margalit Winery
80 America ...PUTS ISRAEL ON THE INTERNATION WINE MAP When Yarden wines were exported to America by the Golan Heights Winery, they were referred to as Israel’s first world...
America
77 5.97917,51.43667,0 Israeli ...climate, high elevation vineyards of the Golan. This was the first time an Israeli winery took total charge of vineyard activities and decisions of what to plant...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israel ...Hock, Grenache Rose and Adom Atik, were the most popular table wines. In 1971 Israel’s first varietal wines – a Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc - were...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...Carmel. Thus, the involvement and interest of the Rothschild family in the Israel wine industry extended from 1882 until 1957. This was the same Rothschild that...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Bordeaux ...art collector, who lived in Paris, and he was also owner of Chateau Lafite in Bordeaux, one of the most famous wineries in the world. He not only offered support but...
Bordeaux
80 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Paris ...Baron Edmond de Rothschild. He was a banker and art collector, who lived in Paris, and he was also owner of Chateau Lafite in Bordeaux, one of the most famous...
Paris
79 -84.79329,39.85699,0 Romania ...of Rishon Le Zion & Zichron Ya’acov, founded by new immigrants from Russia and Romania respectively, sought financial assistance from Baron Edmond de Rothschild. He...
Romania
81 24.991326733049608,45.84625374492311,0 Eastern Europe ...to the land intensified. The new immigration wanted to escape the pogroms in Eastern Europe and to reclaim the land of their forefathers. They were idealists, unused to...
Eastern Europe
80 France ...were the first to use European varieties, like Carignan from the South of France. Many of the new wave of immigrants who www.adammontefiore.com "returned...
France
76 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 Alsace ...Jaffa. The school, under French patronage and managed by Charles Netter from Alsace, emphasized the new importance of agriculture. Mikveh-Israel Wine Cellars, on...
Alsace
80 7.43333,48.33333,0 Austria ...City. They picked up their Germanic sounding name and an interest in wine from Austria. Since 1852 they were retailers and distributors of wines & spirits...
Austria
81 14.13948181405662,47.58667613180298,0 Israel ...(Jews Street) in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Zion Winery, Israel’s oldest existing winery, was founded in 1848 by Rabbi Yitzhak Shor. His...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 the Holy Land ...CRUSADES The Crusaders briefly revived the cultivation of grapes in the Holy Land and vines were planted in places like Bethlehem and Nazareth. The revival was...
the Holy Land
70 Negev ...the Temple, Jews were dispersed. However, by this time the Nabataeans, in the Negev desert, and the Byzantines, everywhere else, continued the wine producing...
Negev
80 34.75,30.25,0 Israel ...like water. Cana is in the Galilee, today one of the quality wine regions of Israel. Winemaking in Ancient Israel was at its peak during the period of the Second...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Cana ...Interestingly, the wine was most likely white, because it looked like water. Cana is in the Galilee, today one of the quality wine regions of Israel. Winemaking...
Cana
79 -6.54564,57.0579,0 Jerusalem ...addition of sea water. Archaeologists in the City of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, found wine jars flavored with vanilla. This was apparently what the elite...
Jerusalem
81 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Yatir Winery ...2,600 years ago. Next to archaeological site of Tel Arad, lies the modern day Yatir Winery. Wine was a mainstay of the economy and was also exported around the...
Yatir Winery
80 Tel ...send quantity.” It was dated 2,600 years ago. Next to archaeological site of Tel Arad, lies the modern day Yatir Winery. Wine was a mainstay of the economy and...
Tel
79 35.64471,33.17704,0 Hermon ...country. Many wine presses and storage cisterns have been found from Mount Hermon to the Negev. The discovery of a wine cellar at Tel Kabri in the Galilee dated...
Hermon
78 -68.91337,44.81007,0 Judea ...of his son Judah, in the Book of Genesis, implied a rosy wine future for Judea. Later in Genesis, Joseph came across Pharaoh’s Cupbearer, an early insight to...
Judea
75 Mediterranean ...wild vines in Europe, to give the Vitis Vinifera vines of today. The Eastern Mediterranean was the cradle of the world’s wine culture, and Canaan must have been one of...
Mediterranean
79 Europe ...that the vines made their way westwards, cross breeding with wild vines in Europe, to give the Vitis Vinifera vines of today. The Eastern Mediterranean was the...
Europe
77 27.5,42.5,0 Israel ...consistency…..have been remarkable.” Mark Squires in the Wine Advocate said: “Israel has developed a wine industry that will confound preconceptions.” Oz Clarke saw...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel – Modern Israel – Israel Today Israel is now considered a quality wine producing country. This may be seen by the...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 England ...Rothschild, son of Baron Edmond, left France and went to live in England. There he became a Member of Parliament. He played a significant part with...
England
67 State of Israel ...World War, the industry began to grow again. By the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the vineyards only covered 1,720 ha, but there were fourteen wineries...
State of Israel
76 Tel Aviv ...also had a winery in Sarona, adjacent to the current Montefiore Quarter of Tel Aviv, built in the mid 1870’s, using grapes such as Sylvaner. The Teperberg & Segal...
Tel Aviv
77 34.78057,32.08088,0 the Holy Land ...They were the first to bring grapes such as Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir to the Holy Land. Cremisan Winery was founded by the Cremisan Monastery at Beit Jalla. It was...
the Holy Land
79 Binyamina ...so much. The family live on in the names of the places he founded. The town of Binyamina and village of Bat Shlomo were respectively named after him and his mother, and...
Binyamina
81 Ramat Hanadiv Gardens ...de Rothschild passed away. He remains were later reinterred in the beautiful Ramat Hanadiv Gardens, on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the sea and the winery &...
Ramat Hanadiv Gardens
79 Middle East ...of the Revolution; the United States because of Prohibition and Egypt and the Middle East because of Arab nationalism. Many vineyards were replaced with citrus groves...
Middle East
80 Australian ...increased particularly during the First World War, when German, British and Australian troops passed through the country. When the war was over though, the industry...
Australian
78 Israel ...goodwill to the place where he had worked so many years before. Levi Eshkol – Israel’s third prime minister of Israel, managed one of Rothschild's original...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...of Carmel Wine Co. in Austria. The first major award to be given to an Israeli wine was the Gold Medal presented to Carmel No.1 at the famous Paris Exhibition...
Israeli
73 35.693185,33.247952,0 France ...are big wineries in Hungary, but not like this. I saw modern wineries in France, but not like this. What a great thing the Baron had done!” Herzl showed his...
France
75 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 America ...in Warsaw in 1896, followed by Austria (1897), Germany, Britain (1898) and America (1900). The company in Britain was known as "Palestine Wine Co.", hence the...
America
77 5.97917,51.43667,0 Germany ...first export office was opened in Warsaw in 1896, followed by Austria (1897), Germany, Britain (1898) and America (1900). The company in Britain was known as...
Germany
80 10.393940105829056,51.11428797700689,0 Rishon Le ...DES GRANDES CAVES In the meantime, Rothschild built large wineries at Rishon Le Zion in 1890 and at Zichron Ya'acov in 1892, and sent a Bordeaux winemaker to...
Rishon Le
72 34.78939,31.97102,0 Algeria ...admonished them saying that he did not want to make wine like was made in Algeria, Georgia or Bessarabia (Moldova). “Yes, in Algeria it is all very well to make...
Algeria
76 Bordeaux ...could buy to ensure his project was a success. Being owner of the famous Bordeaux winery, Château Lafite, he was determined to make a great Bordeaux style wine...
Bordeaux
76 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Provence ...in love with the Mount Carmel area, which he thought was Israel’s Tuscany or Provence. He then decided to create a wine industry. Rothschild brought in the best...
Provence
79 Israel ...Rothschild, who sponsored early Jewish pioneer settlements in the Land of Israel, had high hopes that viticulture would develop as the main economic basis for...
Israel
82 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 US ...Flam Winery, Sphera and Golan Heights Winery. Israeli exports total more than US $50 million and are increasing. Over half of the exports are to the USA and...
US
81 1.96667,49.1,0 Jerusalem ...bottles of wine a year are Arza-Hayotzer, Zion, Tabor, Binyamina, Recanati, Jerusalem VW, Dalton, Tishbi and Galil Mountain. The large wineries control well over 90%...
Jerusalem
78 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Golan ...large wineries producing over five million bottles a year – Carmel, Barkan, Golan and Teperberg, which have over 75% of the Israeli market. Other wineries...
Golan
78 Barossa ...technologically advanced wineries that would not be out of place in Napa or Barossa, and others where a lack of expertise is made up for by boundless passion. They...
Barossa
78 Napa ...there are technologically advanced wineries that would not be out of place in Napa or Barossa, and others where a lack of expertise is made up for by boundless...
Napa
80 -122.28553,38.29714,0 Marawi ...by Israel. Of the local Holy Land indigenous varieties, Bittuni, Dabouki, Marawi (aka Hamdani) and Jandali are the most well-known, but quantities are still...
Marawi
77 124.28395,8.0034,0 Israel ...Maybe the humble Carignan is in the end the variety most associated with Israel. It has been in Israel for over 150 years, being established even before the...
Israel
75 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Alexandria ...from Israel, where for a time, it became the most popular wine. Muscat of Alexandria is an indigenous variety to the Eastern Mediterranean and it has had a revival...
Alexandria
76 State of Israel ...created in California in 1948, the same year of the establishment of the State of Israel. It was a cross between Riesling and Muscadelle and it never succeeded anywhere...
State of Israel
75 Valley ...The specialists of this variety are 1848 Winery, Barkan, Feldstein and Jezreel Valley. Emerald Riesling was a variety created in California in 1948, the same year of...
Valley
81 11.77935,47.89307,0 Jezreel ...90’s. The specialists of this variety are 1848 Winery, Barkan, Feldstein and Jezreel Valley. Emerald Riesling was a variety created in California in 1948, the same...
Jezreel
79 Judean Foothills ...the biggest boom in new vineyards are the Upper Galilee, Golan Heights and Judean Foothills. The bulk of the harvest is from August to October, but it can start in July...
Judean Foothills
77 Golan Heights ...Negev. The areas with the biggest boom in new vineyards are the Upper Galilee, Golan Heights and Judean Foothills. The bulk of the harvest is from August to October, but it...
Golan Heights
81 35.653055555,33.240277777,0 Negev ...6,500 hectares of vineyards covering Israel from the Upper Galilee down to the Negev. The areas with the biggest boom in new vineyards are the Upper Galilee, Golan...
Negev
81 34.75,30.25,0 Israel ...wine growing region. However, it was also extremely effective in advancing the Israel wine brand. Pick’s focus on precision viticulture in one particular vineyard...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...the official organization for winemakers and viticulturists, published an Israel wine map according to terroir and typography. The Judean Hills Quartet was...
Israel
76 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...wine. The Institute of Masters of Wine came on their first official visit to Israel. IPEVO, the official organization for winemakers and viticulturists, published...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...produced a Marawi and Bittuni, a cooperation between a Palestinian grower and Israeli winemaker. Other wineries to make wine from one or more of these varieties are...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...the Wine Spectator in the Top 100 Wines of The Year. Robert Parker.com tasted Israeli wines for the first time in 2007. Highest scores to date were awarded to the...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 New York ...The Golan Heights Winery became the first Israeli winery to be invited to the New York Wine Experience in 1999. Domaine du Castel became the first Israeli to be...
New York
80 -75.68849651425573,42.9903432584127,0 Golan Heights Winery ...Worontschak assisted Dalton. Later the Californian icon Zelma Long advised the Golan Heights Winery, Michel Rolland, the world’s most influential winemaking consultant, advised...
Golan Heights Winery
81 Clos de ...wines but also with great attention to aesthetics. Amphorae, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Ella Valley and Flam were examples of new wineries built in beautiful...
Clos de
78 3.917424,43.627883,0 Yatir Winery ...table wines. The large wineries also invested heavily. Carmel founded Yatir Winery in the Northeast Negev. They closed production at Rishon Le Zion and totally...
Yatir Winery
74 Teperberg ...Israel: Carmel Mizrahi, Efrat, Eliaz and Askalon were renamed Carmel Winery, Teperberg, Binyamina and Segal Wines respectively, and they started a revolution of their...
Teperberg
79 California ...Dr. Yair Margalit was a chemistry professor, who studied winemaking in California, opened his boutique winery in 1989. It was the first modern, quality boutique...
California
77 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 California ...of the winery was Dr. Yair Margalit and one season, a young winemaker from California called Victor Schoenfeld looked after the vineyards!...
California
77 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 Bordeaux ...Yarden wines were awarded the prestigious "Grand Prix d'Honneur" at Vinexpo in Bordeaux three times in a row. Israeli wine had arrived! Since then the Golan Heights...
Bordeaux
81 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Golan Heights Winery ...ON THE INTERNATION WINE MAP When Yarden wines were exported to America by the Golan Heights Winery, they were referred to as Israel’s first world class wines by famous wine...
Golan Heights Winery
80 Israeli ...passed from the grower to the winery. Stern brought about a massive change in Israeli winemaking, and later did the same for Kosher wine in the United States as...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...along with a series of his protégé Californian trained winemakers, re-invented Israeli viticulture and brought New World winemaking techniques to Israel, using the...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Golan Heights Winery ...plant vines. They formed a partnership and the result was the founding of the Golan Heights Winery in 1983. The canny general manager of the winery was Shimshon Welner. He sought...
Golan Heights Winery
80 Golan Heights ...took his advice. In 1982, he did however recommend founding a winery on the Golan Heights, planting classic varieties and hiring a winemaker from California...
Golan Heights
78 35.653055555,33.240277777,0 Israel ...Cornelius Ough from the University of California at Davis, had visited Israel in the 1960’s and 1970’s on long working visits. He made recommendations to the...
Israel
73 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...and Sauvignon Blanc - were released in the export market by Carmel. In 1976 Carmel made a legendary Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve, which was Israel’s first...
Carmel
79 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Carmel ...Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc - were released in the export market by Carmel. In 1976 Carmel made a legendary Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve, which was...
Carmel
81 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Carmel ...CORNELIUS OUGH: A RECOMMENDATION By the 1960's, Carmel controlled over 90% of the vineyards in Israel. Most of the red wines were...
Carmel
50 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Carmel ...The main areas of vineyards were in the coastal valleys of the southern Mt. Carmel, and the central Judean Plain & Judean Foothills...
Carmel
80 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Israel ...from France. Initially, many wines were generically named, but in 1961 Israel was a signatory of the Madrid Pact and names such as Port and Sherry...
Israel
74 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...arranged to donate the Rishon le Zion and Zichron Ya'acov Wine Cellars to SCV Carmel. Thus, the involvement and interest of the Rothschild family in the Israel...
Carmel
80 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Carmel ...Dalton Haruni family Galilee > 1 Tishbi Binyamina Tishbi family Mt. Carmel > 1 Galil Mountain Yiron Golan Heights Winery Galilee >...
Carmel
71 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Judea ...Dalton Lenny Recanati Galilee > 1.5 Jerusalem Atarot Guetta family Judea > 1.5 Dalton Ramat Dalton Haruni family Galilee > 1 Tishbi Binyamina Tishbi...
Judea
71 Israeli ...2023 www.adammontefiore.com ISRAELI WINERIES Israeli wineries producing more than a million bottlers a...
Israeli
65 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...country, which invented the USB stick and drip irrigation.” He went on: “If Israeli winemakers have anything in common, it is this spirit of innovation.” For...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 Judean Coast ...Lower Golan; COASTAL PLAIN: Zichron Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills, Negev Judea...
Judean Coast
79 IPEVO ...has also developed in the Central Mountains region and in the Negev Desert. IPEVO, the profession association of winemakers and viticulturists, created a wine...
IPEVO
79 Negev Desert ...a wine route has also developed in the Central Mountains region and in the Negev Desert. IPEVO, the profession association of winemakers and viticulturists, created a...
Negev Desert
77 34.86676,31.38256,0 Upper Galilee ...of high elevation. The main vineyards for quality wines today are in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights, and in the Judean Hills. In the last twenty years a wine...
Upper Galilee
75 Russia ...Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far East, mainly Japan. Israeli wines are sold to more than forty...
Russia
78 96.72826321601113,61.982679896951,0 Eastern Europe ...Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far East, mainly Japan. Israeli wines...
Eastern Europe
80 Britain ...to the USA and Canada. The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular...
Britain
81 -2.8597499154730794,54.125395081364154,0 France ...are to the USA and Canada. The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in...
France
77 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 Israel ...& Wisdom (Feldheim Publishers, 2015). The Israel Export Institute, Wines of Israel (IEI, 2013). Tzora Vineyards, Time and Place (2023). Wine Spectator, Feature...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...An Israeli Adventure (2021). S. Schama, Two Rothschilds and The Land Of Israel (Alfred A. Knopf, 1978). Y. Shaked, The Shaked Dictionary (WineClopedy, Heb...
Israel
74 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...Kosher Wines 2011 (Toby Press, 2010). D. Rogov, The Ultimate Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines (Toby Press, 2012). E. Sacks and A. Montefiore, The Wine Route of Israel...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Museum ...Guide To Israeli Wines (2016). M. Dayagi-Mendels, Drink and Be Merry (Israel Museum, 1999). J. Gur, The Book of New Israeli Food (Al Ha’Shulchan, 2007). A. Hadas...
Museum
79 28.979938,41.008548,0 Israeli ...1990). S. Cooper, H.Gan, and Y. Kornblum Koren, The Comprehensive Guide To Israeli Wines (2016). M. Dayagi-Mendels, Drink and Be Merry (Israel Museum, 1999). J...
Israeli
77 35.693185,33.247952,0 ISRAELI ...lovers and connoisseurs.  ASM, 2023 www.adammontefiore.com ISRAELI WINERIES Israeli wineries producing more than a million bottlers a...
ISRAELI
79 35.693185,33.247952,0 Mediterranean ...a better future.” In terms of climate, cuisine and character, Israel is both Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. A New World wine country set in the winemaking center of...
Mediterranean
80 Israel ...act of courage and of optimism. I have enormous admiration for the majority of Israel’s winemakers…. Surrounded by anger, dogma, devastation, deprivation, mutual...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...have been in place since the mid 1970’s. Recently jamessuckling.com tasted Israeli wines and gave some very high scores to Israeli wines. The highest scoring...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 Judean Hills ...with the European Community and TTB (USA) remain Galilee, Shomron, Samson, Judean Hills, Negev. Talks are underway to update the registered regions, which have been in...
Judean Hills
77 Galilee ...today. The registered regions with the European Community and TTB (USA) remain Galilee, Shomron, Samson, Judean Hills, Negev. Talks are underway to update the...
Galilee
81 JUDEA ...CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills, Negev Judea; JUDEA: Judean Foothills, Lachish; NEGEV...
JUDEA
79 Judean Hills ...Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills, Negev Judea; JUDEA: Judean Foothills, Lachish...
Judean Hills
80 Mt. Gilboa ...Zichron Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills, Negev Judea; JUDEA...
Mt. Gilboa
91 Lower Golan ...Upper Galilee East, Lower Galilee; GOLAN HEIGHTS: Upper Golan, Lower Golan; COASTAL PLAIN: Zichron Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast...
Lower Golan
78 Lower Galilee ...GALILEE: Upper Galilee West, Upper Galilee East, Lower Galilee; GOLAN HEIGHTS: Upper Golan, Lower Golan; COASTAL PLAIN...
Lower Galilee
83 Judean Hills ...for quality wines today are in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights, and in the Judean Hills. In the last twenty years a wine route has also developed in the Central...
Judean Hills
81 Carmel ...growing started in the Coastal Plain in the valleys of the Southern Mt. Carmel, and in the Judean Plain, south east of Tel Aviv. With the move to quality, the...
Carmel
74 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Southern Mt. ...REGIONS Wine growing started in the Coastal Plain in the valleys of the Southern Mt. Carmel, and in the Judean Plain, south east of Tel Aviv. With the move to...
Southern Mt.
74 22.505528,38.483082,0 Israeli ...Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far East, mainly Japan. Israeli wines are sold to more than forty countries in five continents. WINE...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Japan ...are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far East, mainly Japan. Israeli wines are sold to more than forty countries in five continents...
Japan
78 137.99463874474714,37.56741004797496,0 Russia ...villages of Rishon Le Zion & Zichron Ya’acov, founded by new immigrants from Russia and Romania respectively, sought financial assistance from Baron Edmond de...
Russia
79 96.72826321601113,61.982679896951,0 Haggai Street ...family would have to earn a living. The Shor family winery was situated on Haggai Street, in the Moslem Quarter of the Old City, in an alley backing on to the Little...
Haggai Street
78 Tel Aviv ...modern Jerusalem. (Later to be respectively renamed the Montefiore Quarter of Tel Aviv and Mishkenot Sha’ananim.) He insisted residents plant vines and olive trees to...
Tel Aviv
80 34.78057,32.08088,0 Israel ...Orchard, Israel’s first ever orange groves near Jaffa, the beginning of Israel’s citrus industry, and ‘Kerem Moshe & Yehudit’, which was to become the...
Israel
74 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...coffee replaced wine as affordable intoxicants. PRE-STATE ISRAEL In the Israel of the mid nineteenth century, there was no wine industry as such, but wherever...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Crete ...dated to be from 900 B.C.E. One was Syriki, a red variety that still exists in Crete and Lebanon, and the other was Be’er, possibly the variety that made the famous...
Crete
81 24.851629181781522,35.23102579604995,0 Avdat ...Byzantine winery ever found. The wine presses discovered and preserved at Avdat and Shivta, illustrate the very developed wine industry that existed in the...
Avdat
76 34.774147,30.794321,0 Israel ...today one of the quality wine regions of Israel. Winemaking in Ancient Israel was at its peak during the period of the Second Temple. When the Romans...
Israel
73 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Kingdom of Judea ...jars flavored with vanilla. This was apparently what the elite enjoyed in the Kingdom of Judea. JESUS TURNING WATER INTO WINE The miracle of turning water into wine at the...
Kingdom of Judea
80 Mediterranean ...Winery. Wine was a mainstay of the economy and was also exported around the Mediterranean basin. Wines were named after the port they were exported from (Gaza, Askelon...
Mediterranean
78 Persia ...shall make him afraid." It was Nehemiah, cupbearer (sommelier), to the King of Persia, who helped to revive winemaking after the Babylonian exile. Vines were grown...
Persia
81 -78.93587,42.46312,0 southern Canaan ...Galilee and Judea were mentioned. The earliest storage vessels originated in southern Canaan and were known as Canaanite Jars. Today they are better known by their Greek...
southern Canaan
79 Negev ...wine presses and storage cisterns have been found from Mount Hermon to the Negev. The discovery of a wine cellar at Tel Kabri in the Galilee dated back more...
Negev
77 34.75,30.25,0 Egypt ...too much! The vine then traveled south, through Phoenicia and Canaan to Egypt. The Phoenicians were the great traders of wine. The Canaanites were the...
Egypt
75 Phoenicia ...to suffer from drinking too much! The vine then traveled south, through Phoenicia and Canaan to Egypt. The Phoenicians were the great traders of wine. The...
Phoenicia
75 Syria ...11,000 years ago. However, it was from the Levant (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) that the vines made their way westwards, cross breeding with wild vines in...
Syria
81 37.5,37.5,0 Caucasus ...grapevine was first domesticated simultaneously in both the Levant and the Caucasus 11,000 years ago. However, it was from the Levant (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and...
Caucasus
77 Israel ...now has a thriving and dynamic wine industry. Vineyards again cover the map of Israel. The wines are better than ever. Even though this all seems so recent, it is a...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 France ...JAMES ROTHSCHILD DONATION James Rothschild, son of Baron Edmond, left France and went to live in England. There he became a Member of Parliament. He played...
France
78 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 White Russia ...permits. Askalon (sic) was founded by the Segal family of distillers from White Russia. They founded a winery in 1950 and later settled in Ramle. JAMES ROTHSCHILD...
White Russia
77 Askalon-Carmei ...covered 1,720 ha, but there were fourteen wineries in existence. Eliaz and Askalon-Carmei Zion were founded in the early years of the state. Eliaz was established in...
Askalon-Carmei
77 ISRAEL ...family use, was sweet. When it soured, it was distilled to make arak. MODERN ISRAEL During the Second World War, the industry began to grow again. By the...
ISRAEL
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Mikveh ...engineers that built the wineries at Rishon Le Zion, Zichron Ya’acov and Mikveh Israel. They also had a winery in Sarona, adjacent to the current Montefiore...
Mikveh
75 34.783333333,32.033333333,0 the Holy Land ...Templars from Germany also greatly contributed their agricultural skills to the Holy Land’s development. It was Templar engineers that built the wineries at Rishon Le...
the Holy Land
78 Germany ...Palestinian varieties such as Dabouki, Hamdali and Jandali. The Templars from Germany also greatly contributed their agricultural skills to the Holy Land’s...
Germany
80 10.393940105829056,51.11428797700689,0 Beit Jalla ...to the Holy Land. Cremisan Winery was founded by the Cremisan Monastery at Beit Jalla. It was founded by Salesian Monks from Italy in 1885. Cremisan is today the...
Beit Jalla
78 - ...sourced from their own vineyards. It is situated just off the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Highway. They were the first to bring grapes such as Gewurztraminer...
-
73 France ...run by monasteries. Latroun Monastery, founded in 1890 by Trappist Monks from France, managed Domaine de Latroun, sourced from their own vineyards. It is situated...
France
80 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 Israel ...worked so many years before. Levi Eshkol – Israel’s third prime minister of Israel, managed one of Rothschild's original vineyards surrounding the winery at...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...WINERY WORKER No less than three future prime ministers of Israel worked in Carmel’s wineries & vineyards before they entered politics. David Ben-Gurion was an...
Carmel
78 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Alexandria ...wines in the Ottoman Empire to places like Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople, Alexandria as well as Jaffa & Jerusalem. Carmel even had a branch in Cairo. In 1906 the...
Alexandria
79 Bordeaux ...Paris Exhibition of 1900. Carmel shared the winner’s podium with some of Bordeaux most famous Chateaux! In 1902 the name ‘Carmel Oriental’ was first used to...
Bordeaux
75 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Austria ...overseas. The first export office was opened in Warsaw in 1896, followed by Austria (1897), Germany, Britain (1898) and America (1900). The company in Britain was...
Austria
78 14.13948181405662,47.58667613180298,0 Zion ...GRANDES CAVES In the meantime, Rothschild built large wineries at Rishon Le Zion in 1890 and at Zichron Ya'acov in 1892, and sent a Bordeaux winemaker to take...
Zion
78 -87.83285,42.44613,0 Kashmir ...they circumvented the problem by bringing cuttings from a nursery in Kashmir. These became known as ‘the Indian vines’. www.adammontefiore.com When...
Kashmir
71 76.5990245974862,33.76116551731935,0 Bordeaux ...brought in the best agronomists from France, winemaking expertise from Bordeaux and the finest equipment money could buy to ensure his project was a...
Bordeaux
73 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Israel ...first time and fell in love with the Mount Carmel area, which he thought was Israel’s Tuscany or Provence. He then decided to create a wine industry. Rothschild...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Alicante ...formally decided to turn to grapes in 1884. They planted varieties like Alicante (Grenache), Carignan, Espart (Mourvedre), Bordolo (Cinsault), Brachet and Petit...
Alicante
74 123.0185,10.89704,0 France ...Winery was bought by Kedma Capital, a consortium of investors from Britain, France, the United States and Israel. Eventually the two largest wineries became part...
France
78 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 Valley ...with great attention to aesthetics. Amphorae, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Ella Valley and Flam were examples of new wineries built in beautiful settings. Large...
Valley
81 11.77935,47.89307,0 Gat ...but also with great attention to aesthetics. Amphorae, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Ella Valley and Flam were examples of new wineries built in beautiful...
Gat
80 Jerusalem ...Teperberg built a new winery at Tzora. The traditional, so-called Jerusalem wineries, all created new wineries or new brands promoting table wines, instead...
Jerusalem
94 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Northeast Negev ...The large wineries also invested heavily. Carmel founded Yatir Winery in the Northeast Negev. They closed production at Rishon Le Zion and totally refurbished their Zichron...
Northeast Negev
83 Israel ...the coming of age of the Israeli wine market. During these prosperous years, Israel went through a cultural revolution in terms of food & wine. The boutique winery...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...that effected quality, The 1990's really saw the coming of age of the Israeli wine market. During these prosperous years, Israel went through a cultural...
Israeli
73 35.693185,33.247952,0 Domaine du Castel ...who decided to establish their own wineries, resulting in Margalit Winery and Domaine du Castel respectively. Dr. Yair Margalit was a chemistry professor, who studied...
Domaine du Castel
80 England ...Kibbutz member, Ronnie James, and Dalton by the Haruni family, originally from England. Yair Margalit and Eli Ben Zaken were examples of domestic winemakers who...
England
81 Bordeaux ...Sauvignon 1985 won Gold Medals at both the Challenge International du Vin in Bordeaux and IWSC, again, and also a trophy at Vinexpo. Yarden wines were awarded the...
Bordeaux
79 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Israel ...were exported to America by the Golan Heights Winery, they were referred to as Israel’s first world class wines by famous wine critics like Frank J. Prial and Howard...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 United States ...change in Israeli winemaking, and later did the same for Kosher wine in the United States as winemaker of Herzog Wine Cellars. YARDEN PUTS ISRAEL ON THE INTERNATION...
United States
78 -112.5748710765186,45.70207474696211,0 Golan ...to Israel, using the cooler climate, high elevation vineyards of the Golan. This was the first time an Israeli winery took total charge of vineyard...
Golan
71 Golan ...NEW WORLD TECHNOLOGY By 1982 a group of four kibbutzes and four moshavs on the Golan had decided to plant vines. They formed a partnership and the result was the...
Golan
81 California ...on the Golan Heights, planting classic varieties and hiring a winemaker from California. www.adammontefiore.co PETER STERN...
California
79 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 Israel ...A RECOMMENDATION By the 1960's, Carmel controlled over 90% of the vineyards in Israel. Most of the red wines were based on Carignan, and medium dry white wines were...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Zion ...where Eliaz was to be situated and in the first Palestine Brewery at Rishon Le Zion, adjacent to the winery. In 1957 he arranged to donate the Rishon le Zion and...
Zion
81 -87.83285,42.44613,0 Rishon Le ...factory, where Eliaz was to be situated and in the first Palestine Brewery at Rishon Le Zion, adjacent to the winery. In 1957 he arranged to donate the Rishon le Zion...
Rishon Le
80 34.78939,31.97102,0 Palestine ...in the failed perfume factory, where Eliaz was to be situated and in the first Palestine Brewery at Rishon Le Zion, adjacent to the winery. In 1957 he arranged to...
Palestine
81 -80.54035,40.83395,0 Palestine ...Always a fervent Zionist, he eventually he took over his father’s interests in Palestine. He was involved in the failed perfume factory, where Eliaz was to be...
Palestine
81 -80.54035,40.83395,0 Israeli ...to a recent edition of Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Guide, the top five rated Israeli wineries were: Domaine du Castel, Tzora Vineyards, Flam Winery, Sphera and...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israel ...control well over 90% of Israel’s harvest. There are roughly 350 wineries in Israel. According to a recent edition of Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Guide, the top...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Binyamina ...over a million bottles of wine a year are Arza-Hayotzer, Zion, Tabor, Binyamina, Recanati, Jerusalem VW, Dalton, Tishbi and Galil Mountain. The large wineries...
Binyamina
72 Israeli ...There is even one called Mony, situated at a monastery, which is owned by an Israeli Arab family, and they produce kosher wines! There are four large wineries...
Israeli
79 35.693185,33.247952,0 Lebanon ...boundless passion. They cover the land of Israel from the northern border with Lebanon, down to the deepest Negev. There are moshav wineries and kibbutz wineries...
Lebanon
81 -74.836,40.64177,0 Israel ...lack of expertise is made up for by boundless passion. They cover the land of Israel from the northern border with Lebanon, down to the deepest Negev. There are...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Muscat ...anywhere apart from Israel, where for a time, it became the most popular wine. Muscat of Alexandria is an indigenous variety to the Eastern Mediterranean and it has...
Muscat
81 58.7094347049752,23.234851878905907,0 Muscat ...followed by Shiraz/ Syrah and Petit Verdot. The main whites are Colombard and Muscat of Alexandria. However, most of the quality wines seem to be made from Cabernet...
Muscat
80 58.7094347049752,23.234851878905907,0 Tzora ...searching for identity and a sense of place. Furthermore, the white wines of Tzora and Sphera in particular, best illustrate the great leap forward in Israeli...
Tzora
79 Israel ...a great deal of positive attention when Eran Pick of Tzora Vineyards became Israel’s first ever Master of Wine. At the same time, the Wine Spectator did its first...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...Barkan, Feldstein and Gvaot. ERAN PICK MW – ISRAEL’S FIRST MASTER OF WINE Israel received a great deal of positive attention when Eran Pick of Tzora Vineyards...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 California ...decided to become sustainable according to the protocol of ‘Lodi Rules’ from California. These moves were led by California born Victor Schoenfeld, who became Head...
California
79 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 French ...own Propagation Block and Nursery, which they did in cooperation with the French company, Entav. Following this, they undertook what they called Project 2020 to...
French
76 -86.43333,16.35,0 Israel ...SCHOENFELD: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Suffering from the leafroll virus, the Israel wine industry was slow to come up with solutions. The Golan Heights Winery...
Israel
74 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...Robert Parker, Decanter and Wine Spectator began to give positive coverage to Israel. The Golan Heights Winery became the first Israeli winery to be invited to the...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...were used. Peter Stern, responsible for much of the quality revolution in Israel, www.adammontefiore.com worked with the Golan Heights Winery and then...
Israel
76 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Italy ...invariably studied abroad either in California, Australia, France or Italy. Also, wine consultants were used. Peter Stern, responsible for much of the...
Italy
71 Britain ...Carmel Winery was bought by Kedma Capital, a consortium of investors from Britain, France, the United States and Israel. Eventually the two largest wineries...
Britain
80 -2.8597499154730794,54.125395081364154,0 IBBLS ...purchased Barkan, which has grown to become Israel’s second largest winery. IBBLS, a subsidiary of the Central Bottling Company, aka Coca Cola Israel, purchased...
IBBLS
78 Israel ...the country’s largest brewery, purchased Barkan, which has grown to become Israel’s second largest winery. IBBLS, a subsidiary of the Central Bottling Company...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Chateau Golan ...to make quality wines but also with great attention to aesthetics. Amphorae, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Ella Valley and Flam were examples of new wineries built in...
Chateau Golan
79 Jerusalem ...Arza created a new brand called Hayotzer Winery, and Shimshon Winery became Jerusalem Vineyard Winery. A new style of investor became attracted to the Israeli wine...
Jerusalem
78 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Binyamina ...Mizrahi, Efrat, Eliaz and Askalon were renamed Carmel Winery, Teperberg, Binyamina and Segal Wines respectively, and they started a revolution of their own...
Binyamina
75 Israel ...boom at the beginning of the 2000’s. The traditional, historic wineries of Israel: Carmel Mizrahi, Efrat, Eliaz and Askalon were renamed Carmel Winery...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...MW, head of the Sotheby’s Wine Department. She wrote that it was the best wine Israeli wine she had ever tasted. Both Margalit and Castel showed that smaller wineries...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israel ...Canada’s leading wine writer, wrote that Margalit was making the best wine in Israel, which could be mistaken for Mouton Rothschild in a blind tasting. Eli Ben...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ..."Grand Prix d'Honneur" at Vinexpo in Bordeaux three times in a row. Israeli wine had arrived! Since then the Golan Heights Winery have been the pioneers of...
Israeli
71 35.693185,33.247952,0 Vinexpo ...International du Vin in Bordeaux and IWSC, again, and also a trophy at Vinexpo. Yarden wines were awarded the prestigious "Grand Prix d'Honneur" at Vinexpo in...
Vinexpo
73 ISRAEL ...wine in the United States as winemaker of Herzog Wine Cellars. YARDEN PUTS ISRAEL ON THE INTERNATION WINE MAP When Yarden wines were exported to America by the...
ISRAEL
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...re-invented Israeli viticulture and brought New World winemaking techniques to Israel, using the cooler climate, high elevation vineyards of the Golan. This was the...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...Heights. The idea was to give the communities another source of income and Carmel was going to buy the fruit. Professor Cornelius Ough from the University of...
Carmel
77 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Golan Heights ...of the quality revolution. In 1976, the first vineyards were planted on the Golan Heights. The idea was to give the communities another source of income and Carmel was...
Golan Heights
79 35.653055555,33.240277777,0 Israel ...1976 Carmel made a legendary Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve, which was Israel’s first international style quality wine. Winemaker Freddie Stiller was not...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Jerusalem ...(forerunner of WEST-Stock), Askalon, Mikveh-Israel and the Shor family’s ‘Jerusalem’ wineries. The main areas of vineyards were in the coastal valleys of the...
Jerusalem
76 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Israel ...The foundation he set up, Yad Hanadiv, continues to this day to contribute Israel’s beauty & splendor. David Ben Gurion wrote: “Truly a great father was followed...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...Vineyards, Time and Place (2023). Wine Spectator, Feature articles on Israel 1998, 2008, 2016, 2022 (M...
Israel
72 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...of Israel (Cordinata, 2012, 2020). R. Saslove and G. Haran, Wine Journey, An Israeli Adventure (2021). S. Schama, Two Rothschilds and The Land Of Israel (Alfred A...
Israeli
79 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...Agudat Hacormim (Agudat Hacormim, Heb, 1966). M. Ben-Joseph, The Bible of Israeli Wines (Modan, 2002). M. Ben-Yosef, Israeli Wines (Chemed Books, Heb, 1997). M...
Israeli
77 35.693185,33.247952,0 Galilee ...Atarot Guetta family Judea > 1.5 Dalton Ramat Dalton Haruni family Galilee > 1 Tishbi Binyamina Tishbi family Mt. Carmel > 1 Galil Mountain Yiron Golan...
Galilee
72 Israel ...those exporting wine in Europe, politics is never far away. Some see Israel purely through a prism of politics. Tim Atkin MW made a good response to those...
Israel
71 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Europe ...in common, it is this spirit of innovation.” For those exporting wine in Europe, politics is never far away. Some see Israel purely through a prism of...
Europe
76 27.5,42.5,0 Negev Judea ...Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills, Negev Judea; JUDEA: Judean Foothills, Lachish; NEGEV...
Negev Judea
78 Shomron Hills ...Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean Hills, Negev Judea; JUDEA: Judean...
Shomron Hills
75 Hanadiv ...Upper Golan, Lower Golan; COASTAL PLAIN: Zichron Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley, Judean Coast; CENTRAL MOUNTAINS: Mt. Gilboa, Shomron Hills, Judean...
Hanadiv
86 Central Mountains ...Judean Hills. In the last twenty years a wine route has also developed in the Central Mountains region and in the Negev Desert. IPEVO, the profession association of...
Central Mountains
81 14.75,41.25,0 Holland ...The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain, Germany, Holland and Belgium. New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and...
Holland
76 -86.10893,42.78752,0 Hungary ...the state. Eliaz was established in 1952 by Joseph Seltzer, an immigrant from Hungary. The winery was named after...
Hungary
80 Palestinian ...1920’s. The Templars returned to Germany at the onset of World War II. Local Palestinian Christians also always made wine domestically. These were from local table...
Palestinian
79 35.20181979152305,31.91731647402893,0 Italy ...by the Cremisan Monastery at Beit Jalla. It was founded by Salesian Monks from Italy in 1885. Cremisan is today the pioneer in the revival of indigenous Palestinian...
Italy
81 Highway ...from their own vineyards. It is situated just off the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Highway. They were the first to bring grapes such as Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir to...
Highway
77 Latroun Monastery ...were Jewish owned, but there were also some wineries run by monasteries. Latroun Monastery, founded in 1890 by Trappist Monks from France, managed Domaine de Latroun...
Latroun Monastery
75 Carmel ...in the beautiful Ramat Hanadiv Gardens, on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the sea and the winery & vineyards he loved so much. The family...
Carmel
74 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Egypt ...because of the Revolution; the United States because of Prohibition and Egypt and the Middle East because of Arab nationalism. Many vineyards were replaced...
Egypt
74 British ...and sales increased particularly during the First World War, when German, British and Australian troops passed through the country. When the war was over...
British
76 Cairo ...Alexandria as well as Jaffa & Jerusalem. Carmel even had a branch in Cairo. In 1906 the management of the wineries at Rishon le Zion and Zichron Ya'acov...
Cairo
71 31.608981781031844,29.99739201997843,0 Damascus ...the company marketing wines in the Ottoman Empire to places like Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople, Alexandria as well as Jaffa & Jerusalem. Carmel even had a...
Damascus
75 36.29128,33.5102,0 Beirut ...to denote the company marketing wines in the Ottoman Empire to places like Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople, Alexandria as well as Jaffa & Jerusalem. Carmel even...
Beirut
77 35.49442,33.88894,0 Ottoman Empire ...‘Carmel Oriental’ was first used to denote the company marketing wines in the Ottoman Empire to places like Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople, Alexandria as well as Jaffa &...
Ottoman Empire
80 Carmel ...Gold Medal presented to Carmel No.1 at the famous Paris Exhibition of 1900. Carmel shared the winner’s podium with some of Bordeaux most famous Chateaux! In...
Carmel
78 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Paris ...to an Israeli wine was the Gold Medal presented to Carmel No.1 at the famous Paris Exhibition of 1900. Carmel shared the winner’s podium with some of Bordeaux...
Paris
79 -84.79329,39.85699,0 Hungary ...his short stay in the country. Afterwards he said: “There are big wineries in Hungary, but not like this. I saw modern wineries in France, but not like this. What a...
Hungary
80 Israel ...enterprise. When Theodore Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, visited Israel in 1898, he made www.adammontefiore.com a point of visiting Rishon...
Israel
74 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Britain ...office was opened in Warsaw in 1896, followed by Austria (1897), Germany, Britain (1898) and America (1900). The company in Britain was known as "Palestine Wine...
Britain
76 -2.8597499154730794,54.125395081364154,0 Warsaw ...wines of Rishon and Zichron overseas. The first export office was opened in Warsaw in 1896, followed by Austria (1897), Germany, Britain (1898) and America...
Warsaw
78 21.01178,52.22977,0 Israeli ...of poor wine. We, for our part, must make good wine.” Rothschild also thought Israeli wine would not have the capacity or economies of scale to compete ‘down...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Moldova ...he did not want to make wine like was made in Algeria, Georgia or Bessarabia (Moldova). “Yes, in Algeria it is all very well to make a great deal of poor wine. We...
Moldova
80 Georgia ...them saying that he did not want to make wine like was made in Algeria, Georgia or Bessarabia (Moldova). “Yes, in Algeria it is all very well to make a great...
Georgia
74 USA ...than US $50 million and are increasing. Over half of the exports are to the USA and Canada. The other main market is Western Europe, mainly France, Britain...
USA
79 36.85,-3.36667,0 Israel ...Dalton, Tishbi and Galil Mountain. The large wineries control well over 90% of Israel’s harvest. There are roughly 350 wineries in Israel. According to a recent...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...are four large wineries producing over five million bottles a year – Carmel, Barkan, Golan and Teperberg, which have over 75% of the Israeli market. Other...
Carmel
71 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Israel ...and Zuriman (red) by Dalton. www.adammontefiore.com WINERIES Today in Israel, there are technologically advanced wineries that would not be out of place in...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...been used to make quality fine wines. It is a variety that has been adopted by Israel. Of the local Holy Land indigenous varieties, Bittuni, Dabouki, Marawi (aka...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...Carignan with the Portuguese grape Souzao. The first Argaman was launched by Carmel in the mid 90’s. The specialists of this variety are 1848 Winery, Barkan...
Carmel
79 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Argaman ...Riesling, Gewurztraminer Roussanne and Viognier. The most Israeli variety is Argaman, made by a cross of Carignan with the Portuguese grape Souzao. The first...
Argaman
80 Alexandria ...by Shiraz/ Syrah and Petit Verdot. The main whites are Colombard and Muscat of Alexandria. However, most of the quality wines seem to be made from Cabernet Sauvignon...
Alexandria
81 Upper Galilee ...WINE TODAY Israel has 6,500 hectares of vineyards covering Israel from the Upper Galilee down to the Negev. The areas with the biggest boom in new vineyards are the...
Upper Galilee
78 ISRAEL ...to become Israel’s second Master of Wine. www.adammontefiore.com ISRAEL WINE TODAY Israel has 6,500 hectares of vineyards covering Israel from the...
ISRAEL
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...of Tzora and Sphera in particular, best illustrate the great leap forward in Israeli white wines in the last decade. Ido Lewinsohn MW (ex-Recanati, Barkan and...
Israeli
79 35.693185,33.247952,0 Judean Hills ...du Castel, Flam Winery, Sphera and Tzora Vineyards. This was to advance the Judean Hills as a quality wine growing region. However, it was also extremely effective in...
Judean Hills
78 Sphera ...Judean Hills Quartet was formed, consisting of Domaine du Castel, Flam Winery, Sphera and Tzora Vineyards. This was to advance the Judean Hills as a quality wine...
Sphera
81 IPEVO ...The Institute of Masters of Wine came on their first official visit to Israel. IPEVO, the official organization for winemakers and viticulturists, published an...
IPEVO
81 Israeli ...and Drori set up an experimental pilot winery at Ariel University. The first Israeli winery to make wines from these local varieties was Recanati. They produced a...
Israeli
79 35.693185,33.247952,0 Dabouki ...by the Palestinian winery Cremisan. In 2008 they made wines from Baladi, Dabouki, Hamdani and Jandali. This gained notice when their Hamdani Jandali blend came...
Dabouki
75 Israeli ...to give positive coverage to Israel. The Golan Heights Winery became the first Israeli winery to be invited to the New York Wine Experience in 1999. Domaine du Castel...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israel ...the major step forward was in the international recognition Israel started receiving for its wines. Good reviews, high scores and prestige awards...
Israel
62 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Australian ...with the Golan Heights Winery and then for Carmel. Flying winemaker, Australian John Worontschak assisted Dalton. Later the Californian icon Zelma Long advised...
Australian
71 Australia ...of Carmel Winery. Winemakers invariably studied abroad either in California, Australia, France or Italy. Also, wine consultants were used. Peter Stern, responsible...
Australia
80 134.48623001282735,-25.736503338149504,0 European ...Mikveh-Israel Wine Cellars, on the same site, were the first to use European varieties, like Carignan from the South of France. Many of the new wave of...
European
70 French ...Agricultural School was founded, southeast of Jaffa. The school, under French patronage and managed by Charles Netter from Alsace, emphasized the new...
French
74 -86.43333,16.35,0 Jaffa ...1870 the Mikveh-Israel Agricultural School was founded, southeast of Jaffa. The school, under French patronage and managed by Charles Netter from Alsace...
Jaffa
71 34.75224,32.05043,0 Jerusalem ...forty years. The Shors and the Teperbergs were symbols of the resettlement of Jerusalem, which resulted in there being a Jewish majority well before the founding of...
Jerusalem
80 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Israel ...today under the family name Teperberg. It is the fourth largest winery in Israel and it is the largest family-owned winery. The current CEO is Motti Teperberg...
Israel
76 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Jerusalem ...and ‘Kerem Moshe & Yehudit’, which was to become the cornerstone of modern Jerusalem. (Later to be respectively renamed the Montefiore Quarter of Tel Aviv and...
Jerusalem
77 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Israel ...Moses Montefiore, the most prominent visitor to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) at this time, wanted to encourage Jews to return to agriculture and plant...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Bethlehem ...owned by Jews. The raw materials were supplied by the Arab vineyards in the Bethlehem & Hebron areas. Zeitani, Hevroni and Dabouki were some of the grape varieties...
Bethlehem
79 28.30707,-28.23078,0 ISRAEL ...fell. Hashish and coffee replaced wine as affordable intoxicants. PRE-STATE ISRAEL In the Israel of the mid nineteenth century, there was no wine industry as...
ISRAEL
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Nazareth ...of grapes in the Holy Land and vines were planted in places like Bethlehem and Nazareth. The revival was short lived, but the Crusaders did return to Europe with many...
Nazareth
81 3.59425,50.95686,0 Lebanon ...from 900 B.C.E. One was Syriki, a red variety that still exists in Crete and Lebanon, and the other was Be’er, possibly the variety that made the famous Gazan sweet...
Lebanon
79 -74.836,40.64177,0 Shivta ...winery ever found. The wine presses discovered and preserved at Avdat and Shivta, illustrate the very developed wine industry that existed in the desert. In...
Shivta
76 Galilee ...the wine was most likely white, because it looked like water. Cana is in the Galilee, today one of the quality wine regions of Israel. Winemaking in Ancient Israel...
Galilee
79 Cana ...WATER INTO WINE The miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding feast at Cana is in the New Testament. Interestingly, the wine was most likely white, because...
Cana
81 -6.54564,57.0579,0 Greek ...Canaan and were known as Canaanite Jars. Today they are better known by their Greek name, ‘amphora.’ KING DAVID: THE FIRST SOMMELIER The...
Greek
80 12.773835603628,41.945318177266,0 Mount ...of the country. Many wine presses and storage cisterns have been found from Mount Hermon to the Negev. The discovery of a wine cellar at Tel Kabri in the Galilee...
Mount
79 pole ...returned with a grape cluster so large, that it had to be suspended from a pole and carried by two men, Joshua and Caleb. They said: It is a land flowing with...
pole
77 26.2,43.95,0 Canaan ...wine was exalted and treasured. The Egyptians particularly prized the wines of Canaan. In about 1800 B.C.E. there was a communication which reported that Canaan was...
Canaan
81 -73.32928,42.02731,0 Galilee ...have begun in the area between the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Galilee. The biblical Noah was the first recorded vigneron, who, after the flood...
Galilee
79 Caspian Sea ...of winemaking is thought to have begun in the area between the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Galilee. The biblical Noah was the first recorded vigneron...
Caspian Sea
80 Europe ...countries to enjoy wine, well over 2,000 years before the vine reached Europe. NOAH – THE FIRST WINEMAKER The art of winemaking is thought to...
Europe
73 27.5,42.5,0 Canaan ...The Eastern Mediterranean was the cradle of the world’s wine culture, and Canaan must have been one of the earliest countries to enjoy wine, well over 2,000...
Canaan
76 -73.32928,42.02731,0 Jordan ...and the Caucasus 11,000 years ago. However, it was from the Levant (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) that the vines made their way westwards, cross breeding...
Jordan
78 -74.05599335,11.27319188,0 Israel ...the Levant and the Caucasus 11,000 years ago. However, it was from the Levant (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) that the vines made their way westwards, cross...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Eastern Mediterranean ...of the Start-Up Nation. The importance of wine in this sliver of land in the Eastern Mediterranean caused it to be enshrined in Judeo-Christian religious ritual and it has become...
Eastern Mediterranean
79 Israel ...industry that will confound preconceptions.” Oz Clarke saw it another way: “Israel is a rising star of the wine world.” When the prophet Amos predicted: “The...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...THE ISRAELITES TO THE ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel – Modern Israel – Israel Today Israel is now considered a quality wine producing country...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel A HISTORY OF ISRAELI WINE FROM THE ISRAELITES TO THE ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel – Modern Israel – Israel Today Israel is now considered a...
Israel
73 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Mishkenot Sha’ananim ...(Later to be respectively renamed the Montefiore Quarter of Tel Aviv and Mishkenot Sha’ananim.) He insisted residents plant vines and olive trees to get a taste for...
Mishkenot Sha’ananim
75 Golan Heights Winery ...wineries were: Domaine du Castel, Tzora Vineyards, Flam Winery, Sphera and Golan Heights Winery. Israeli exports total more than US $50 million and are increasing. Over half...
Golan Heights Winery
77 Israeli ...a year – Carmel, Barkan, Golan and Teperberg, which have over 75% of the Israeli market. Other wineries producing over a million bottles of wine a year are...
Israeli
75 35.693185,33.247952,0 Hebron ...most well-known, but quantities are still tiny. These are mostly grown in the Hebron region, though Dabouki was also once grown prolifically in the State of Israel...
Hebron
80 35.108539,31.524354,0 Israel ...between Riesling and Muscadelle and it never succeeded anywhere apart from Israel, where for a time, it became the most popular wine. Muscat of Alexandria is an...
Israel
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 California ...Feldstein and Jezreel Valley. Emerald Riesling was a variety created in California in 1948, the same year of the establishment of the State of Israel. It was a...
California
74 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 Israeli ...followed by Riesling, Gewurztraminer Roussanne and Viognier. The most Israeli variety is Argaman, made by a cross of Carignan with the Portuguese grape...
Israeli
73 35.693185,33.247952,0 Upper Galilee ...down to the Negev. The areas with the biggest boom in new vineyards are the Upper Galilee, Golan Heights and Judean Foothills. The bulk of the harvest is from August to...
Upper Galilee
78 Israel ...WINE TODAY Israel has 6,500 hectares of vineyards covering Israel from the Upper Galilee down to the Negev. The areas with the biggest boom in...
Israel
62 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...second Master of Wine. www.adammontefiore.com ISRAEL WINE TODAY Israel has 6,500 hectares of vineyards covering Israel from the Upper Galilee down to...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...Wine. At the same time, the Wine Spectator did its first ever cover feature on Israeli wine. The Institute of Masters of Wine came on their first official visit to...
Israeli
81 35.693185,33.247952,0 Palestinian ...was Recanati. They produced a Marawi and Bittuni, a cooperation between a Palestinian grower and Israeli winemaker. Other wineries to make wine from one or more of...
Palestinian
76 35.20181979152305,31.91731647402893,0 Israeli ...gained notice when their Hamdani Jandali blend came in first in a tasting of Israeli whites by Jancis Robinson MW. Their consultant in this project was Italian...
Israeli
79 35.693185,33.247952,0 Palestinian ...idea of using local indigenous varieties for wine was pioneered by the Palestinian winery Cremisan. In 2008 they made wines from Baladi, Dabouki, Hamdani and...
Palestinian
73 35.20181979152305,31.91731647402893,0 Israeli ...star restaurants and wine buyers for specialist wine shops, began to taste Israeli wine firstly out of curiosity and then because of interest in what was for them...
Israeli
77 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...Pocket Wine Book in 2008. Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 was the first Israeli wine selected by the Wine Spectator in the Top 100 Wines of The Year. Robert...
Israeli
73 35.693185,33.247952,0 Golan Heights Winery ...Decanter and Wine Spectator began to give positive coverage to Israel. The Golan Heights Winery became the first Israeli winery to be invited to the New York Wine Experience...
Golan Heights Winery
77 Israeli ...receiving for its wines. Good reviews, high scores and prestige awards put Israeli wines in focus. The likes of Hugh Johnson and Robert Parker, Decanter and Wine...
Israeli
77 35.693185,33.247952,0 Tzora Vineyards ...winemaker of Petrus, one of the world’s most iconic wines, still advises Tzora Vineyards. THIRD PARTY RECOGNITION However, the major step forward was in the...
Tzora Vineyards
75 Carmel ...with the Golan Heights Winery and then for Carmel. Flying winemaker, Australian John Worontschak assisted Dalton. Later the...
Carmel
45 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Golan Heights Winery ...quality revolution in Israel, www.adammontefiore.com worked with the Golan Heights Winery and then for Carmel. Flying winemaker, Australian John Worontschak assisted...
Golan Heights Winery
79 France ...Winery. Winemakers invariably studied abroad either in California, Australia, France or Italy. Also, wine consultants were used. Peter Stern, responsible for much...
France
81 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 United States ...bought by Kedma Capital, a consortium of investors from Britain, France, the United States and Israel. Eventually the two largest wineries became part of public...
United States
79 -112.5748710765186,45.70207474696211,0 Ella ...also with great attention to aesthetics. Amphorae, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Ella Valley and Flam were examples of new wineries built in beautiful settings...
Ella
81 81.0463,6.8756,0 Tzora ...also bought Segal Wines. Teperberg built a new winery at Tzora. The traditional, so-called Jerusalem wineries, all created new wineries or new...
Tzora
80 Lebanon ...Winery opened a new winery called Galil Mountain, situated on the border with Lebanon. Barkan built a new advanced winery at Hulda and planted alongside it the...
Lebanon
80 -74.836,40.64177,0 Galil Mountain ...facility at Alon Tabor. The Golan Heights Winery opened a new winery called Galil Mountain, situated on the border with Lebanon. Barkan built a new advanced winery at...
Galil Mountain
78 Golan Heights Winery ...Zichron Ya’acov facility. Later they built a new facility at Alon Tabor. The Golan Heights Winery opened a new winery called Galil Mountain, situated on the border with Lebanon...
Golan Heights Winery
79 Canada ...Margalit also acted as consultant to other fledgling wineries. Tony Aspler, Canada’s leading wine writer, wrote that Margalit was making the best wine in Israel...
Canada
78 -98.18587204622388,61.360532981218846,0 Israel ...had arrived! Since then the Golan Heights Winery have been the pioneers of the Israel wine. They continue to win awards in major wine tasting competitions. YONATAN...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Golan Heights Winery ...in Bordeaux three times in a row. Israeli wine had arrived! Since then the Golan Heights Winery have been the pioneers of the Israel wine. They continue to win awards in major...
Golan Heights Winery
78 Vinexpo ...Vinexpo. Yarden wines were awarded the prestigious "Grand Prix d'Honneur" at Vinexpo in Bordeaux three times in a row. Israeli wine had arrived! Since then the...
Vinexpo
79 London ...Howard G. Goldberg. In 1987 at the International Wine & Spirit Competition in London, the Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon 1984, won not only a Gold Medal, but also the...
London
80 -81.23304,42.98339,0 California ...He sought expertise from overseas and was put in touch with Peter Stern from California. Stern was a wine consultant who had been winemaker of J.Lohr and had...
California
79 -119.60604445719355,37.24235921742027,0 Carignan ...over 90% of the vineyards in Israel. Most of the red wines were based on Carignan, and medium dry white wines were made from Semillon. Carmel Hock, Grenache Rose...
Carignan
75 -73.29916,45.45008,0 Mt. ...The main areas of vineyards were in the coastal valleys of the southern Mt. Carmel, and the central Judean Plain & Judean Foothills...
Mt.
76 41.7171985,36.354311,0 France ...and government. It was initially managed by an agronomist and oenologist from France. Initially, many wines were generically named, but in 1961 Israel was a...
France
80 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 Israel ...1882 until 1957. This was the same Rothschild that donated the money to build Israel’s parliament building – The Knesset. The foundation he set up, Yad Hanadiv...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Brewery ...perfume factory, where Eliaz was to be situated and in the first Palestine Brewery at Rishon Le Zion, adjacent to the winery. In 1957 he arranged to donate the...
Brewery
77 Israel ...Wines (Toby Press, 2012). E. Sacks and A. Montefiore, The Wine Route of Israel (Cordinata, 2012, 2015). E. Sacks and A. Montefiore, Wines of Israel...
Israel
74 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...Drinking In The Local Color (Eretz Magazine,1991). D. Rogov, Rogov’s Guide To Israeli Wine 2005-2011 (Toby Press, 2005-2011). D. Rogov, Rogov’s Guide To Kosher Wines...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Golan ...Golan Heights Winery: Forty Years of Quality, Innovation and Authenticity (Golan, 2023). A. Montefiore, International Wine and Spirits Review 1991 (Winchester...
Golan
77 Israeli ...Drink and Be Merry (Israel Museum, 1999). J. Gur, The Book of New Israeli Food (Al Ha’Shulchan, 2007). A. Hadas, Vine and Wine in the Archaeology of...
Israeli
68 35.693185,33.247952,0 Mt. ...Dalton Haruni family Galilee > 1 Tishbi Binyamina Tishbi family Mt. Carmel > 1 Galil Mountain Yiron Golan Heights Winery Galilee >...
Mt.
67 41.7171985,36.354311,0 Jerusalem ...Hinam Galilee > 1.5 Recanati Ramat Dalton Lenny Recanati Galilee > 1.5 Jerusalem Atarot Guetta family Judea > 1.5 Dalton Ramat Dalton Haruni family Galilee >...
Jerusalem
75 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Judea ...Adumim Motti Shor Judea > 2 Zion Mishor Adumim Shor family Judea > 2 Tabor Kfar Tabor IBBLS / CBC Galilee > 2 Binyamina Binyamina Hezi...
Judea
62 Judea ...& Galilee Vineyards Golan > 5 Teperberg Tzora Teperberg family Judea > 5 Arza-Hayotzer Mishor Adumim Motti Shor Judea > 2 Zion Mishor Adumim Shor...
Judea
67 Israel ...center of the Ancient World. The new quality combined with a rich history make Israel a country of unique interest to wine historians, wine lovers and...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Negev ...Community and TTB (USA) remain Galilee, Shomron, Samson, Judean Hills, Negev. Talks are underway to update the registered regions, which have been in place...
Negev
73 34.75,30.25,0 USA ...industry today. The registered regions with the European Community and TTB (USA) remain Galilee, Shomron, Samson, Judean Hills, Negev. Talks are underway to...
USA
78 36.85,-3.36667,0 Upper Golan ...Galilee West, Upper Galilee East, Lower Galilee; GOLAN HEIGHTS: Upper Golan, Lower Golan; COASTAL PLAIN: Zichron Ya’acov – Hanadiv Valley...
Upper Golan
79 Golan Heights ...The main vineyards for quality wines today are in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights, and in the Judean Hills. In the last twenty years a wine route has also...
Golan Heights
74 35.653055555,33.240277777,0 Judean Plain ...in the Coastal Plain in the valleys of the Southern Mt. Carmel, and in the Judean Plain, south east of Tel Aviv. With the move to quality, the concentration of...
Judean Plain
77 Far East ...New markets are Eastern Europe, in particular Poland & Russia, and the Far East, mainly Japan. Israeli wines are sold to more than forty countries in five...
Far East
73 State of Israel ...the winery went bankrupt. It was started up again after the founding of the State of Israel. This winery continues today under the family name Teperberg. It is the fourth...
State of Israel
78 Old City ...Shor family winery was situated on Haggai Street, in the Moslem Quarter of the Old City, in an alley backing on to the Little Western Wall. Today, different branches...
Old City
81 Old City of ...at the beginning of Rehov Yehudim (Jews Street) in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Zion Winery, Israel’s oldest existing winery, was founded in 1848 by...
Old City of
79 Salonika ...recorded winery was Ginio Winery, opened in 1840 by David Ginio, who was from Salonika. The winery was situated at the beginning of Rehov Yehudim (Jews Street) in the...
Salonika
80 Old City of ...& TEPERBERG FAMILIES: OLD CITY WINERIES Even in the Old City of Jerusalem alone, there were no less than 26 wineries, but they were not...
Old City of
54 Hebron ...after the place the grapes were grown, were most commonly referred to as ‘Hebron wine.’ Montefiore would buy a bottle of Holy Land wine as a souvenir, or even a...
Hebron
76 35.108539,31.524354,0 Jaffa ...These included the Montefiore Orchard, Israel’s first ever orange groves near Jaffa, the beginning of Israel’s citrus industry, and ‘Kerem Moshe & Yehudit’, which...
Jaffa
80 34.75224,32.05043,0 Israel ...to encourage agricultural settlement. These included the Montefiore Orchard, Israel’s first ever orange groves near Jaffa, the beginning of Israel’s citrus...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Middle East ...to Europe with many noble grape varieties which had their origins in the Middle East. www.adammontefiore.com On the founding of the...
Middle East
75 Bethlehem ...cultivation of grapes in the Holy Land and vines were planted in places like Bethlehem and Nazareth. The revival was short lived, but the Crusaders did return to...
Bethlehem
79 28.30707,-28.23078,0 Avdat ...the desert. In some breathtaking recent research, two grape pips discovered at Avdat were analyzed. They were dated to be from 900 B.C.E. One was Syriki, a red...
Avdat
81 34.774147,30.794321,0 Old City of ...with the addition of sea water. Archaeologists in the City of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, found wine jars flavored with vanilla. This was apparently what the...
Old City of
78 Gaza ...Mediterranean basin. Wines were named after the port they were exported from (Gaza, Askelon etc), by wine style (Yashan Noshan, Conditon etc) or an area (Sharon...
Gaza
80 67.5,42.5,0 Arad ...quantity.” It was dated 2,600 years ago. Next to archaeological site of Tel Arad, lies the modern day Yatir Winery. Wine was a mainstay of the economy and was...
Arad
78 21.75242490681867,46.26364302419062,0 Arad ...a message uncovered on a pottery shard from a soldier in the garrison at Tel Arad, saying “If there is wine, send quantity.” It was dated 2,600 years ago. Next...
Arad
79 21.75242490681867,46.26364302419062,0 Israel ...of the vineyards and the other in charge of the cellars. These may have been Israel’s first viticulturist and first sommelier! At this time the Jewish devotion...
Israel
79 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Galilee ...a commercial commodity being shipped in goatskin or pottery. The vineyards of Galilee and Judea were mentioned. The earliest storage vessels originated in southern...
Galilee
80 Tel Kabri ...been found from Mount Hermon to the Negev. The discovery of a wine cellar at Tel Kabri in the Galilee dated back more than 3,600 years, excited archeologists from all...
Tel Kabri
79 Canaan ...of Canaan. In about 1800 B.C.E. there was a communication which reported that Canaan was "blessed with figs and with vineyards producing wine in greater quantity...
Canaan
80 -73.32928,42.02731,0 Canaan ...from drinking too much! The vine then traveled south, through Phoenicia and Canaan to Egypt. The Phoenicians were the great traders of wine. The Canaanites were...
Canaan
79 -73.32928,42.02731,0 Black Sea ...art of winemaking is thought to have begun in the area between the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Galilee. The biblical Noah was the first...
Black Sea
69 ISRAEL ...of the wines. www.adammontefiore.com ANCIENT ISRAEL The grapevine was first domesticated simultaneously in both the Levant and the...
ISRAEL
77 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...of the Jewish people, connects as if by a thread, to the status of wine in the Israel of today. Wine is the best expression there is of the People and Place, and...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israel ...than ever. Even though this all seems so recent, it is a fact that the land of Israel had been making wine for over 5,000 years. The importance of wine in Biblical...
Israel
81 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Israeli ...Robert Parker, then the world’s most influential wine critic, wrote about Israeli wines: “The wines are getting better all the time and some of them are superb.”...
Israeli
78 35.693185,33.247952,0 Israeli ...at the highest possible level for its wines. Its seems that each year, Israeli wines are pushing the boundaries with their achievements. To quote Hugh...
Israeli
74 35.693185,33.247952,0 Today ...TO THE ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel – Modern Israel – Israel Today Israel is now considered a quality wine producing country. This may be seen...
Today
78 26.241591,39.74127,0 Israel ...TO THE ISRAELIS Ancient Israel – Pre State Israel – Modern Israel – Israel Today Israel is now considered a quality wine producing country. This may be...
Israel
71 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Germany ...of a distillery there in the mid 1920’s. The Templars returned to Germany at the onset of World War II. Local Palestinian Christians also always made...
Germany
68 10.393940105829056,51.11428797700689,0 Palestinian ...from Italy in 1885. Cremisan is today the pioneer in the revival of indigenous Palestinian varieties such as Dabouki, Hamdali and Jandali. The Templars from Germany also...
Palestinian
81 35.20181979152305,31.91731647402893,0 Jerusalem ...sourced from their own vineyards. It is situated just off the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Highway. They were the first to bring grapes such as Gewurztraminer and Pinot...
Jerusalem
75 35.0043676975945,31.74321305841924,0 Tel Aviv ...de Latroun, sourced from their own vineyards. It is situated just off the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Highway. They were the first to bring grapes such as Gewurztraminer...
Tel Aviv
76 34.78057,32.08088,0 Israeli ...Chateau Lafite for the Rothschild family. MONASTERY WINERIES Generally Israeli wineries were Jewish owned, but there were also some wineries run by...
Israeli
75 35.693185,33.247952,0 German ...expanded and sales increased particularly during the First World War, when German, British and Australian troops passed through the country. When the war was...
German
77 23.4110602,42.6097532,0 Israel ...afterwards. However, by the time he returned to the winery after having being Israel’s first prime minister, he showed more goodwill to the place where he had...
Israel
80 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Carmel ...Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople, Alexandria as well as Jaffa & Jerusalem. Carmel even had a branch in Cairo. In 1906 the management of the wineries at Rishon le...
Carmel
77 -69.05115,44.79757,0 Israeli ...immigrants to identify the different wines. Palwin became the largest selling Israeli wine in Great Britain for well over 100 years. The wineries of Rishon Le Zion...
Israeli
80 35.693185,33.247952,0 Rehovot ...the Carmel Wine Co. was formed by E.Z. Lewin-Epstein, one of the founders of Rehovot, to market the wines of Rishon and Zichron overseas. The first export office...
Rehovot
79 34.807777777,31.891388888,0 Israel ...their time. The first time that electricity and the telephone were used in Israel was at the Rishon & Zichron Wineries. Rothschild then built deep underground...
Israel
78 35.007712337053796,31.446802097434066,0 Bordeaux ...wineries at Rishon Le Zion in 1890 and at Zichron Ya'acov in 1892, and sent a Bordeaux winemaker to take charge. Charles Mortier, maître de chai of Chateau Lafite...
Bordeaux
80 -0.573687,44.834764,0 Algeria ...make wine like was made in Algeria, Georgia or Bessarabia (Moldova). “Yes, in Algeria it is all very well to make a great deal of poor wine. We, for our part, must...
Algeria
80 Bessarabia ...saying that he did not want to make wine like was made in Algeria, Georgia or Bessarabia (Moldova). “Yes, in Algeria it is all very well to make a great deal of poor...
Bessarabia
80 Bordeaux ...the famous Bordeaux winery, Château Lafite, he was determined to make a great Bordeaux style wine. So, he sent cuttings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and...
Bordeaux
80 -0.573687,44.834764,0 France ...to create a wine industry. Rothschild brought in the best agronomists from France, winemaking expertise from Bordeaux and the finest equipment money could buy to...
France
77 2.5522572848112075,46.557575440537526,0 Carmel ...In 1887 he visited for the first time and fell in love with the Mount Carmel area, which he thought was Israel’s Tuscany or Provence. He then decided to...
Carmel
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