Golan Heights Winery

…their world-class dessert wines and, as always, please feel free to email me with questions about any particular wine (as I have tasted nearly every wine produced by them). Golan Heights Winery, Yarden, Blanc De…

2011 Pessach Kosher Wine Buying Guide

…being sold, including a number from the Golan Heights Winery, Galil Mountain and Odem Mountain. As with most halachik issues, there are numerous opinions with respect to drinking Shmittah wine outside of Israel (or at…

Historical Connections (Personal Israeli Wine Milestones)

…memorable bottle at the time it was enjoyed, only a few years after I started really “getting into wine (at the age of 16). I still have the empty bottle! Golan Heights Winery, Yarden, Cabernet…

Pessach 2010

…Blanc Fume, 2009 – one of the few 2009 white wines available (9) Dalton, (Unoaked) Chardonnay – Crisp, refreshing and delightful – also from 2009 (10) Galil Mountain, Merlot, 2007 (11) Golan Heights Winery, Golan…

2012 Pessach Kosher Wine Buying Guide

…wines being sold, including a number from the Golan Heights Winery, Galil Mountain and Odem Mountain. As with most halachik issues, there are numerous opinions with respect to the different “types” of Shmittah wine produced,…

A Walk Down Memory Lane (Personal Israeli Milestone Wines)

…of 16). I still have the empty bottle! Golan Heights Winery, Yarden, Cabernet Sauvignon, 1985: The earliest vintage of Israel’s iconic and benchmark wine that I had the pleasure of tasting. The first vintage was…

Ella Valley Vineyards

…filling wine. As with the Chardonnay wines from the Golan Heights Winery, I’d give this one another 12 months or so in the bottle before opening and you will be rewarded for your patience with…

Golan Heights Winery

…a number of wines from different series below that I think are worthy of your attention and that I have not reviewed in the recent past. Shabbat Shalom, Yossie Golan Heights Winery, Gamla, Brut, n.v.:…

Matar Winery

…to kosher production follows a model more similar to the path chosen by some of the Israeli wine industry’s behemoths like Carmel, the Golan Heights Winery, Binyamina and most recently (and on a smaller scale)…

Pesach 2012 Selections

…after 1-2 years of age (although this wine doesn’t need any time to show its greatness). Golan Heights Winery, Yarden, Odem Organic Vineyard, 2010: Grown in the organic Odem vineyard, this is one of the…