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Visit to Castel Winery in the Judean Hills
The biggest (best quality) / small (produces limited amounts of three wines) winery in Israel is, without a doubt, Domaine du Castel. It is a gem that can be found, not as many wineries of this...
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Tasting of Two Carmel Appellation Wines – Carignan & Petit Sirah
The Appellation Series of Carmel Wineries consists of ten different varietal wines and one blend. We most often associate the word, “appellation,” with the French AOC, or Appellation d’Origine...
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Tasting Adir Shiraz 2008
Twas the night before New Year’s Eve, and though we were invited to the Karlen’s for Friday night dinner, Nurit was under the weather and stayed home in bed to rest and recuperate. If the description...
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Gamla Sangiovese 2008 Vintage
This is a return to this grape variety, having tasted and written about Gamla’s 2007 vintage approximately six months ago. Sangiovese is considered the “workhorse” grape of central Italy and is the...
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A New Port Style Wine Has Arrived
Yarden group of wines produced by the Golan Heights Winery, in my opinion the premier winery of Israel, has again expanded its armamentarium of fine wines by bringing to us a variant of its 2T wine. In...
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Tasting Chardonnay from Odem Mountain Winery
This Chardonnay varietal from the 2010 vintage of the Volcanic Series at Odem Mountain Winery is an outstanding wine. It is aged five months in French oak casks with use of the “sur lie” technique in...
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Tasting Galil Mountain’s Meron & Castel’s Grand Vin
This is a double tasting which was done on the occasion of the Passover Seder with the Karlen family. Nicki and Eli prepared a great meal for these two great wines. The traditional four cups of wine...
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King of the Israeli Syrah/Shiraz Varietal Wines
That’s perhaps, a bit of a bold statement to use as the title of this report of the Tasting of the 2008 vintage of Odem Mountain Winery’s Syrah Reserve (or, as they call it “Sirah” on the label in the...
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Tasting the 2011 Rosé From Castel Winery
This article might better be entitled, “The Best Rosé I Have Ever Tasted.” Castel Winery has come up with another winning wine. Eli BenZaken has blended three grape varieties, including Merlot, Malbec...
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Modification of Israelwinetaster Wine Grading System
Israelwinetaster Grading System This is what I invented and have been using, but for a number of reasons, I have found some difficulty applying it. So the time has come to modify it. Call this the...
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