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Re: Matar Winery – Something New (and kosher) from the Pelter’s

madhava — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:03:13 -0000

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the most used red-wine grape varieties all over the world. It began in the Bordeaux area of Italy where it is usually combined by people with Cabernet Franc along with Merlot. From Italy, the selection spread across Europe till it reached additional countries like U. S ., Sydney, and Chile. This range is now raised by simply about all drink creating states.

Re: Four New Tel Phares Wines Available in Tel Aviv & Ein Gev

madhava — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:01:56 -0000

A lot of people regularly phone Cabernet Sauvignon as the the "King of red-wine Grapes" or also the "Aristocrat of the winery." With 5-10 years being the greatest to summit for the growth procedure, vineyard managers contemplate this this being a perfect wine. This age is a little more when compared to additional wine kinds. This, nevertheless, enables the flavors to calm, making for mixing with other varieties like Merlot, it best. The Taxis softens along with provides more fruity flavor with outside over-powering aroma and the key flavor of Cabernet.

Re: Eshkol HaZahav 2012

madhava — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:00:55 -0000

It's among the very developed grapes in Sydney. Manufacturing companies supply Taxis, with added foreign wine kinds, to states and other regions . Other lands which develop this type comprise NZ, and southafrica, Italy, Spain, Italy. Malta and Turkey are several Mediterranean states having excellent regions of wineries for Taxis that are developing.

Re: New Israeli Wine Magazine

Nechemia seidman — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:17:21 -0000

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Re: Adam Montefiore: A Personal Note on Rogov

Libbi Rich — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:46:53 -0000

I don't know how I missed this article for so long ... thank you so much for your kind words about my father. He was, indeed, a very unique and talented man, and I'm sure (since you were permitted to know him as 'David') he appreciated your friendship and support.

Re: Israel’s Forgotten Brandies

molly — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:04:52 -0000

i have a bottle of 777 richon de luxe given to me on my honeymoon 30 years ago...will it still be good?

Re: Wines, Settlements, & Politics

Reck — Sat, 30 May 2015 23:11:23 -0000

It's clear as light that Israel/Zionist rule the media, they want you to hate all kinds of Arabs: Muslims and orthodox Christians. They want the whole world to think like them, so one day they can rule the world from Jerusalem. They will do whatever in their power to achieve that.

Sadly, by the looks of the direction the world is heading towards, they will achieve it and sadly there's nothing you can do about it but make dua that allah keeps you strong in your deen and makes you amount the followers of isa (pbuh) when he returns to reclaim the lands inshallah ammen.

Re: Wines, Settlements, & Politics

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Re: Israeli Wineries to Visit

Slurp — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:28:43 -0000

Don't forget Tishbi, also near Binyamina. They do a very enjoyable wine and choclate tasting (the chocolate is French brand Valrhona) and a cheap "fill your own bottle from the barrel" with a recent vintage. This latter is also available at the Tishbi restaurant in Zichron Yaakov.

Re: Wineries Map

Yael — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 08:54:25 -0000

Does anyone know of wine festivals in Israel, scheduled for 2015?

Re: Matar Winery – Something New (and kosher) from the Pelter’s

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Re: An Episode of Food & Wine Pairing: Hummus and Falafel and Which Wine?

Марьяна — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:44:56 -0000

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Re: Rhones on the Right Track

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Re: Binyamina Yogev

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Re: The New Israeli Wine Guide

minda — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:18:12 -0000

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Re: Four New Tel Phares Wines Available in Tel Aviv & Ein Gev

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Re: Binyamina Yogev

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Re: Four New Tel Phares Wines Available in Tel Aviv & Ein Gev

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Re: The Israel Wine Map

YossiD — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:29:38 -0000

Aaron,

Southern wineries are on the second page of the map - the link is at the bottom of the list. There's a notation about it in the introduction above the wineries list.

Google Maps only allows a limited number of places on a single map page, so I had to split the wineries, and north-south seemed the most reasonable, especially since I can't control the break. Google has another map product called Maps Engine and I'm looking into it to see if it will work better.

Please let me know if you are aware of any wineries that are missing from the map or if you find any incorrect information. I already have a list of wineries to add when time permits.

Re: The Israel Wine Map

aaron — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:59:33 -0000

Hello, in the map there is a terrible empty space below the jerusalem area, this is not the case anymore as many wineries are doing excellent wines in the Negev area.

Re: Wine by the Glass

Lewis Pasco — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:32:37 -0000

I have a background in the restaurant business as a chef and then as a waiter before I studied at Davis and became a winemaker. I was involved with a very successful restaurant start-up, too. And my first and primary reaction to all you've written David (which was excellent in its detail to all aspects of pouring by the glass) is that I don't "get" why restaurants generally feel the need to set wine pricing - by the bottle or by the glass - on a percentage or ratio basis.

Almost all the costs of wine service at a restaurant - the storage space, the glassware investment and replacement costs, the time required of staff and management to select a wine list and more to serve the wine - all these costs are fixed per bottle. It does not cost more to store a bottle of wine that costs 75 or even 150 nis any more than it costs to store and serve a bottle of wine that costs 25 NIS. So why do restaurants almost always use a fixed % markup for both the bottles on the list and the wines poured by the glass? The formula I was given in the US fro wine list pricing was a 175%-200% markup over wholesale cost of the bottle. So a 25 NIS bottle would go for 65-75 NIS on a restaurant list by that formula, and a 100 NIS wholesale cost bottle would be priced at 175 - 200 NIS.

But - and I had tremendous success with this policy - if a restaurant is "happy" to sell the 25 NIS bottle for 75 NIS, why not sell the 100 NIS bottle for 150 and make the same amount of net profit on the bottle? The only cost of "service" that is higher for the more expensive bottle is the time value of money related to the initial purchase of the more expensive bottle, the "investment" cost. But if a restaurant starts to sell 100 NIS wholesale cost bottles for only 150 on their wine list, and the food is at a level that attracts sophisticated clients who would LIKE to drinker top shelf, the "expensive" wines start to fly out the door. And the sophisticated customers walk out the door more happy and share their good experience with friends...

The same argument applies to wines by the glass too, except for the concern of bottles not being consumed before some tiredness creeps into the wine. For that we have vacuvin system stoppers or N2 gassing of opened bottles (cruvinet or its like in the best scenarios) and if the markup per glass is flat/fixed per bottle rather than %, you can bet the more expensive wines BTG wlil start to fly, as well.

It's a good thing to be known as a "high value" establishment and an even better thing to sell lots of high end wines and send customers home buzzing (via talkative positive response) about what a great wine (and therefore great time) they had at your restaurant.

That's several thousand NIS worth of consulting advice for free, restaurateurs... I've seen it work..

Re: 2nd Annual Kosher Jerusalem Wine Festival January 28th to 30th, 2013

Bracha — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:10:22 -0000

Hi! Has there been any mention of a festival this year?

Re: Where to Buy Israeli Wine

jamas — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 04:26:12 -0000

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Re: Where to Buy Israeli Wine

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