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The Israeli Wine Revolution
Israel is a country steeped in the traditions of winemaking. There are 145 wineries in Israel (some producing as few as 600 bottles and some up to 13 million annually), including an ever increasing number of boutique wineries. Numerous wineries are open to the public and offer wine-tastings.
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Tzora
Vineyards
by Yael Zisling
 Tzora Vineyards opened their
newly renovated wine center, just in time for the
current harvest. A wine tasting with winemaker Ronnie
James was informative and even those of us who are not
wine experts, thoroughly enjoyed the hour and half
wine-tasting workshop, which was followed by dinner
outdoors to the tune of a live Jazz
band.
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Israel’s Wine Awakening
Where Antiquity Merges with The
Present
by George Medovoy
 Archaeological evidence of
early winemaking dots the countryside -- like the
fourth-century Byzantine wine inscription behind the
Tishbi winery, or the restored Roman cardo (a business
street), in seaside Caesarea, where merchants traded
wine and oil from the Mediterranean basin.
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Israel's Wine Regions
Historically the largest
wine-growing regions were the Shomron and Samson
regions. Today this remains true, but many of the
interesting new developments are taking place in the
Galilee and the Negev. The focus on new regions has
mainly been on the initiative of individual wineries
such as the Golan Heights Winery on the Golan Heights,
Carmel at Ramat Arad, and Tishbi and Barkan in the
desert.
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Kela
David
Food, Wine,
Art, etc.
by Yael Zisling
 At the entrance to Moshav
Givat Yishayahu sits a pinkish building. It is a quaint
combination of farmhouse, restaurant, art gallery, and
olive press. Located among the vineyards and olive
groves of the Adulam vineyards, in the Samson region, it
is the area where David and Goliath battled. In fact,
the name Kela David means David’s sling.
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A
Modern Industry Based on Ancient Traditions
by Yael
Zisling
Almost since its initial production ancient
Israel, wine has also been exported from Israel. The
pharaohs of Egypt favored Canaanite wine in the Bronze
Age and when the Egyptians ruled the area, some taxes
were paid in the form of wine.
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A
Brief Chronology of Wine Making in Israel
According to
the book of Genesis the first thing Noah did, after
disembarking from the ark was to plant a vineyard,
Gen:20-21, “And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he
planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was
drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.” As part
of the Mediterranean region, Israel lies in one of the
oldest wine producing areas of the
world.
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Golan
Heights Winery
by Yael Zisling
 There is no disputing the fact that the real turning point in Israeli
winemaking (in terms of quality) is largely due to the Golan Heights Winery,
which was founded in 1983. This winery re-wrote the book on making wine in a
land where winemaking is as old as the bible itself.
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What
Makes a Wine Kosher?
by Yael
Zisling
There is a misconception about Kosher wine, that
it simply doesn’t ‘hold-up’, taste wise. However, one
only has to taste some of Golan Heights Winery’s wines
(just as an example), to know that is simply not true.
Kosher wine used to mean a sweet dark-red liquid – since
the mid 1980’s all that has changed.
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Reader
Feedback
by Gerri Patterson
As the Director of Education and Israel Programs for
Memphis Jewish Federation, one of my responsibilities is
working on the itineraries of our community missions.
When I read in Gems in Israel last winter that Jessye
Norman would be performing in Caesaria as part of the
Israel Opera Festival while our mission would be taking
place in June 2000, I immediately jumped at the possibility of including the concert in our trip.
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Gems
News - Gems in Israel Named a JAFI Top 10 Site
Press Release
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Agency for Israel has named GemsinIsrael.com as a JAFI
Top 10 Site. The agency's June 2001 review, described
Gems in Israel as follows, "This really is a gem of a
site. Gems in Israel is an award-winning resource that
spotlights Israel's lesser-known tourist attractions and
travel sites. If you are interested in travel to off the
beaten path places, check out this site. They also have
a strong focus on the modern and biblical history of
Israel."
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