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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | WINE TASTING GUY OCTOBER 26, 2008 Wine starts in the Vineyard - Golan Heights Winery While at the other end of the wine sophistication spectrum, the 2005 Yarden Katzrin Chardonnay is a BIG golden chardonnay with toffee, caramel, nutty aromas and a creamy palate that finishes long with all sorts of complexities. Made a trip back up to the Golan Heights today. looks a little freaky huh. | WINE TASTING GUY OCTOBER 19, 2008 Carmel's quality wine revolution Among the many things I must do is to better acquaint myself with one of Israel's oldest wineries - Carmel. The 2005 Appellation Carignan, made from 30-40 year old vines and blended with 10% Petite Verdot had an interesting toffee, mocha, chocolate, cedar thing going on. YES, that Carmel, of the sweet, thick sacramental wine. | | | | | |
| WINE TASTING GUY SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 Wines for the New (Jewish) Year UNDER $30 The 2003 is drinking great, the 2004 is delicious and the just released 2005 is gorgeous. I'm sorry for the delay in writing this post. I have gotten MANY requests for my Rosh Hashana suggestions. I'm pressed for time (aren't we all) so here goes. decided not to write about wines that typically retail for more than $30. | | | WINE TASTING GUY FEBRUARY 13, 2008 Israeli wine tasting - Castel & Binyamina Castel is among Israel's best boutique wineries (producing approximately 100,000 bottles) and has received very positive reviews for their wines of late. We then tasted both the 2005 Petit Castel & Grand Vin from Castel. The evening started with a 2004 Sauvignon Blanc from the Binyamina winery. Very nice. Very nice wines. | | | | | | | |
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WINE TASTING GUY | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2007 Israeli Wine - Wine Advocate " Modern Israel: A Survey (A Work in Progress)"
Well ladies and gentlemen, the results are in. will be copying a list of wines & their scores from Israeli Wine Critic Daniel Rogov's "Wine & Food Forum". I am waiting for my physical copy of the issue to arrive before I comment specifically. More comments later. Without further ado, the scores. MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008  Casa Marguery Malbec: Bringing the Past to the Present and Into the Future
Here the former French Cot had to dig a bit deeper to find nutrients and was fed water through drip irrigation systems from an isolated well developed in Israel and Australia unless it was in one of the prime spots with the underground irrigation systems from the days of old in which case the govement allotted water runoff from the snowcaps. MORE >>
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