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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 0 – My Suitcase was Lost on the Way to Berlin from Israel, But I’ve still got a “Suitcase” of Dreams of Israel!

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Stuart

I only just got back to Germany after leaving Israel early this morning and am still a bit ragged from two flights and a long express train journey, the whole procedure made greatly more stressful by the fact that Pegasus … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 13 – “That’s Israel !”

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Stuart

Sometimes when I’m on the road visiting winemakers, tasting their wines and trying to make sense of the world into which those people and products fit I feel like an anthropologist. Every good anthropologist will tell you that in order … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 12 – The not so Narrow Road to the Far North

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Stuart

Yesterday I took the not so narrow road to the Far North of Israel, that is to the hill country of Upper Galilee very close to the border with Lebanon, but before I got there I stopped at Yair Teboulle’s … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 11 – The Impossibility of Defining the Genius of Israeli Wine

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Stuart

I feel sure that, in spite of having tasted a slew of Israeli wines and met many Israeli winemakers since I arrived, I’m still a long way from having an overview of what is happening here, but there’s one thing … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 10 – Revelation in Tel Aviv

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Stuart

Many apologies for the long radio silence, which was not planned. Unfortunately there were internet problems at my hotels in Jerusalem and on the Dead Sea. Then I got back to this internet paradise in Even Yehuda too late last … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 5 – The Other Wine Israel

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Stuart

No doubt, I’m not the first to comment upon the way a lot of Israeli wines are now well made, but taste pretty much like a bunch of wines made in the so-called “New World”. The modern Israeli wine industry … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 3 – The Taste of the Future

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Stuart

This blog rarely devotes a great deal of space and praise to red wines based on Cabernet Sauvignon and the other so-called Bordeaux grapes, because many of those wines are already showered with (well-earned or ill-deserved) praise, and some of … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 2 – They Don’t They Make Them Like These Anywhere Else on Planet Wine?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Stuart

Why don’t winemakers elsewhere make Cabernet Franc Blanc de Noir or blend Gewürztraminer with Sauvignon Blanc like Tulip Winery does? This is David Bar-Ilan, the winemaker of Tulip winery since the 2012 vintage. He didn’t come up with idea of … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 1 (Part 2) – Living Together

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Stuart

This is the sunset at Jaffa, on the southern edge of Downtown Tel Aviv, and as you can see it has an orange glow. That makes complete sense to the child in me, because when that child was all of … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day One – UNIS Spectacular!

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Stuart

Last night I arrived in Israel for the first time. It’s my worst jet lag in years, perhaps because I’m used to those 6-8 hour flights back and forth across the Atlantic. Flying east for more then 10 hours threw me, … Continue reading →

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