Comments on: Six Israeli white wines I like (and one red)

By: Cafe Liz » Food and fresh air in the Judean hills » the kosher vegetarian Israeli food blog

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:57:29 +0000

[...] tastings of three different wines — a white, the Blanca 2010 (one of my favorites from the 2011 wine expo), and two reds made from precisely the same blend of grapes, the Kesem 2010 and the Special Reserve [...]

By: Katherine Martinelli

Katherine Martinelli — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:18:23 +0000

I love seeing the different wines we all picked out as our favorites! I missed Tulip and also Agur, although I’ve had wines from both wineries elsewhere (and visited Agur) and liked them very much. I like Gewurtztraminer but am more of a Viognier girl myself I agree – so many of the wines tasted the same! Of course, after as many wines as we tried, how could they not

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:34:15 +0000

I also have a bottle of the Heightswine (2009) sitting around for a special occasion

You should definitely come next time, you can always take a bus home — that’s what most of the others did.

By: Miriyummy

Miriyummy — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:03:02 +0000

I see we have the same taste in wines. I love the Golan Heights Gewurtz, it’s my favorite. And a few years ago we treated ourselves to a rare bottle of Heightswine, the 2007, I think. I became an instant fan.

I don’t normally drink red wine since it gives me migraines, but I want to try the Recanati you suggested, it just might be worth the headache.

I was all set to go to the expo but in the end had to work until late and didn’t have a designated driver. Bassa, sounds like I missed a good thing.

By: Yael

Yael — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:10:00 +0000

The Sommelier exhibition this year was really great and it was nice to see you again.I pretty much liked the same wines than you;the Gewurtztraminers were all so lovely!

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:32:26 +0000

Thanks, Yossie, for your recommendations and for the update about Tulip — someone just pointed that out to me, I’ll be fixing it in the piece.

By: Yossie Horwitz

Yossie Horwitz — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:53:46 +0000

I also attended and thought the event was great. I just wanted to point out that that the Tulip Wine is kosher as well (starting with the 2010 vintage, all Tulip wines are kosher) and I agree – fun wine!

If you liked the Yarden Heightswine, I highly recommend finding a bottle of the “icewine” styled wines from Gat Shomron – they have one based on Viognier and another one from Gewurztraminer – both excellant!