🇮🇱ISRAEL
ISRAEL IS– Sub-Regions– 5 @Jerusalen
- WHITE= Bittuni(Indigenous), Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Colombard, Dabouki(Indigenous), Emerald Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Jandali(Indigenous), Marawi(Indigenous) AKA=Hamdani, Marsanne, Muscat Alexandria, Muscat Canelli, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
- RED= Argaman(Cross), Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Garnacha, Malbec, Merlot, Mourvèdre, Neheleschol(Indigenous), Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Tempranillo
GEOGRAPHY– Eastern Mediterranean, LATITUDE: 32° ‘N’
- BORDERS: Mediterranean Sea(West), Lebanon(North), Syria(North-East), Jordan(East)
- Where the Crescent Meets the Mediterranean Sea
- REGIONS– Galilee, Judean Hills, Negev, Samson, Shomron
TOPOGRAPHY– FEATURES– “Flat/ Rolling/ Hill/ Mountainous”
- On~Coast/ Mediterranean~Sea~(East)
- Sub-Zones- Galilee(North) Galilee Heights(North-East)
- Judean Hills(West–Central-Interior) Coastal Plains(North-West)
- Central (Judaean) Mountains(North-Interior)(Runs North to South)
- Negev Desert(South)
SOILS– “Metamorphic“, Sedimentary“
- Coastal Plain– Sandy, Golan Heights– Volcanic
- **Refer to “TERROIR/ Geology & Soil” For Detailed Information On Soils.
CLIMATE– “Desert” With “Mediterranean” & “Continental“ Influence
VITICULTURE– 5,500 ha. Planted
- #45 In Grape Production & #52 In Wine Consumption In World
- Harvesting Can Start at End of July and Go Till the End of November.
VINICULTURE– Still, Sweet, Sparkling, Rose
- KOSHER– Wine That’s Produced Under the Supervision of a Rabbi and According to Judaism Religious Laws and Said to Be Ritually Pure or Clean.
- No Animal Products. (Gelatins, Egg Whites, or Dairy Based Agents)
- No Finning or Clarifying.
- Made and Supervised by Sabbath Observing Jew…Created, Bottled, Opened Handled and Poured Only by Jews.
- If a Non-Jew or a Non-Sabbath Observant Jew Touches the Wine Even Accidentally It’s Can’t Be Considered Kosher and Therefor Can’t Be Consumed by Someone Who Follows Kosher Dietary Law.
- Mevushal Wine- Wine Made Properly but Handled by Non-Jews. Wine Would be Boiled Making It “Morally Sterilized”. Mevushal Wines Can Be Shared by Non-Jews and Non-Observers of Jewish Faith.
- –Estate/ Producers– Barkan, Binyamina, Golan, Segal, Shiloh, Tulip, Yarden
HISTORY
- Occupied by Byzantine, Romans and Muslims Over the Centuries.
- Ottoman Conquest Put an End to Wine Culture For Hundreds of Years.
- 1800’s @Israel– Jews Returned to Israel and Started to Reestablish Wine Culture.
- 1848 @Israel– First Winery
- 1880 @Israel– Carmel Winery, Started by Baron Edmond de Rothschild.
- 1980 @Israel– Israel Stared to Focus On Quality Wine Production.
CULTURE
- UNESCO. WORLD HERITAGE SIGHT~ ~Battir~ (Cultural, Landscape, Vineyards)
- PIONEERS~ ~Edmont de Rothschild~
- Helped Reintroduce Wine Culture by Planting Vineyards and Building Wineries In Late 1800’s.
- ASSOCIATIONS~ ~Wines of Israel~ Promotion of Large and Small Producers
- GASTRONOMY... Bread, Wine, Olive Oil
ISRAEL WINE LAW
- GOVERNING BODY-
- LAWS GOVERNING- Geographic Boundaries Varietals
- –Label Requirement–
- +AGED/ Yield/ Hectare
- –Label Requirement–
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GALILEE @
- WHITE= Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Gewurtztraminer, Marsanne, Riesling, Roussanne, Viognier
- RED= Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha, Malbec, Merlot, Mourvedre, Syrah, Tempranillo
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North), REGION-Galilee, “Multi-Appellation”
- Sub-Zones– Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee, Golan Heights, Hefer Valley
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly”, SLOPES/ ?, +Alt.400mt.-800mt.
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Capsouto, CarmelCovenant, Dalton, Galil Mountiain, Kishor, Lueria, Matar, Netofa, Or Haganuz, Tabor, Tulip, Vitkin
- -Vineyards- Crater, Kayoumi
- UPPER GALILEE @Kibbutz Yiron
- WHITE= Grenache Blanc, Pinto Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier
- RED= Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet, Sauvigon, Grenache, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Syrah
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North), REGION-Galilee
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly”, SLOPES/ ?, +Alt.400mt.-800mt.
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Dalton, Galil Mountiain
- –Vineyards– Misgav Am, Manara, Malkiva, Yiftah, Yiron
- LOWER GALILEE @
- WHITE= | RED= Syrah
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North), REGION-Galilee
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- GOLAN HEIGHTS @
- WHITE= Chardonnay, Gewurtztraminer
- RED= Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North), REGION-Galilee, BORDERS: Syria
- TOPOGRAPHY– ON PLATEAU, +Alt.499 mt. – 1,188 mt., On~Jordan~River~
- SOILS= “Metamorphic“, Sedimentary“, “Volcanic“, Tuff, Basalt
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Assaf, Bazelet Hagolan, Golan Heights, Ortal, Yarden
- -Vineyards– Ein Zivan
Shomron
SHOMRON @Zichrom Ya’acov
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North-West), REGION-Shomron, “Multi-Appellation”
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly”, On~Mediterranean~Sea~
- Sub-Zones- Sharon Plain, Mt. Carmel, Shomron Hills
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- SHOMROM PLAIN @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North-West), REGION-Shomron
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- MT. CARMEL @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North-West), REGION-Shomron
- TOPOGRAPHY– SLOPES/ ?, +Alt. 200 mt.
- SOILS– “Metamorphic“, Sedimentary“, Calcareous, Clay, Terra Rossa, Chalk, Limestone
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Bar Maor, Carmel, Dadah, Gros, Margeait, Somek, Tishbi, Vitkin
- CULTURE– PIONEERS~ ~Baron Edmond de Rothschild~ Planted Vines In 1880’s
- Signified the Rebirth of the Israel Wine Industry
- SHOMRON HILLS @
- WHITE= Chardonnay | RED= Cabernet Sauvignon
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(North-West), REGION-Shomron
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Gva’ot
SAMSON @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(West-Central), REGION-Samson, “Multi-Appellation”
- Sub-Zones- Coastal Plain, Judean Lowlands, Judean Foothills
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- –Estate/ Producers–
- COASTAL PLAIN @
- WHITE= | RED= Merlot
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(West-Central), REGION-Samson
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- JUDEAN LOWLANDS @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(West-Central), REGION-Samson
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- JUDEAN FOOTHILLS @
- WHITE= | RED= Syrah
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(West-Central), REGION-Samson
- BETWEEN; Tel Aviv & Jerusalem
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Hilly”, Hills North/ East/ South of Jerusalem
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Barkan, Bravdo, Segal
JUDEAN HILLS @Jerusalem
- WHITE= Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc
- RED= Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Carignan, Merlot, Mourvedre, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(East-Central), REGION-Judean Hills
- South-East of Tel Aviv(40km.),“Multi-Appellation”
- Sub-Zones- Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Southern Judean Hills
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- SLOPES/ Jerusalem Mountains, +Alt.400 mt. – 900 mt., Orek Valley, On~Dead~Sea~
- SOILS= “Metamorphic“, Sedimentary“, Limestone, Terra Rossa
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Agur, Barkan, Castel, Clos de Gat, Ela Valley, Flam, Montefiore, Recanati, Teperberg, Tzora, Yatir, Zafririn
- –Estate/ Producers– Agur, Barkan, Castel, Clos de Gat, Ela Valley, Flam, Montefiore, Recanati, Teperberg, Tzora, Yatir, Zafririn
- JERUSALEM @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(East-Central), REGION-Judean Hills
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- GUSH ETZION @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(East-Central), REGION-Judean Hills
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- YATIR FOREST @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(East-Central), REGION-Judean Hills
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- SOUTHERN JUDEAN HILLS @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(East-Central), REGION-Judean Hills
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
NEGEV @Beer Sheva
- WHITE= Chenin Blanc, Viognier
- RED= Pinot Noir
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(South), REGION-Negev, “Multi-Appellation”
- Sub-Zones-Northern Negev, Negev Highlands, Ramat Arad
- TOPOGRAPHY– ‘Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”, SLOPES/ ?, +Alt.1,900 ft. to 3,000 ft.
- CLIMATE= “Desert”
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers– Midbar, Ramat Negev, Yatir
- –Estate/ Producers– Midbar, Ramat Negev, Yatir
- NORTHERN NEGEV @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(South), REGION-Negev
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- NEGEV HIGHLANDS @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(South), REGION-Negev
- CLIMATE– “Desert”
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
- RAMAT ARAD @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY– Israel(South), REGION-Negev
- VITICULTURE– ? ha. Planted
- –Estate/ Producers–
**Refer to “BIBLIOGRAPHY/ SOURCES” For Details On Scholarly Works Referenced