🇮🇱ISRAEL
ISRAEL IS– Sub-Regions– 5 @Jerusalen
- WHITE= Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Colombard, Dabouki(Indigenous), Emerald Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Jandali(Indigenous), Marawi(Indigenous) AKA=Hamdani, Marsanne, Muscat Alexandria, Muscat Canelli, Nehleleschol, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Viognier
- RED= Argaman(Cross), Barbera, Bittuni(Indigenous), Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Garnacha, Malbec, Marselan, 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
- Sub-Zones- Coastal Plains, Central Mountains.
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
- Isreal is- #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- (Not Found In Demarcated Sub-Zone)- Barkan, Binyamina, Golan, Jezreel Valley, 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
- ACADEMICS~ ~Ariel University~ Project to Bing the Indigenous Species of Isreal Grapes Back to Life.
- Byzantine Era Winery- Located In Yavne/Yibna, 25km. South of Tel Aviv In Israel.
- 2019- The Rediscovered Winery For the 500’s Had the Complicity to Produce Over 3 Million Bottles of Wine Annually. From the Study of the Site it Looks Like the Winery Worked and Marketed Itself as a Brand.
- The Site Was Found and Excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
ISRAEL WINE LAW
- GOVERNING BODY-
- LAWS GOVERNING- Geographic Boundaries Varietals
- –Label Requirement–
- +AGED/ Yield/ Hectare
- –Label Requirement–
- GEOGRAPHIC DISCLAIMER: “To Understand the Wine World and Benefit From DtheV.Com an Understanding of Israel’s Geography is Needed and the Ability to Visualize Its Wine Regions Topography. Israel is Organized In a North to South / East to West Orientation and Intended to Be Researched as So.”
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, Carmel, Covenant, 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. 499mt.-1,188mt., On~Jordan~River~
- SOILS- “Metamorphic”, “Sedimentary”, “Volcanic”, Tuff, Basalt
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- Estate/ Producers- Assaf, Bazelet Hagolan, Golan Heights, Ortal, Yarden
- Vineyards- Ein Zivan, Habashan
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. 200mt.
- 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, Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
- RED= Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Carignan, Merlot, Mourvedre, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah
- GEOGRAPHY- Israel(East-Central), REGION-Judean Hills
- Hills West, North, South of Jerusalem.
- South-East of Tel Aviv(40km.), “Multi-Appellation”
- Sub-Zones- Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Southern Judean Hills
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- SLOPES/ Jerusalem Mountains, +Alt. 400mt.-900mt., 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, Shiloh, Sphera, Teperberg, Tzora, Yatir, Zafririn
- Estate/ Producers- Agur, Barkan, Castel, Clos de Gat, Ela Valley, Flam, Montefiore, Recanati, Shiloh, Sphera, 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= Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Viognier
- RED= Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdor, Pinot Noir, Syrah
- GEOGRAPHY- Israel(South), REGION-Negev, “Multi-Appellation”, @Hw.#40
- Sub-Zones- Northern Negev, Negev Highlands, Ramat Arad
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”, SLOPES/ ?, +Alt. 1,900ft.- 3,000ft.
- CLIMATE- “Desert”, +Diurnal Shifts
- SOILS- “Metamorphic”, “Sedimentary”, Loess, Sandy Loam
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- Estate/ Producers- Carmey Avdat, Midbar, Nana, Ramat Negev, Tzel HaMidbar, Yatir
- Estate/ Producers- Carmey Avdat, Midbar, Nana, Ramat Negev, Tzel HaMidbar, Yatir
- NORTHERN NEGEV @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY- Israel(South), REGION-Negev
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- Estate/ Producers-
- NEGEV HIGHLANDS @Mitzpe Ramon
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY- Israel(South), REGION-Negev
- CLIMATE- “Desert”
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- Estate/ Producers- Yatir
- RAMAT ARAD @
- WHITE= | RED=
- GEOGRAPHY- Israel(South), REGION-Negev
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- Estate/ Producers-
**Refer to “BIBLIOGRAPHY/ Sources” For Details On Scholarly Works Referenced.