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Israel’s Wine Festival begins next week

The Yehuda wine region will celebrate its annual wine festival throughout the month of June with a festive opening event in Latrun and hundreds of regional wine experiences.

The annual Mateh Yehuda Wine Festival returns for its 28th year
Recommended wines for Passover

So what will we drink on Passover?

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Recommended red wines for Passover 2026

Netofa Winery

New Israeli wines for Passover


Wine Talk: Eat, drink and be merry

Perhaps the sagest advice of how to enjoy yourself on Yom Ha’atzma’ut was found on a 6th century BCE wine chalice discovered in Cyprus. 'Be Happy, Drink Well.'

WHEN PREPARING for Yom Haatzmaut, don’t forget the wine. Yarden is always a good choice.

Take a virtual wine tour of Israel at the Seder

It may not yet be able to physically travel to Israel, but you can take a virtual tour through Israel’s wineries. I suggest a different winery for each of the four cups.

Some of Carmel Winery’s new wines

Wine Talk: Celebrating Syrah

Hanukkah is just about the only Jewish festival without an obvious wine connection.

THROUGHOUT ISRAEL, the vine and olive tree grow together, as can be seen in the Upper Galilee.

Wine talk: Israel’s first cult wine

It used to be the height of showing off for a private collector to throw open his cellar and show how many Yarden Katzrin bottles he had.

The special fruit for Yarden Katzrin grows in the Golan Heights vineyards.

Wine Talk: Wine is memories

A great wine for me is not a dry tasting note but an emotional experience and a wonderful memory.

SPECIAL MEMORIES from four Yarden Cabernet Sauvugnons: the 1985, 1996, 2004 and 2013.

Wine Talk: Return to Lascombes

LASCOMBES, A beautiful ivy-covered, turreted chateau.

Wine Talk: Rosh Hashanah wines

A selection of the finest wines for your holiday

WINELAND, A beautiful new book of wine photographs.

Wine Talk: Kosher wine king

Israelievitch clearly loves his work, and it is heartwarming to see the respect he receives from winemakers and winery owners alike.

Menahem Israelievitch, winemaker of Royal Wine Europe

Another reason to love red wine - it could help treat metabolic diseases

Compounds found in green tea and wine may block formation of toxic metabolites, study finds.

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Wine Talk: The highlands of Israel

Israel's first authentic whisky excites whisky lovers.

Whisky mature in cask for a minimum of three years