February 2008
Posted: Feb 27, 2008 2:22pm ET
After Carmel, I turned east and headed to the northern heartland of Israeli winemaking—the Galilee region and the Golan Heights. Along the way, I visited wineries in various settings, from industrial facilities, to those stylized to match the Mediterranean feel of the land, to those in converted agricultural support buildings.
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Posted: Feb 24, 2008 1:16pm ET
Back in contact. Sorry for the delay since my last post, but the Israelis have been keeping me busy and the internet connections been a bit sparse. In fact, I’ve been in some pretty wild places; just the other night, I was serenaded by at first jackals (the local version of coyotes) and then by their domestic cousins in a small village called Agur, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
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Posted: Feb 20, 2008 5:04pm ET
It’s obvious there is a building boom in Israel. Since the early 1990s, nearly one million immigrants from the old Soviet Union have flooded into the country, invigorating and transforming its culture—and bringing a new appreciation for wine.
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Posted: Feb 19, 2008 4:50pm ET
Today I’m on the road in northern Israel, staying in the hillside village of Rosh Pina in the Galilee region. Out my window to the east, I can see the broad, green plateau of the Golan Heights, home to some of Israel’s best vineyards.
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