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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 652

wineries

Four members of the Pauker family in the the Kibbutz Nir Oz vineyards, planted by Gideon Pauker before he was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Credit Naama Kaspi)
July 2, 2025, 2:04 pm
To life: Grandson revives wines of vintner killed October 7 in Kibbutz Nir Oz
Pauker Winery becomes a commercial enterprise in the name of murdered kibbutznik Gideon Pauker, carried on by his family and winemaking friends
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli vintners from the Negev visiting the Spanish wine region of Riviera del Duero in March 2025 with the Merage Foundation, as part of efforts to further establish a Negev wine appellation. (Courtesy Negev Wine Club)
March 25, 2025, 11:31 am
Negev vintners visit Spanish wineries to talk grapes and tourism
Trip sponsored by Merage Foundation as part of effort to establish region as agritourism hub
By Jessica Steinberg
Bottles of the Wines of Hope line created for hostages held in Gaza by Wine on the Vine, in March 2024 (Courtesy)
July 20, 2024, 1:05 am
Noa Argamani gets bittersweet taste of wine named after her
Wine on the Vine project works with hostages’ families to spread awareness of their plight
By Jessica Steinberg
Eyal Drory (left), Shuki Yashuv and Elad Katz, co-owners of Agur Winery, hosting wine tastings in June 2024. (Courtesy)
June 13, 2024, 4:32 pm
Bottled up by war, Judean hills vintners open anew to let visitors ‘breathe a little’
Wineries from the Matte Yehuda region offer a month of tastings and tours with notes of melancholy and grief for those affected by the fighting and hostage crisis
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative photo of grapes ready for harvest in the Golan. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
April 22, 2024, 10:11 am
Two thousand years ago, wine was likely as complex and flavorful as today
Roman wines ‘may even have rivaled the fine wines of today,’ archaeologist says; Israeli wine expert opines that Jewish wine during the Roman period was likely ‘very great’
By Gavriel Fiske
Kibbutz Ortal in the Golan Heights has created three-day tours commemorating 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, visiting battlefields and wineries, including its own Shifon Winery (Courtesy Kibbutz Ortal)
September 24, 2023, 12:57 pm
On anniversary of war, a Golan kibbutz invites visitors for historic, cultural tours
Kibbutz Ortal holds three-day visits with discussions, musical events and visits to battlefields, wineries and farms, where one can see what’s happened over the last half-century
By Jessica Steinberg
A facility outfitted with SolarEdge's technology. Illustrative. (Screenshot/YouTube)
July 20, 2022, 12:54 pm
Daily Briefing July 20: From snorkeling at Straits of Tiran to harnessing Saudi sun
Political correspondent Tal Schneider talks of the Meretz leadership and 2 Red Sea islands, and Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David discusses solar power and quantum computing
By ToI Staff
It feels like Napa, or Bordeaux, at Domaine du Castel, one of Israel's first boutique wineries, in the Judean Hills, the country's first official wine appellation. (Courtesy: Elad Barmi)
July 18, 2022, 4:44 am
It’s a quick ride from Bordeaux red to sparkling Champagne in the Judean Hills
Israel’s Judean Hills and Foothills becomes first appellation of origin for the region, a boon for local wineries and tourism
By Jessica Steinberg
Pouring a Nana Estate Winery rose while looking out toward the unlikely desert terroir of this Negev vineyard. (Courtesy: Nana Winery)
May 21, 2022, 10:29 am
In the Negev, a new breed of vintners are making the desert bloom
With the arid terroir producing a wine that’s ‘fruity but not jammy,’ the vineyards of the Negev are banding together in hopes of being recognized as a formal appellation
By Jessica Steinberg
Wine experts Roni Saslove (left) and Guy Haran (second from left) partnered with graphic design artist Itamar Gur and photographer David Silverman (right) to create 'Wine Journey,' a guide to Israeli wineries (Courtesy Wine Journey)
October 16, 2020, 11:17 am
Vineyard visit? Wine not, write 2 oenophiles in fresh guide to Israeli wineries
Blocked from giving tours during coronavirus closure, Roni Saslove and Guy Haran pen and crowdfund ‘Wine Journey Israeli Adventure’
By Jessica Steinberg
In this August 10, 2017, photo, whiskey is poured at the Milk and Honey whiskey distillery in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 16, 2020, 2:19 am
The forgotten history of Jews in the alcohol industry
Some estimates say 30-40% of Jewish people — women and kids included — worked as makers or purveyors of hooch in Eastern Europe until the end of the 19th century
By Joel Haber
Omar Zumot, who studied winemaking in France, samples a wine inside the Saint George winery in Zahab, an eastern suburb of Amman, Jordan, on November 5, 2018. (Laure van Ruymbeke/AFP)
December 2, 2018, 5:03 pm
From Bible to revival: Meet Jordan’s desert winemakers
Despite heavy taxes and difficulty exporting, two Christian families look to revive area’s ancient but long-dormant winemaking tradition
By Kamal Taha
A student makes wine at Ariel University. (Courtesy)
July 28, 2018, 3:37 am
An intoxicating journey uncorks Holy Land’s 5,000-year history of winemaking
Long before the French, native Middle Eastern grapes spurred libations, says journalist and oenophile Kevin Begos in his new book, ‘Tasting the Past’
By Rich Tenorio
The outside view of the Barkan winery in Hulda, central Israel. (screen capture: YouTube)
June 29, 2018, 7:23 pm
Kashrut authority revokes winery’s license for reinstating Ethiopian workers
Eda Haredit, which provoked racism storm, says it has frozen kosher certification for certain wines due to doubts over Jewish status of employees
By ToI Staff
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
June 28, 2018, 12:10 pm
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The scandal of the Ethiopians and the wine
The Orthodox Judaism I fell in love with at the age of 16 has become distorted beyond recognition
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