Sunday, April 11, 2010

42 Days

Did you know... Israel has 42 wine varietals? Israeli wine is produced by hundreds of wineries, which range in size from small boutique wineries to large companies that produce over ten million bottles per year. In 2009, Israel exported over $22 million of wine. And in experts predict that roughly $30 million will be exported in 2010!

The modern Israeli wine industry was founded by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, who owned the Bordeaux estate Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. Winemaking in Israel takes place in five geographic regions - the Galil/Golan Heights, the Judean Hills, the Shimshon region, the Negev (where drip irrigation makes grape-growing possible) and the Sharon plain. The Sharon region is the largest grape-growing region in Israel and contains two if Israel's largest wineries - Zichron Ya'akov and Binyamina.

In 2007, world-renowned wine critic Robert Parker, in his bi-monthly wine publication "The Wine Advocate", awarded 14 Israeli wines its highest rating of "outstanding."

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