Archive for June, 2009

I Want this for Wine

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Can you imagine how different the wine world will be when we can do this for wine? OMG I love finding ways to shrink the time between the Urge to Acquire something we value and the actual Ability to Acquire that something down to, well, nothing. This starts to do that. And you know Amazon [...]

Where in the World is our Israeli Wine?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Good news! Our next shipment of wine from Israel left the port of Haifa last week bound for California in a refrigerated container! A refrigerated container costs me A LOT more but it’s the only way to ensure the quality of the wine we bring to you. You should be asking other people you buy [...]

Meet Jim Veal: An Israeli Wine Evangelist in Texas

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

I have had for some time now the great pleasure of knowing one of the front-line heroes pushing forward the re-emergence of the Israeli wine world in the US. His name is Jim Veal and he is the Director of Trade and Investment Promotion for the Government of Israel’s Economic Office in Houston. He works [...]

Israeli Wines in Travel + Leisure’s Top 50 Best New Restaurants

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

I am proud to have Israeli wines from our growing premium portfolio on the wine menus of 2 of the Top 50 Best New Restaurants in the US, according to the folks at Travel + Leisure. Zahav in Philadelphia and Terroir in Manhattan

Buy Israeli Wine then Take it to Your Favorite BYO Place

Friday, June 19th, 2009

This new site lets you search for BYO places in your favorite large city and bring your favorite bottle with you. Here’s some basic BYO etiquette though: 1) it’s extremely rude to bring a bottle BYO that’s on the restaurant’s wine menu 2) it’s extremely rude to bring a cheap bottle in – No 2 [...]

Our Own Little Israeli Bottleshock, this time in Houston

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

We hosted an Israeli wine tasting in Houston this week and nearly 150 people attended. I brought to the party two wines we import that made it onto Israeli food & wine critic Daniel Rogov’s Top 10 Israeli Wines List last year: Margalit Special Reserve Cabernet 2006 and Flam Cabernet Reserve 2005 When I arrived [...]

Where in the world is this Israeli wine?

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

This pic was taken by a cell phone camera so pardon the lack of clarity on some of the bottle shots. This is a picture of 5 of the wines we import placed predominantly in a major retailer. Anyone want to take a guess in the Comment section as to Where In The World this [...]

Houston Israeli Wine Tasting Monday 6/15

Monday, June 8th, 2009

I love the big-hearted people of Texas. I love their energy. I love the way Texans approach the world in a BIG postive way and love to make BIG cool stuff happen, especially pals of mine from Houston like Maggie and Monica. Recently, the Houston ABC News affiliate produced a great news piece on the [...]

My dad deserves wine from @israeliwine a helluva lot more than your dad does

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

I’m offering a year’s Membership in our Proud to Pour Tour Level 2 Wine Club to the winning entry in this contest! This Membership is a $300 value! Your dad will receive 6 shipments of handcrafted wine from boutique wineries in Israel and invitations to attend live winemaker interviews and chats. Your dad has gotta [...]