Israel has a single “cult” winery – Margalit.
Founded in 1989, Margalit is the super-small producer leading the region in age-worthy wines. They don’t irrigate their vines, driving the roots down deep to pick up all the site-specific nutrients and smells and flavors from their 2 vineyards in Kadita and Binyamina.
Yair Margalit kindly sent me verticals [...]
A 1,400 year old wine press was recently discovered in Israel, large and advanced and likely used for producing wine to export to places like Egypt or Europe.
It’s pretty common to find even much older wine presses in contemporary Israeli vineyards. The land there has been wine-ing for a long, long time. There is a [...]
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It’s not every day that you get to taste wine with a Master Sommelier – and even less common to taste with a female Master Sommelier since as it turns out there are only 16 of them in the entire world.
I have been interacting with [...]
This past Friday night we held an Israeli wine tasting of 6 wines I import at another one of my fave wine bars in Houston called 13 Celsius. Listen to me….the place was packed!
I love the vibe in this old building. And the crowd keeps it real and fun. I loved the people I met [...]
This afternoon my friend Charles from fave wine bar + retailer + killer restaurant Block 7 Wine Company in Houston held a tasting of 7 wines I import from small wineries in Israel.
I was again amazed by the overwhelmingly positive response top these wines from the great people of Houston.
We have (as I had hoped) [...]
While good wine doesn’t exactly go “bad” there comes a time when you gotta make room for the newest vintage.
We’ve sold A LOT of Flam Classico 2006!
In fact we have only 71 bottles left at last count this afternoon.
And it’s time to make room for the 2007. Which is what I am drinking right this [...]
It’s good to regularly review why you are doing what you are doing.
This allows you to make decisions about how to spend your time and money, and how to allocate attention.
What is it that you INTEND?
And how is what you are doing aligned (or more likely, not aligned) with your intentions?
There’s a big difference between [...]
