Maybe this has happened somewhere else before with Israeli wine but I don’t think so.
Israeli Wine Direct is beginning now to sell Futures (or Pre-Arrivals) of the best premium wines coming out of Israel. “Futures” is just a fancy wine-world way of saying we can let you buy limited exclusive premium wines now for delivery [...]

Today at 4 PM Israel Time/ 8 AM Central, I will be live streaming an exciting announcement from the Flam winery in the Judean Hills.

One of the books that changed the way I see the world and helped nudged me along into founding Israeli Wine Direct is Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail (recently issued in an updated paperback edition).
The gist: after you get beyond the popular well-known “hits” in any space (music, movies, books, wine) there still exists this “long [...]

Just a reminder that my wife and I will be in Napa this June 19-22 at the Jewish Vintner’s weekend.
Follow this link to get info about the event.
Golan Flam will be there with us as a guest Israeli winemaker (then he’s coming back with me to Chicago for meetings and tastings — email me if [...]