It’s a delightful place, the Eastern Mediterranean. An almost ideal climate.. Plenty of sunshine, no snow, greatest orange growing region on earth. Donald Trump could and probably should move to Israel where he is adored for bring peace to the Middle East.
And the wine! Israeli wine is produced by hundreds of wineries, ranging in size from small boutique enterprises to large companies producing over ten million bottles per year. Wine has been produced in the Land of Israel for over 2,500 years. In 2011, Israeli wine exports totaled over $26.7 million. While that’s far below California’s $6.9 BILLION, it’s substantial and Israel Wine is supurb.
The modern Israeli wine industry was founded by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, owner of the Bordeaux estate Château Lafite-Rothschild. Israeli winemaking takes place in five vine-growing regions: Galil (Galilee, including the Golan Heights), the region most suited for viticulture due to its high elevation, cool breezes, marked day and night temperature changes and rich, well-drained soils; the Judean Hills, surrounding the city of Jerusalem; Shimshon (Samson), located between the Judean Hills and the Coastal Plain; the Negev, a semi-arid desert region, where drip irrigation has made grape growing possible; and the Sharon plain near the Mediterranean coast and just south of Haifa, surrounding the towns of Zichron Ya’akov and Binyamina, which is the largest grape growing area in Israel.
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