The Seinuk family from New York and Puerto Rico enjoyed a wine, beer and dairy tour on Tuesday, March 15th. During the ride to our first stop at Jacob’s Dairy, I explained the history of wine in Israel and the modern day trends in the Israeli wine industry. At Jacob’s Dairy we stood outside their cheese and bakery shop and tasted a brie cheese, gouda cheese, camembert cheese and caciotta cheese with the Galil Mountain Cabernet Shiraz 2008. The wine mixed with the cheese is a chemical reaction and the protein of the cheese tones down the tannins of the wine. After eating and buying some great spreads, we visited the cows!
Not everyone on the tour was a wine lover, but they were beer lovers! Our second visit was Alexander Brewery, a microbrewery in Emek Hefer, that is a second career of Ori, the owner. We toured the facility and learned the process of making beer. We then enjoyed a tasting of the Blond, Ambre and Black beer.
For lunch we ate at Tishbi Estate Winery, a kosher dairy establishment under the vines in the Carmel Mountains. Lunch was enjoyed by all and with our pizza, salads and pasta dishes we enjoyed a tasting of the 2010 Gewürztraminer, 2008 Special Reserve Chardonnay, 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007 Shiraz Estate and for dessert we tasted the 2006 Barbara Zinfandel Port-style wine. After a tour of the facility and learning about the wine making process as an art and science we enjoyed some time in the newly opened chocolate and wine tasting room.
We finished the day at Binyamina Winery for a small tasting of their BIN and Yogev series. They are in renavations so the tasting room is outside in a tent.
We finished the day at Binyamina Winery for a small tasting of their BIN and Yogev series. They are in renavations so the tasting room is outside in a tent.
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