Israel's wine history

Speaking of Israel's wines, it is often international classified as "New World", in fact, Israel is the world's oldest wine producing one of the country, according to archaeologists found as early as 2,000 years ago, this piece of Israel have a considerable size of land on the wine industry. To Roman rule, many vineyards were destroyed, the wine industry has been badly hit, but to the Muslim rule, the wine industry were all stopped, forming a 1,000-two hundred years the wine industry in the blank state. Israel in ancient times the traditional full-bodied sweet wine, according to today's quality standards, when the wine quality is not high, but for the taste of Israel at that time.

Israel officially started the modern wine industry began in 1882 by winery owner 波尔多拉菲 Baron Edmond James de Rothschild established Caramel (Carmel) wine. 1900 Exposition in Paris, France, "Kamal No. 1" Gold Award winning wines, which means that after a lapse of two thousand years later, Israel renewed the vigor of wine, from the beginning into the world of wine Caramel wine market.

After two world wars and the founding of Israel to Israel's many wars had a devastating economic impact. Until the 1980s, the Israeli wine industry began in earnest revival and soon prospered. Kamal has now become an annual output of 25 million bottles of wine for big businesses.
Modern Golan Heights wine production scale is gradually formed, and emerge on the world stage. Golan Cabernet Sauvignon wine produced in wine from the 1984 International Grand Prix won the gold medal.

In modern times, many wineries continue to improve cultivation and brewing techniques to make Israel's wine industry onto a big step forward. Israel now has five major wineries, about a dozen medium-sized wineries and about 150 fast-growing small and boutique wineries. Many of the excellent quality of wine has won international awards, countries in the world of wine connoisseurs and wine lovers of the pursuit.

From the 1990s, foreign wine enterprises optimistic about Israel, continued international capital investment makes boutique wineries in Israel continue to emerge. Custer's famous, Jerusalem, Judea Mountains in the West, Custer's construction of a large-scale wine producers.

Israel's modern wine-making process is almost completely mechanized. Separation of grapes, crushing, fermentation, storage and filling all done by the pipeline. In addition to high-tech means, the Israeli wine industry is also well aware of the importance of winemakers, many winemakers are grapes Israeli universities graduates. They are in California, Australia and France have received specialized training in a long time, not only experienced and knowledgeable. Winemaker monitoring the whole process of winemaking, to understand the characteristics of each wine, and even have the right to control grape quality and yield of product categories. With the skilled technology and experience, the fermentation of grape winemakers to adjust the time and temperature to ensure that the different varieties of grapes to wine brewed a different flavor, but also to bring the maximum profit for the winery.

The healthy development of the Israeli wine industry can not do without the help of industry associations. Israel has two wine-related industry associations. Israel belongs to the Ministry of Trade and Industry Association is responsible for testing export wine wine quality, wine production process research and development. Israeli wine and grape Committee under the Ministry of Agriculture agency, responsible for monitoring the cultivation of new varieties of grapes, ripe grapes to develop standards. In addition, the Israel Export Institute also helped organize the wine exported to overseas trade fairs, advertise for their own wine. Israel's wine production is now fully compliant with international standards in Europe and America, mostly European and American countries export the object. With the improved wine quality, the Israeli wine exports earned $ 11 million annually in foreign exchange earnings.
Improve the quality of wine has also led Israel to enhance the wine culture. As the heat continues to heat up wine tasting, local wine culture have been introduced to carry out classes. The winery also introduced wine production and wine knowledge as a new tourism development projects, attracting a large number of tourists around the world. Today, Israel's wine exports to 40 countries on five continents, but most are exported to America and Western Europe.

Religious feast, are required to have wine on the table.

According to the Israel Wine Institute, in 2005 the country's wine exports to Israel, the rate increased 45 percent over the previous year. Manufacturers say, the 2006 export volume will increase, and now, the Israeli wine exports total production accounted for only a small part of a larger wine export potential to be tapped.

Over the years, Israel in the production of wine, taste great changes have taken place. Previous wines taste a little astringent, until the late 1980s, the introduction of new vines, the use of modern brewing technology, the taste of wine have been changed. In addition, in Israel, also appeared in more than 200 boutique wineries. There are some manufacturers who do not own vineyards but buy grapes matured a lot, and to mix different wines adjusted against the best taste. The face of competition from small factories, five old winery is also rising wine quality and re-packaging.

In modern times, first by the Israeli wine industry in France is relatively large, but by the 1980s, California vintners to bring the Israeli wine industry, a significant impact. Today, Australia's viticulture and winemaking technology has now replaced the U.S. as the main impact of the Israeli wine industry.

Israel's major grape growing regions:

Galil (Galilee): the region due to the high altitude, wind, temperature difference between day and night, and good soil drainage, the most suitable for grape growing Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay grapes.

Judean Hills: The areas around the city of Jerusalem, relatively high altitude, cool climate, the areas have been proved to be very suitable for grape cultivation.

Shimshon: located in the Judean Mountains and the coastal plain, a semi-arid desert region, where vineyards using drip irrigation technology to produce excellent Merlot.
Sharon Plain: the Ministry of the Mediterranean coast and Haifa Nan, in Zi chronYa 'akov and B i around town.

nyamina: This is Israel's largest grape-growing areas.

Golan Heights: In northern Israel, the Golan Heights is a growing wine producing areas, particularly along the Syrian border.
 
Israel's coastal limestone hills of soil mainly in the southern and the northern volcanic region dominated by sandy clay; in the northern Golan Heights and the Negev desert, south to the main volcanic basalt soil. Israel's wine grape acreage is currently about 4,000 hectares. Israel's major wine producing areas are still the traditional coastal areas of the Sharon plain and Shimshon areas, but the best wines come from the Galil, the Golan Heights, Judean Hills, and Rama Saudi Ladd.