. Sphera Riesling Archives - Israel Wine Tour https://israelwinetour.co.il/tag/sphera-riesling/ Custom Tailored Tours in Israel Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:20:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://israelwinetour.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-winetour_logo1-32x32.png Sphera Riesling Archives - Israel Wine Tour https://israelwinetour.co.il/tag/sphera-riesling/ 32 32 2018 Updates on Zafririm, Agur and Sphera Wineries in the Judean Hills https://israelwinetour.co.il/2018-updates-on-zafririm-agur-and-sphera-wineries-in-the-judean-hills/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:39:43 +0000 https://www.israelwinetour.co.il/?p=1545 Zafririm Winery Lori and Shaike Lender are set to launch their 2015 reds this coming weekend as part of the Judean Hills Wine Festival.  Zafririm Winery is the smallest producer IWT works with. Although a small producer at just about 8K bottles a year, the blends are very different from one another, going

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Zafririm Winery

Lori and Shaike Lender are set to launch their 2015 reds this coming weekend as part of the Judean Hills Wine Festival.  Zafririm Winery is the smallest producer IWT works with.

Although a small producer at just about 8K bottles a year, the blends are very different from one another, going from a Mediterranean “Bordeaux” style wine to New World Lavnin which uses both Petite Sirah[Duriff]  Cabernet Sauvignon and Cab Franc and ending with a more robust Patom series. We feel the wines coming out of Zafririm are getting better each year. Lori’s Rose sells out by August every year.

Agur Winery

Agur is the smallest producer to have ranked a wine over 90 points with Kim Marcus and Wine Spectator in late 2016 , Shuki Yashuv is producing just under 20k bottles these days . Newer wines for this winery include “Layam” which is “Cote De Rhone” style blend of Syrah and Mourvedre and an even later addition is Karka which is 100% Oseletta [Only producer in Israel with this variety] This is a fascinating wine , common in the area of Valpolicella near Verona, Italy. 2014 and 2015 vintages have sold out and Shuki will release 2016 soon. For the 2018 vintage, Agur is producing Blanca for the first time in years. Certainly something to look forward to!

Sphera Winery

Doron and Sima Rav Hon continue  to be one of the best White Wine producers in Israel. The signature touch of this winery is complex , minerally and interesting white wines. The winery uses both French Oak and Stainless Steel fermentations and variety wise they are using , Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon,  Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Riesling

Sphera has been growing steadily and for the 2017 vintage had released 25K bottles. 2018 harvest marks the beginning of a long term project of Sparkling wine for this winery . This is a passion of the Winemaker, one that he is revisiting this time at his own winery.  Sphera sells most of its wine to restaurants and has a strong following for the launch events.

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