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Teperberg 1870 Winery (Hebrew: יקב טפרברג 1870) is a winery near kibbutz Tzora in the foothills of the Judean hills, Israel. [1] Founded in 1870 in Ottoman Palestine , it is Israel's oldest winery, as well as its fourth largest.
After acquiring the Segal Winery in 2001, Barkan became Israel's second largest winery. [4] In 1990, a new facility opened at Kibbutz Hulda. [5] The Hulda vineyard, covering over 1,200 dunams, is the largest single vineyard in Israel. [3] The location was chosen for its proximity to the Hulda vineyards and major Israeli highways. [6]
The location of Israel along a historic wine trading route between Mesopotamia and Egypt brought winemaking knowledge and influence to the area. Wine played a significant role in the religion of the early Israelites with images of grape growing, harvesting and winemaking often being used to illustrate religious ideals. [ 4 ]
Building wine barrels in Zikhron Ya'akov, 1890s. When the settlers of the First Aliyah, Jews who immigrated to Ottoman Empire from Eastern Europe in the second half of the 19th century, encountered difficulties in cultivating the land due to their lack of experience and the soil's characteristics, they began to seek support outside of the Ottoman Empire for establishing vineyards and wineries.
Rimon produces their wine by crushing the fruit, fermenting it in stainless steel, and then aging the wine in French oak barrels. [ 11 ] The Nachmias are third generation farmers at Kerem Ben Zimra , a Moshav in the Upper Galilee [ 10 ] [ 12 ] and there developed their special pomegranate species, which has exceptionally large and very sweet ...
In Australia, the grape is used principally to increase the alcohol content in both white and red wines in a cool season, in wines sold as "Moscato", and in cheap bladder pack wines. In Portugal, Vinho Moscatel (Moscatel Wine) is a sweet wine widely produced in the Setúbal Peninsula region, just south of Lisbon, as well as in Favaios, Alijó ...
The Golan Heights Winery is credited with starting the "quality revolution" in Israeli wine, creating a brand identity for the country's vintages, spurring the creation of new wineries and motivating existing wineries to improve the quality of their wines. Michal Neeman, director of the Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute's food ...
The winery releases wines under several labels, and beginning with the 2006 vintage the winery released wines under the Matatia label, destined to become the company's flagship brand, with wines released only in select vintage years as judged by the winemakers. [4] Current production is about 850,000 bottles annually. [4]