The Critic Magazine

The wines of Israel

THE LAST TIME I WENT TO A trade tasting of Israeli wines, I couldn’t believe the security. There were thorough bag searches, a scanner, burly guards and if your name wasn’t down, there was no way you were getting in. This was a few years ago but the way things are in London at the moment, it will be even stricter this year.

Despite having more acres under vine than Lebanon and Britain being the country’s third biggest export market, Israeli wine is pretty much invisible over

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