Israel

Israel, the biblical land of milk and honey (see canaan), lays claim to being the cradle of the world’s wine industry. In 2013 locals estimated that about 5,500 ha/13,585 acres of vineyards were producing about 260,000 hl/6.86 million gal of wine a year. (oiv figures for total vineyard area in 2011 were 9,000 ha.)

1. Heskett, R. and Butler, J., Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age (New York, 2012).
2. Rogov, D., The Ultimate Rogov’s Guide To Israeli Wines (Jerusalem, 2012).
3. Sacks, E., and Montefiore, A., The Wine Route of Israel (3rd edn, Tel Aviv, 2012).
4. www.wines-israel.com