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Israel Flashcards

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Israel Winery built by Lafite Rothschild

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Carmel

  • Baron Edmond de Rothschild arrived in Israel, 1887
  • In 1960s, Carmel owned 90% of vineyard area
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Year Golan Heights Winery was est

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1989

  • Turning point in Israel’s wine industry
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Simcha Blass

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  • Invented drip irrigation in the mid-20th century
  • One of Israel’s early innovations
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Israel

1990s “boutique” wineries

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  • Margalit, 1989
  • Domaine du Castel
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5
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Argaman

Crossing

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Carignan x Souzão

  • Developed as a workhorse variety
  • First crossed in 1972 by Pinchas Spiegel-Roy in Beit Dagan, at the Agricultural Research Organization’s Volcani Center
  • Resurgence in interest from quality-minded producers
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Emerald Riesling
Crossing

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Riesling x Muscadelle

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Galilee

Soils

2 sectors

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Galilee: one of Israel’s largest wine regions

  • Diverse soils: limestone, volcanic soils, terra rossa
  • 2 sectors:
    • Upper Galilee
      • Just beneath Lebanese border
      • Hillier, up to 1,000 m
    • Lower Galilee
      • Lower in elevation
      • Centered around Mount Tabor
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What château of Bordeaux invested in Israel in the 1880s?

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Baron Edmond de Rothschild of Ch. Lafite

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Where in Israel did Rothschild establish his estate? What year?

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Mount Carmel, 1887

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mevushal

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“cooked” in Hebrew
Requires flash-pasteurization

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Israel
two native white varieties

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  • Marawi (unrelated to Lebanon’s Merweh)
  • Dabouki
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Israel

two native red varieties

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  • Baladi Asmar
  • Bittuni
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Judean Foothills

primary soil type

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  • terra rossa topsoil
  • limestone beneath
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Mountainous region located in northeastern Israel

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Golan Heights

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Region located west of Golan Heights

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Galilee

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Galilee

two sectors

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Upper and Lower Galilee

17
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What is the southernmost subregion in Israel?

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Negev

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