Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book:
Stars Awarded To Six More Israeli Wineries.
Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2007 has just been published. There are no less than twenty-four Israeli wineries listed – more than ever before. Furthermore, the following wineries were awarded stars for the first time: Barkan, Chateau Golan, Clos de Gat, Dalton, Ella Valley and Recanati.
The wineries appearing on the list for the first time are: Bazelet Ha Golan, Chillag, Sea Horse and Vitkin. Binyamina and Efrat return after an absence of a few years. The complete list of Israeli wineries listed is as follows:
Three Stars (***)
Castel (Domaine du Castel); Yarden (Golan Heights)
Two Stars (**)
Flam; Margalit; Yatir
One to Two Stars (*>**)
Carmel; Clos de Gat; Galil Mountain
One Star (*)
Amphorae; Barkan; Chateau Golan; Dalton; Ella Valley; Saslove; Recanati
Others Listed
Bazelet Ha Golan; Binyamina; Chillag; Efrat; Sea Horse; Tabor; Tishbi; Tzora; Vitkin
This is the 30th edition of The Pocket Wine Book. It is the world’s best selling wine book and is translated into many different languages. Over eight million copies have been sold worldwide.
Hugh Johnson has also written other classics including:
The World Atlas of Wine
Wine Companion
The Story of Wine
The Art and Science of Wine.
September 2006
