Try the wine that King David and Jesus may have sipped

For the first time ever, an Israeli vintner is making wine from a nearly extinct species of indigenous grapes used in biblical winemaking thousands of years ago.

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Recanati Marawi wines mark a turning point in modern Israeli winemaking – which until now has used varieties of grapes transplanted in Israel from European wine regions such as Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah. The new-old Israeli wine was introduced to the world in Italy at the recent international Expo Milano, during a tasting hosted by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) and the Israel Ministry of Tourism. JNF-KKL funded the research and development behind this breakthrough, spearheaded by a team from the Samaria and Jordan Rift R&D Center at Ariel University under Elyashiv Drori, an agricultural and oenological researcher and owner of the Gvaot boutique winery. More...

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