The Galilee Development Authority and the Ministry of Tourism invite you to celebrate Shavuot in the Galilee, Golan and Valleys as part of the month long Wine Path Festival. We’re celebrating a decade of activities with wine events offering an array of aromas and flavors.
The Wine Path Festival enriches with its experiential events, including launches of new wines, wine tasting evenings, a professional wine conference, musical performances, tours along the Wine Path, chef’s gourmet culinary events and wine parties. Dozens of wineries will be taking part all across the Galilee, Golan and Valleys, offering guided tours (please book in advance – details provided for each event) that include tastings, stories about the specific wines, the vintner, and the vineyards.

Wine and nature walks through the Galilee, Golan and Valleys as part of the 10th Wine Path Festival.
The Galilee Development Authority and the Ministry of Tourism invite you to tour the Galilee and Golan as part of the iconic Wine Path Festival, this year celebrating a decade of activities.
This year’s festival includes trips to wineries as well as guided wine tours integrated with walks in nature, to cultural and historical sites, and plenty of great wine.

The Israel Wine Board’s figures indicate increasing consumption of locally produced wines. Buying a range of types and prices is now as simple as going to your local shops. On the other hand, because many wines aren`t available in neighborhood stores, you miss out on better and more varied choices.
We caught up with Rami Naaman, proprietor of the Naaman Winery, and Oren Kedem, propriety of Assaf Winery, to discuss everything you ever wanted to know about wine but didn’t know who to ask.

Right in the heart of a residential neighborhood in Carmiel, an archeological site unearths an ancient structure, mosaic floor, and wine and olive press.  Is this the place from which wine commercially spread?
Photograph: The descent into the ancient wine press. Photograph: Dubi Zakai

In the heart of a Carmiel residential neighborhood excavations unearthed the ancient remnants of a lavish structure, mosaic floor and wine press. Is this the place from which wine commercially spread? Dubi Zakai | 29 January 2012