I-Israel lilizwe elincinci (kwiMpuma yeMeditera), kunye nelizwe lakudala inkcubeko yewayini (Chalcolithic Era, 4000 BCE) ehlangabezana ngempumelelo neemfuno zewayini zenkulungwane yama-21 ze-sommeliers, abathengi kunye nabaphathi bokutya kunye neziselo.
Into endala intsha kwakhona
Ukwenza iwayini ngaphakathi Sirayeli ayisosakhono esitsha. UEllen Walsh (Ulimo lweViticulture kuSirayeli waMandulo) ubhala athi, “Ukulima iViticulture kwakuqheliselwa kuyo yonke imbali yakwaSirayeli ngenxa nje yokuba kwakuchulumancisa kwimekobume yaye kuzisa iingenelo ezixabisekileyo zentlalo nezoqoqosho eluntwini.” Iphephancwadi iWine Spectator lamncoma uSirayeli ngobuchule bakhe “bokudibanisa ubuchule bakhe bokwenza iwayini kunye nezinto zale mihla nezinto ezithanda ukuzingca.” ULior Lacser, umenzi wewayini eKarmele Winery umisele ukuba, “indawo entle yakwaSirayeli yokwenza iwayini.”
Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ukuthengwa kwewayini kuye kwanda ukusuka kwiivenkile ezinkulu, ngokhetho olunyiniweyo, ukuya kwiivenkile ezikhethekileyo zewayini ezithwala yonke into ukusuka kwiwayini ukuya kwizincedisi kunye neefriji zewayini. Iikhosi zewayini kunye nokungcamla iwayini zidumile.
Iwayini yakwaSirayeli kunye nezopolitiko
Abenzi bewayini bakwa-Israel bajongana nemiceli mngeni emininzi kubandakanya, kwezinye iimeko, kufuneka baqeshe iziza kurhulumente. iKibbutz, ukwandisa abasebenzi ngexesha lokuvuna. Funda inqaku elipheleleyo kwiewayini.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Israel is a small country (in the Eastern Mediterranean), with an ancient wine culture (Chalcolithic Era, 4000 BCE) that successfully meets the 21st century wine demands of sommeliers, consumers as well as food and beverage managers.
- In the last decade, wine purchases have expanded from supermarkets, with limited selections, to specialty wine stores that carry everything from wines to accessories and wine refrigerators.
- Ellen Walsh (Viticulture in Ancient Israel) writes, “Viticulture was practiced throughout Israelite history quite simply because it both thrived in the environment and offered worthwhile social and economic benefits to the society.
