See also purple prose (29 April 2003).
Janna Gur, the editor of Israel's food and wine magazine Al Hashulhan, sent me tasting samples of some of the most highly-rated wines produced there. The number of quality-oriented Israeli producers has increased significantly of late and new, cooler areas are being planted. As you can see from my tasting notes below, I was pretty impressed by some of them. But the thirst of the domestic market is such that prices are often unrealistically high for them to compete on the international market – as you can see from the...