Wine from the Golan Heights

It sparked a revolution in Israel's winemaking industry. Now the Golan Heights Winery is celebrating three decades of award-winning wine.

The founding of the Golan Winery in 1983 was a major factor in the transformation of Israel's wine industry from sweet, insipid wines to award-winning. Watch our video to find out how the winemakers took successful advantage of the Golan Heights' volcanic soil, high altitude and perfect nighttime temperatures -- in addition to Israeli high-tech monitoring systems -- to put Israel on the world's fine-wine map.

Film by Elahn Zetlin
Music by Jason Shaw
Produced by Viva Sarah Press and Nicky Blackburn

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Not every sweet is bad and cheap wines dont mean that it is bad, wine can be very expensive and very bad too