CARMEL
Founded as a co-operative in the 1880s with funding from Baron
Edmond de Rothschild, the pioneer of the modern Israeli wine
industry, Carmel is the largest wine producer in the country (c
13 million bottles per annum) and the largest producer of kosher
wine in the world. They have two large wineries: Zichron
Ya'acov on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel overlooking
the Mediterranean - the biggest winery in Israel - and Rishon Le
Zion just south of Tel Aviv. In addition, they have the smaller
Kayoumi cellar closer to the vineyards in Upper Galilee in the
north. Yatir in the north-eastern Negev in the south is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Carmel (see below). They make a huge
range of wines in just about every style and price category (see
their website for more details). In the last decade much more
attention has been given to quality, and Carmel continued its
pioneering role by being the first to plant vineyards in the Negev
desert.
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