TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 13: A visitor swirls a red wine in his galss at the Sommelier 2007 wine festival, the premier gathering for Israeli food and wine prefessionals November 13, 2007 in Tel Aviv. Wine was first produced in the Land of Israel in biblical times, and 125 years have past since Baron Edmond de Rothschild established Israel's modern wine industry in 1882. Today, consumption has risen to more than 7 litres per person per annum with both boutique wineries such as Margalit and large-scale producers such as Carmel Mizrahi and Golan Heights using innovative techniques, chemistry and Israel's diverse terroir to produce award-winning wines. Getty Images logo Getty Images 24 months ago

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 13: A visitor swirls a red wine in his galss at the Sommelier 2007 wine festival, the premier gathering for Israeli food and wine prefessionals November 13, 2007 in Tel Aviv. Wine was first produced in the Land of Israel in biblical times, and 125 years have past since Baron Edmond de Rothschild established Israel's modern wine industry in 1882. Today, consumption has risen to more than 7 litres per person per annum with both boutique wineries such as Margalit and large-scale producers such as Carmel Mizrahi and Golan Heights using innovative techniques, chemistry and Israel's diverse terroir to produce award-winning wines.

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