Your guide to Israel's wineries

Vortman Winery sits inside the city of Haifa itself, on the slope of Mount Carmel at 23 Ofakim St — the only winery located within Haifa's city limits, with a view of the Mediterranean.

Simon Winery is a small family boutique winery founded in 2010 in the cellar of the family home in Kiryat Tivon.

Morad Winery is a family boutique winery at the foot of the Carmel Mountains in Yokneam, founded in 1999 by the couple Yaakov and Eti Morad.

Sadot Winery is a small family estate in Moshav Sde Ya'akov, in the Jezreel Valley, right beside Bet She'arim National Park — about 25 km from Haifa.

Amphorae Winery was founded in 2000 at Makura Farm near the village of Kerem Maharal, on the western slopes of the Carmel.

Jezreel Valley Winery is a small, independent boutique winery located at Kibbutz Hanaton in the Lower Galilee.

Somek Estate Winery is a family boutique winery in Zikhron Yaakov, run by the Dahan family, who have been growing grapes here since 1882.

Carmel Winery is the oldest and largest winery in Israel, founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond de Rothschild.

Smadar is a small family-run boutique winery in the heart of Zichron Yaakov, founded in 1998 by Moty Shapira, a fourth-generation winegrower from one of the colony's founding families.

Rashi Winery is a small boutique winery in the Emek Shafia valley near Zichron Yaakov.

Bat Shlomo Vineyards was founded in 2010 by Eli Wurtman with winemaker Ari Erle.

Dadah Winery is a kosher boutique winery on the slopes of Mount Carmel near Kerem Maharal, founded in 2007 by Jacky Hazan together with his friend, engineer Nehemia Khatbi.

Binyamina Winery was founded in 1952 (originally named "Eliaz") and is today one of Israel's largest wineries.

Achziv Winery is a small family boutique winery founded in 2005 by Mark Guberman, a painter and winemaker, in the artists' workshops compound at the edge of Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv, near Nahariya in the Western Galilee.

Tishbi Estate Winery is located in Binyamina, about 39 km from Haifa — roughly a 37-minute drive.

Kitron Winery is a small kosher family winery in the religious village of Hoshaya in the Lower Galilee (Jezreel Valley wine region).

Kishor Winery is a boutique winery inside Kishorit (Kibbutz Kishorit), a Western Galilee village that is home to adults with special needs.

Stern Winery is a family boutique winery founded in 2004 by winemaker Johnny Stern, perched on a hilltop in Kibbutz Tuval in the Western Galilee with views of the sea.

Reuven Winery is a family boutique winery in Moshav Givat Ada, founded in 2005 by winemaker Eilat Ben-Moshe and his wife Ayala.

Sarig Winery is a small family estate in Moshav Merhavia in the Jezreel Valley.

Lotem Winery sits at Kibbutz Lotem in the Lower Galilee, about 47 km (roughly 45 minutes by car) from Haifa.

Julia Winery is a family boutique winery in Mi'ilya, a Christian village in the Western Galilee near Montfort Castle and the Kziv (Wadi El Qurain) stream.

Alona Winery is a family-run boutique estate founded in 2001 in Moshav Givat Nili, in the Alona region on the slopes of Ramat Menashe overlooking the Nahal Taninim valley — an area often called "Israeli Tuscany." It was started by two couples: physicians Ilana Rabau-Friedman and Micha Rabau, together with Fanny and Eli Azulai, second-generation wine-grape growers on whose land the winery sits.

Eyal Winery is a small family-owned boutique winery on Moshav Givat Nili, in the Menashe region of the Carmel foothills.

Salomon Winery is a small family winery in Moshav Amikam.

Netofa Winery (also known as Domaine Netofa) was established in 2006 by French-born veteran kosher winemaker Pierre Miodownick, who made aliyah to Israel in 2005 after more than two decades producing kosher wine in Europe.

HaRoe Winery is an ultra-boutique garagiste family winery on Moshav Kfar HaRoeh in the Hefer Valley.

Tabor Winery was founded in 1999 by four grape-growing families of Kfar Tavor whose families had farmed vines in the area for several generations.

Vitkin Winery is a family-run estate in Kfar Vitkin, founded in 2001 by brothers-in-law Doron Belogolovsky and Assaf Paz on land tied to Doron's family, whose great-grandparents helped found Kfar Vitkin in 1932.

Marcus Winery is a family-run boutique "garage winery" in Moshav Kfar Monash in the Hefer Valley.

Alexander Winery is a family boutique winery founded by winemaker Yoram Shalom in Tel Aviv in 1996 and relocated in 1999 to the moshav of Beit Yitzhak in the Hefer Valley (Sharon region).

HaZorim Boutique Winery (יקב הזורעים) is a small family boutique winery set in the heart of Moshav HaZoreim in the Lower Galilee, surrounded by green fields and Galilee views, about 3 km southwest of Tiberias near Tzemach.

Berenice Winery is a small boutique winery and guesthouse in the heart of Tiberias, about a 10-minute walk from the Sea of Galilee and next to the Maimonides (Rambam) tomb.

Aligote Winery is a small family boutique winery in Moshav Gan Yoshiya, in the Hefer Valley, founded in 2002 (some tourism listings say 2003).

Dalton Winery was founded in 1995 by the Haruni family — father and son Mat and Alex Haruni, who relocated to Israel from England — to develop the high-altitude Upper Galilee as a premium wine region.

Adir Winery is a family boutique winery founded in 2003 by the Rosenberg and Ashkenazi families in the Dalton Industrial Park, Upper Galilee, with vineyards in the nearby Kerem Ben Zimra area on the foothills of Mount Admon.

Ben Zimra is a family boutique winery in Moshav Kerem Ben Zimra in the Upper Galilee, run by the Bojo (בוז'ו) family — veteran farmers who settled in the moshav back in the 1950s.

Miles Winery is a small family-run boutique winery in the moshav of Kerem Ben Zimra, in the Upper Galilee.

Ya Winery is a small boutique winery in the village of Kerem Ben Zimra in the Upper Galilee, launched in 2022 by veteran Israeli winemaker Yossi Ashkenazi.

Galil Mountain Winery was founded in 2000 as a partnership between the Golan Heights Winery and Kibbutz Yiron.

Alber is a small family boutique winery in the agricultural area of Rosh Pina, founded in 2017.

Ramot Naftaly Winery is a small family-run boutique winery in the moshav of Ramot Naftali, in the Upper Galilee.

Amram Winery is a small family boutique winery in Moshav Ramot Naftali in the Upper Galilee, founded in 2001 by grape grower Amram Azulai and his son Ohad.

Assaf Winery sits in Kidmat Tzvi in the Golan Heights.

Terranova ("new land") is a small family boutique winery founded in 2006 in Moshav Kanaf, on the southern Golan Heights, by partners who had previously grown citrus and deciduous orchards and worked in tourism.

Scoria Winery is a small boutique estate winery in Kanaf, on the southern Golan Heights.

Bazelet HaGolan is a family-run boutique winery founded in 1998 by Yoav Levy, after years of home winemaking.

Golan Heights Winery in Katzrin was founded in 1983 (the first vineyards were planted in 1976 and the first vintage was released in 1984) and is jointly owned by eight Golan farming communities — four kibbutzim and four moshavim.

Mika Winery is a small family boutique winery in the southern Golan Heights, founded in 2021.

Tel Shifon Winery (formerly Ortal Winery) sits in Kibbutz Ortal in the northern Golan Heights.

Pelter Winery was founded in 2002 by brothers Tal and Nir Pelter, starting in the yard of the family home in Moshav Tzofit with about 4,000 bottles.

Bahat Winery is a family-run boutique winery in Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the northern Golan Heights.

Tel Winery is a tiny boutique winery founded in 2019 (first vintage) by winemaker Lital Ovadia.

Galileo Winery is a small boutique winery in Kibbutz Dan, in the far north of Israel, founded in 2004 and run hands-on by the family ever since.

Odem Mountain Winery (Har Odem) is a family winery founded in 2003 by Idit and Michael Alfasi in Moshav Odem, in the northern Golan Heights.