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Israel’s Burgeoning Network of Female Winemakers

JL;DR SUMMARY Lital Ovadia is part of a growing trend of female winemakers in Israel, having founded Tel Winery in the Golan Heights in 2018. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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MentorshipGolan HeightsAdeena SussmanWinemakingWomen In WineHashizraRoni SasloveHilah Ronen SaharTel Winery

Places mentioned

Moshav Shaal, Northern District, Israel
"Soon after founding Tel Winery on Moshav Shaal in the Golan Heights in 2018, Lital Ovadia realized that she had inadvertently hired an all-female staff to help her plant, prune, pick and crush grapes and transfer their wine to barrels for aging."
Northern District, Israel
"Earlier, she spent a decade working at the well-regarded Pelter Winery, also in the Golan Heights, and earned a masters in winemaking before founding Tel, which this year is slated to release 20,000 bottles of viognier, sauvignon blanc, ros and cabernet franc."
Kibbutz Eyal, Southern District, Israel
"One of those early winemakers was Roni Saslove. Her father, Barry Saslove, founded his namesake winery in 1998 on Kibbutz Eyal in the center of the country."
Central District, Israel
"Hilah Ronen Sahar, a wine consultant and restaurateur who co-founded the award-winning restaurant Rutenberg, just south of the Kinneret, with her late husband, Yizhar Sahar, is a Hashizra mentor."
Kibbutz Tzora, Southern District, Israel
"Growing up on Kibbutz Tzora in the Judean Hills, she worked at the kibbutzs eponymousand internationally renownedwinery."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Adeena Sussman lives in Tel Aviv."

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