Teperberg Impression Chardonnay

To make this Shabbat a Delight, consider putting a bottle of Teperberg Winery’s Chardonnay from their Impression line on your table. The grapes for the Impression line were harvested in vineyards in the lowlands of the Judean Hills near the Ayalon River.  This is a full bodied wine with the traditional scent of vanilla and walnut coming from the rich French oak it was aged in for 5 months. On the palette, it offers a citrusy flavor of lemon with just a hint of pear and  crisp apple. It is well balanced and was rated 4.0 on Vivino, making it a good value wine.

The Teperberg story begins with Avraham Teperberg, who in the early 1800’s left his home in Odessa and made his way to Austria where he was exposed to winemaking. Eventually he made his way to Israel and made a living trading in wine and spirits. His son, Zeev, established  a winery in the Old City of Jerusalem in 1870. He brought grapes from the farms in Bethlehem and Hebron and produced mostly sweet wines for Jews to use for Kiddush, and Christian to use for Communion. It was a small business and would go through numerous struggles and generations until being taken over by Moti Teperberg in 1976, who turned it into what we know today. Teperberg is the third largest winery in Israel, producing 6 million bottles a year and exporting worldwide. 

It has been almost 7 months since that horrible Simchat Torah Oct. 7, 2023 when Hamas Terrorists crossed the border and killed more than a thousand before taking hundreds back to Gaza as hostages. That fateful Shabbat has come to be known as “Black Shabbat”, and the hostages who are still captive in Hamas tunnels, remain in our prayers. We often find ourselves asking “What can we do?”. The simplest way to help is by making sure the wine you buy is from Israel. It is what is needed for a business like Teperberg, a company started in 1870, to keep running.

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