(Haipo) – A new wine tour has been born in the Talpiot Market in Haifa. The tour, led by Vered Fern and sommelier Orly German, takes participants through shops, delis, and restaurants in the market, with wine tastings, unique food platters, and fascinating stories from the world of wine awaiting them at each stop.
A sommelier, a chef, and a cart full of surprises
The tour is led by Vered Fern, a chef and cooking workshop host, and Orly German, a sommelier specializing in wine and wine culture. Orly produces wine and works in collaboration with several wineries in the Galilee, including Lotem Winery, Hari HaGalil Winery, Ramat HaGolan Winery, Luria Winery, Amphora Winery, Har Odem Winery, and more.
Orly spices the tour with stories about wine and information about the world of wines, which makes the experience an educational one and not just a culinary one. During the tour, the participants tasted wine from wineries in the Upper Galilee, and in this context, it emerged that the wineries in the Galilee suffered greatly from the war — some were destroyed and suffered heavy damage.
From station to station: cheeses, cold cuts and ceviche
Vered Fern walks between the stations with a cart containing wine glasses, cutlery, and a smile. At each station, she prepares a platter of food tailored to the location.
The cheese shop serves a cheese platter, the Fox and the Vineyard delicatessen serves a ceviche platter, and other stations serve cold cuts and other dishes.
The delicatessen "The Fox and the Vineyard" is run by Mor Hagai and Yaelah Reuveni, a mother and daughter. At each station a different bottle of wine is opened, so from station to station the participants become more and more cheerful and happy. The participants carry the wine glasses with them throughout the entire route.
Evening descends on the market: from Rwanda Restaurant to Zero Zero Bar
Towards evening, when the market shops close and the restaurants open, the tour continues in a different atmosphere. The pleasant weather and walking among the restaurants in the market create a pleasant and delicious experience. At Hitam and Louie's Rwanda restaurant, Hitam opened a bottle of wine and served platters of their well-known traditional Arab cuisine.
The last stop was at the Zero Zero wine bar, which is connected to the street food complex at Sirkin 21 and is run by Meshi Mizrahi. Tom Gorbet said that the idea of Zero Zero is to serve “natural wine” — wine without any additives in its composition and with minimal interference with its naturalness. Most of the wines at the bar are imported wines, a large part of them from Europe and a few from Israel.
A pilot tour that heralds more to come
The tour that took place was the first pilot tour that Vered Fern held, and the Haifa team also participated in order to get to know the tour up close. Vered Fern, which operates a cooking center, workshops and training, is now expanding its activities to include wine workshops while touring the Talpiot Market. The combination of wine tastings, local foods, stories about wine culture and the unique atmosphere of the Talpiot Market creates a joyful and special culinary and cultural experience.
The market is disgusting. Around the shops there are smells of mold, neglect, and cat urine.
Until the entire market, but the whole thing, including all the streets, all the buildings, the entire street level with stalls, the entire market square with investment in a normal square, then there's nothing to tour there. That's really pretending...
Disgusting market, full of drug addicts
No matter how much you try to renew it
Wine causes headaches and high blood pressure
For your health, it's better not to drink alcohol! There are alcohol companies that add chemicals to alcohol, which as a result even dead people vomit! We should sue all the alcohol companies and bankrupt them.