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EP 6 | Wartime Wine: A Golan Heights Winery One Year After October 7
Description
Three years after October 7, we return to the Golan Heights to visit Terra Nova Winery and winemaker Ilan Matalon.
Filmed in October 2024, one year after the attacks, this episode of Vintage Land begins with a time of remembrance for the lives lost on October 7, 2023, and for the families, hostages, soldiers, and communities still living with the cost.
Then Daniel sits down with Ilan on Moshav Kanaf, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, during Sukkot. With his visitor center empty and his staff gone, Ilan was running the winery alone and hand-delivering wine and olive oil across Israel. The day before filming, rockets filled the sky with smoke. Still, the grapes would not wait.
In this conversation:
- How the war affected Israeli wineries and farmers
- Golan Heights altitude, basalt soil, and minerality in wine
- Terra Nova's award-winning Israeli olive oil
- The Bereshit (Genesis) and Noam blends
- Life on a moshav, where a whole community fights fires together
- The 2023 vintage Ilan calls "wartime wine"
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Vintage Land is an Israeli wine and faith podcast hosted by Daniel and Alana Elliott.