09.02.2012 16.Schwat. 5772
Israelische Weinmacher:
From winemaker to winery owner, Israel Flam has had a career that spans more than four decades.
Israel Flam, one of the principal father figures of the Israeli wine industry, has been in the wine business for more than 42 years. During this time he has witnessed enormous changes in the wine scene in Israel. He was the winemaker of Carmel, the country’s largest winery. Now he is part of a small family winery run by his sons and is seeing the wine industry from a totally different perspective.
Born in Russia, Flam and his family made aliya when he was two years old after World War II. After serving in the paratroopers in the IDF, he joined the the Israel Wine Institute. When he decided on winemaking as a career, he traveled to South Africa to study at Stellenbosch Farmers Winery and completed his studies at the Oenology and Viticulture Department of the University of California at Davis. It is now expected for a serious winemaker to study oenology abroad. Flam was the first young winemaker to do so….