DAY 8 Sunday, 25 FebruaryBreakfast at our Hotel. Today we will begin winery visits to, first, Barkan Wine Cellars one of the leading producers of quality wines and spirits in Israel. Barkan Wine Cellars are renowned locally as well as worldwide for the extraordinary care with which their growers attend to the vineyards, their winemakers who take the finest care of the grapes and vines, and their use of the most advanced technologies. Continue to Tzora Winery, owned by Kibbutz Tzora. This boutique winery produces about 4200 cases of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat Alexandroni. Proceed to Domain du Castel Winery, a small winery that began production in the Judean Hills, 10 miles west of Jerusalem, in 1992. Ellah Winery, located on the Kibbutz Netiv Halamed Hey in the Jerusalem Mountains, the winery released its first wines from the 2002 vintage. Proceed to Moshav Tal Shachar, where the Soreq Winery was established in 1994 by the Shacham Family. Time permitting, visit Mini Israel, a new miniature park in the Latrun area. Evening: Farewell dinner at the famous Arcadia restaurant in Jerusalem. Set in an exquisitely renovated old building in which the dining area is divided into intimate areas by stone arches. Chef-Owner Ezra Kedem maintains one of the very best and one of the most exciting restaurants in the country with contemporary and light cuisine that relies in equal parts on French style and local ingredients, highlighting the freshness and beauty of products from throughout the area. Overnight The David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem (http://www.tdchotel.com/)
DAY 9 Monday, 26 FebruaryEarly AM Transfer to airport for flight at 6 AM via Athens to the New York. Arrive at JFK Airport at 4:05 PM
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