Wine region

Galilee

19 winesOn the map

About Galilee

Galilee is a wine region, Israel. We track 19 of its wines in stock at 7 shops, from 1 wine house, from € 7.60; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Israel
In our wines
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese
Styles
Red 14 · White 4 · Rosé 1
Prices
from € 7.60 · median € 23.95 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––averageso far −0.1 °C · 2,493 GDD · 96 % rain
2025––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 3,051 GDD · 12 % rain
20241€ 20.93€ 20.93–hotdry +1.6 °C · 3,217 GDD · 24 % rain
20231€ 14.00€ 14.00–hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 3,134 GDD · 69 % rain
20223€ 19.94€ 20.93–hotdrydry harvest +1.1 °C · 3,106 GDD · 12 % rain
20211€ 26.63€ 26.63–warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 3,072 GDD · 26 % rain
2020––––hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 3,128 GDD · 43 % rain
2019––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 3,022 GDD · 100 % rain
20181€ 39.47€ 39.47–warmwetdry harvest +0.9 °C · 3,058 GDD · 138 % rain
2017––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 3,043 GDD · 26 % rain
2016––––hotdrydry harvest +1.1 °C · 3,097 GDD · 26 % rain
2015––––warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 3,001 GDD · 88 % rain
2014––––averagewet −0.3 °C · 2,800 GDD · 138 % rain
2013––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 2,761 GDD · 171 % rain
2012––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 3,045 GDD · 43 % rain
2011––––coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 2,679 GDD · 236 % rain
2010––––hotdrydry harvest +1.1 °C · 3,100 GDD · 26 % rain
2009––––averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,900 GDD · 131 % rain
2008––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,948 GDD · 69 % rain
2007––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,908 GDD · 81 % rain
2006––––coolwetdry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,758 GDD · 310 % rain
2005––––cool −0.6 °C · 2,747 GDD · 95 % rain
2004––––averagedry −0.2 °C · 2,829 GDD · 36 % rain
2003––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,821 GDD · 90 % rain
2002––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 2,790 GDD · 155 % rain
2001––––averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,872 GDD · 62 % rain
2000––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,879 GDD · 105 % rain
1999––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,856 GDD · 62 % rain
1998––––average +0.2 °C · 2,922 GDD · 90 % rain
1997––––coldwet −1.1 °C · 2,642 GDD · 160 % rain
1996––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 2,756 GDD · 133 % rain
1995––––cooldry −0.8 °C · 2,706 GDD · 57 % rain
1994––––averagewetwet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,928 GDD · 131 % rain
1993––––averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,784 GDD · 76 % rain
1992––––colddrydry harvest −1.4 °C · 2,579 GDD · 33 % rain
1991––––colddry harvest −1.0 °C · 2,665 GDD · 86 % rain
1990––––coldwetdry harvest −1.0 °C · 2,655 GDD · 167 % rain
1989––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,855 GDD · 52 % rain
1988––––averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,908 GDD · 57 % rain
1987––––cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 2,746 GDD · 57 % rain
1986––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 2,777 GDD · 188 % rain
1985––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,764 GDD · 90 % rain
1984––––coldwetdry harvest −1.1 °C · 2,638 GDD · 195 % rain
1983––––colddry harvest −1.7 °C · 2,512 GDD · 79 % rain
1982––––coldwet −1.2 °C · 2,612 GDD · 174 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Galilee's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.

Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.

Wine houses

Golan Heights Winery 15

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