In 2003, the Itzhaki family fulfilled their long-held vision by founding the Tulip Winery, an expression of their great love of wine and huge love of people. This was a true milestone – combining fine, high quality wines with a committed contribution to the community.
The hillside in Kfar Tikva, a small and pastoral settlement for residents with special needs, was the perfect and most natural setting for building the winery. The winery’s inspiring and thriving model of employing members of the community and providing a platform for their integration into the labor market just like ordinary people, formed an extraordinary, strong, inseparable and rooted connection.
Tulip Winery annually produces about 300,000 bottles that are sold throughout Israel and in many countries worldwide. Tulip wines receive enthusiastic reviews from wine critics and customers alike, as well as international awards, complementing the holistic experience that every person feels when they encounter these wines.
The passion to create unique, bold and out of the box wines constantly drives us forward. Tulip Winery’s entrepreneurial spirit enables us to continue to lead – creatively, innovatively, professionally and sensitively. The professional breakthrough discernible in the unique blends and the uncompromising quality throughout the winemaking process. Tulip’s unique combination of professional expertise and its new statement within the wine industry, lead to the winery’s great success.
The vineyards are the first station in creating uncompromising, high-quality fine wines. Realization of the passion to create a bold wine that makes a truly unique statement begins where vision meets soil. Our commitment to excellence led us to make profound changes resulting in groundbreaking viticulture.
And so, our new journey began, as a new wine is born. Initially, inside the mind of our expert winemaker, David Bar-Ilan, and from there it took root in the ground, with the vines clinging to the soil and growing towards the future, becoming an extraordinary creation.
With the goal of pursuing our passion for precision and desire to make a personal statement, we selected the finest professionals, those best suited to realize our visions. The winery’s new agriculture department is professionally and expertly led by Professor Costas Bakiastas – a Mediterranean viticulture specialist, alongside Gil Sharon, who manages our vineyards. Under the direction of our winemaker, they are responsible for our new planting and growing methods, which were carefully selected based on a wide-ranging goal of attaining flexibility coupled with precision and professionalism.
