Nestled at the foothills of Israel’s fertile Carmel Mountains, Morad Winery is famous for their distinctive fruit wines and liqueurs made from nature’s harvest.
I met the owners Ellen and Gershon Bodner at Kosherfest this past year and we really hit it off — some might even call it a LOVE fest! So then I tasted their Pomegranate Wine and LOVED, after which I tasted their Passion Fruit Wine and LOVED EVEN MORE, after which they invited me to visit the winery and meet Yaakov Morad a 4th generation wine maker and the artist behind this boutique winery’s unique fruit flavors.
In an instant we agreed to shoot the next episode of JOY of ISRAEL at the winery and make a signature summer cocktail together. I then met, what we call in my house, the ganse mishpocha (that translates to the WHOLE FAMILIA!). Ellen and Gershon’s son, Ari, Amir and Orit Bodner, Gershon’s brother and sister in law, Ettie, Yakov Morad’s wife and more Morad friends and family.
Here is a behind-the-scenes look at our shoot.
This is what we call guerrilla filmmaking. Brian our cinematographer (and editor) is fastening a camera to the ceiling to catch overhead angles of our cocktail demo.
This is Tomer Narkis, from Duvdevan Events. He’s full of fun and personality and taught me how to make a Summer Breeze THE drink for summer entertaining!
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This is Tomer again and Sivan from Morad Winery. Crazy story: I made sure to tell everyone more than once to dress nicely for the cameras. When we arrived and unloaded the car after our almost 2 hour drive I realized I had left my clothes and “jewels” at home. I was wearing a sporty north face zip up and Sivan literally took the clothes off her back. My blue wrap is hers. My earrings are hers I wanted to ask her for her bracelet (she was SO stylish) but I thought that would be a bit too much. Thanks Sivan!!!
Learn the whole story and get an amazing cocktail recipe when you watch the video here:
I would love to try the pomegranate! I already love the passion fruit!
Want to enter the Morad Winery giveaway! Would love the date wine.
I love blueberry and blackberry wines
I would love to try the Passion Fruit but they all sound great.
sour cherry
Passion fruit looks yummy
passion fruit wine looks delicious
I would love to try the Morad Danue Pomegranate Wine, it sounds yummy
I don’t think they have a fig one yet!!
pomegranate flavor
The coffee was good. How about Kahlua or almond?
My wife loved the Pomegranate.
The passion fruit sounds delicious and I also love the thought of the coffee.
I would like to try the Morad Danue Pomegranate Wine.
how about kalua
i’m interested in the coffee liquor
Pomegranate
love to try Apple wine
I would love to try the Passion Fruit Wine.
I would like to to try Morad Winery’s Danue Almond liqueur
Do I have choose just 1 ?!!!
I want to try them all ! passion fruit, pomegranate, cherry, apricot & apple wines sound so yummy !! The liquors coffee, chocolate & melon…
All sound sooo good !!!
I would love to visit the winery. Does Morad make a fig wine or liquere?
the Danue passion fruit is the best ever !!
I really was interested in the lychee but could only find pom and passion. So I bought Passion and served it with dessert on Shabbos. It was delicious chilled Lychee is still on my shopping list. Thank you for introducing my family to a great Israeli product.
I would like to try Lychee and the cocktail that was featured in the video I live in Florida and could use these refreshing cocktails to cool off.
i wuuld like to try the pomegranate
The cocktail that Jamie and the bartender made looked so delicious and refreshing!
I love pomegranates so I think that wine would be my favorite!
would love to try the pomegranate!
Passionfruit!
Reminds me of Israel (and is insanely delicious)!
I was wondering how you got those overhead shots, love this behind the scenes look!
pomegranate sounds delicious
I want to try the sweetest one…
I’d love to try the pomegranate wine!
Grapefruit now, Apple Honey in the Fall – yum!
I would like to try them all. They all seem delish!
Both pomegranate and passion fruit, individually and to make this wonderful cocktail!
I love the Passion Fruit Wine. The Summer Breeze cocktail sounds delicious.
I hoping Morad Winery will make a Mango wine.
I love pomegranate wine, and I would love to try the lychee!
My husband would love all of the wines. I would like to try Apple Wine.
pomegranate sounds amazing
I want to try the pomegranat. Never tried it before.
I would love to try Morad Danue Pomegranate Wine
We had the pomegranate for Rosh Hashana and it was a HUGE hit. mmm!
We had the pomegranate for Rosh Hashana and it was a HUGE hit. mmm
Morad Danue Passion Fruit sounds interesting!
Definitely Pomegranate
I’d like to try the Morad Danue Passion Fruit
im interested in the coffee liquor on the website i love coffee so that sounds interesting 🙂
I would be most interested in the pomegranate liquoer
All of the wine varieties look great but I think the pomegranate flavor looks the most delicious.