Israeli wines that aren't kosher?

One of the myths about Israeli wine is that all wine from Israel is kosher, and that if you aren't an observant Jew, than wines from Israel (whether kosher or non) hold no interest for you.

FALSE!!!!

Israel is making great wines, both kosher and non. Wine is kosher if it's been handled only by strictly Orthodox Jews – but this doesn't affect the taste. But, of course, not all Israelis are observant, and thus not all winemakers make kosher wine. Gary Vaynerchuk, of Wine Library TV fame, tried out a few in a WLTV episode from a few months back.

While he checked out Flam, Pelter, Karmei Yosef (kosher as of the current 2007 vintage), and Meisher, one of the wines he misses out on is Clos de Gat. Available in the United States for a few years now and sold by the Israel Wine Company, Clos de Gat is one great example of awesome non-kosher Israeli wine.

Besides a few misconceptions about Israel (we're not sitting around fighting each other, we're too busy drinking wine and creating high tech innovation), Gary V has an interesting perspective on non-kosher wine from Israel.