Name: Katamon Winery
Address: Jerusalem, Judean Hills, IL
Telephone: 054-6332206

About Katamon Winery

Katamon Winery is a tiny garagiste kosher winery housed in the basement of winemaker Avital Goldner’s home in the historic Katamon neighbourhood of Jerusalem. Founded in 2002 with a first production of just 300 bottles, Katamon Winery has grown into one of the most charming and distinctive micro-wineries in Israel, crafting limited-edition kosher wines in the heart of the Holy City. The winery carries the dual honour of being rooted in Jerusalem’s urban fabric while producing wines of genuine quality and individual character.

Wines and Vineyards of Katamon Winery

Though the winery itself is located in the heart of Jerusalem, Katamon sources its grapes from vineyards in the surrounding Judean Hills — one of Israel’s most celebrated wine regions. The Judean Hills terroir, characterised by limestone and terra rossa soils at elevations between 600 and 900 metres, is renowned for producing wines of elegance, mineral depth, and excellent natural acidity. The altitude and the cooling breezes of the Judean highlands extend the growing season, allowing grapes to develop slowly and accumulate the complexity that distinguishes the region’s finest wines.

Katamon Winery produces its wines under strict kosher supervision, making them accessible to Jerusalem’s diverse and observant wine-drinking community. Avital Goldner works with classic red varieties — notably Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot — to produce wines that carry the rich, mineral-inflected character of the Judean Hills. As a garagiste producer working in small volumes, every aspect of winemaking at Katamon is personal and hands-on: from selecting the grapes to managing fermentation, barrel ageing, and final blending, Avital applies passionate attention to every bottle that leaves the cellar.

Visiting Katamon Winery

Katamon Winery operates from the Katamon neighbourhood of Jerusalem, one of the city’s most characterful residential areas with a blend of old stone architecture and vibrant community life. The intimate, home-based nature of the winery means that visits are by appointment only — call 054-6332206 to arrange a tasting with Avital Goldner. This is a genuinely personal encounter with a passionate winemaker who has turned his home basement into a remarkable Jerusalem wine address.

For wine lovers visiting Jerusalem, a tasting at Katamon Winery offers a unique and memorable experience: sipping kosher wine produced in small batches by a dedicated artisan, in the middle of one of the world’s most storied cities. It is the kind of winery encounter you will talk about long after you leave Jerusalem, and an authentic expression of the quiet wine revolution that has been gradually transforming Israeli wine culture for over two decades.

Katamon Winery

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