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Salokiya Winery
The Salokia Winery was established by Hagai and Shifi, adjacent to the Mitshus restaurant, which they own.
The winery produces approximately 20,000 bottles per year in a variety of varieties.
Special whites, excellent rosé and rich red wines.
wine maker
Winemaker and Entrepreneur, Salokiya Winery
Hagai began making wine in 2003, driven by a deep love for the land and an enduring curiosity for grape varieties and diverse terroirs.
He started his professional journey with winemaking studies at Ohalo College, and later furthered his training through professional courses in France, where he was exposed to Europe’s long-standing traditions of wine and distillation.
Over the years, his work expanded beyond wine into the world of distillation—yet it has always remained anchored in a single foundation: high-quality grapes from vineyards that we cultivate and care for ourselves.
The family
Salokiya Winery is, first and foremost, a family story.
Shifi is the heart behind the initiative.
With phenomenal culinary abilities and an exceptional sense of smell—one that cannot be taught, only born with—she is deeply involved in the winemaking process, especially in the delicate and critical moments of blending and tasting. Her advice is always precise, sensitive, and capable of distilling a feeling into the right decision.
Alongside her, a family grew naturally into the world of wine.
Tamir and Eitan were raised within the winery from a very young age—among vineyards, barrels, and harvests—while studying in elementary school and high school. For them, wine was not a future profession, but a living, breathing environment.
Tamir expanded his path overseas, working in vineyards in Australia and taking part in a harvest at a winery, driven by a deep connection to understanding the material, the process, and the science behind wine.
Eitan was quite literally born into the winery. As long as he can remember, he has been there, never missing a single harvest. His connection to the craft is natural, almost instinctive, and today he stands on the threshold of military service—a new chapter ahead, yet with deep roots that remain firmly here.
Salokiya Winery is the result of shared work, attentive listening, and continuous learning.
A family that lives wine from the inside—not as a concept, but as a way of life.
WSET Diploma Graduate
Amiel Herszage
Amiel Herszage joined our winemaking team in 2024, he brings with him a unique perspective, different from the conventional winemaking approach. Amiel specializes in wine-growing regions around the world and has an extraordinary ability to identify and characterize wines, and work out the conditions in their growing region of origin from the contents of the glass.
Together with Hagai and our vine-growers he strives to showcase the distinctiveness of the local terroir in which our grapes are grown, by making it a vital component of the quality of every wine we produce.
His vision is focused not only on the present but also on the future. He devotes sustained efforts towards our vineyard development under the climatic conditions expected in our vine-growing region in the next decade. In collaboration with Hagai the winemaker, he works towards integrating new varietals and finding promising new sites, suitable for the expected conditions in our vine-growing region.
Vintners
Eitan Rozental
Eitan Rosenthal – The Grower Who Listens to the Vineyard
Eitan Rosenthal, a grower from the moshav of Nov
in the Golan Heights, is a man for whom the vineyard is a way of life. Season after season, row after row, Eitan is on a constant quest to understand the essence of each growing year—a dialogue shaped by climate, soil, variety, and approach.
He lives the vineyard day by day, guided by the belief that great wine is born long before harvest. It begins in the soil and is shaped by
Vintners
Maor kinsborski
Maor Kinsburski – The Next Generation of the Vineyard
Maor Kinsburski, the youngest of the team, continues Eitan’s path into the future. With dedication, curiosity, and a deep connection to the land, Maor brings fresh energy to the vineyard—while listening closely to the knowledge accumulated over years and striving constantly to refine and innovate.
Beyond his work in the vineyard, Maor is also a talented photographer. Some of the images featured on the website were captured through his lens—reflecting the same sensitive eye and deep bond with nature and the vineyard that he lives and breathes every day.
Salokiya Distillery
The distillery story began in 2007 when Hagai met a friend of ours in a conversation about distilling arak zakhlawi in Lebanon. Hagai, like Hagai, immediately set about the task of producing a real arak zakhlawi - the recipe had already come from Lebanon, but the distillery was just starting out, and with a quick search we found Rasen from the village of Marar, specializing in copper vessels, and thus a 150-liter Lebanese model distillery was created for distilling arak. Since then, our arak recipe has been the same. Anyone who knows Salukia arak is very familiar with the difference.
A decade later, after gaining a deep understanding of the field, we purchased a 600-liter alembic distillery from a small manufacturer in Portugal, and now Salokiya Distillery produces an interesting variety of products whose raw material is white wine from designated plots.
The flagship product is brandy aged for 8 years in old barrels of various types. Grappa made from grape skins after fermentation. Salukia gin, which is also made from grapes with local spices. Salukia arrack with an unchanged recipe.