There’s a simple (although expensive) getaway at the moment out there at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in coastal Herzliya, simply north of Tel Aviv.
Herbert Samuel, the hotel’s kosher model of a famed Tel Aviv restaurant, is partnering with Israeli vineyards by creating five-course meals designed by the restaurant chef in coordination with the vineyards’ sommeliers.
It’s all in celebration of Israel’s 70th yr, marking the area’s delicacies and wines at 4 totally different meals.
The first meal on March 7 hosted the Golan Heights Winery and final week’s, on May 9, targeted on Judean Hills wineries, serving Flam, Castel and Tzora wines.
The wines served final Wednesday had been principally smooth reds to accompany the Jerusalem-styled dishes, which included a Jerusalem blended grill, a vegetable tartlet, lamb shoulder wrapped in Swiss chard, and extra lamb, served in entrecote kind and as a kebab.
On May 20, Herbert Samuel will host wineries from the Carmel area, with Tulip, Maya and Bat Shlomo, and October 10 is a night of wines from the Negev mountains, with the Yatir and Midbar wineries.
Take benefit of one of many dinners, served with at least 5 glasses of wine and chats with the Herbert Samuel chef and visiting sommeliers, and you could need to additionally take into consideration an in a single day at this classically American hotel.
It’s a simple journey up in the elevator to one of many Ritz Carlton rooms, some overlooking the marina and the blue Mediterranean Sea past.
The hotel, now a part of Marriott International, specializes in traditional American model, and the Herzliya Ritz Carlton gives a nautical really feel with crisp navy blue touches, darkish wooden furnishings and a spacious white tiled toilet with separate bathe stall and bathtub.
You gained’t need to spend an excessive amount of time in the room when the rooftop pool beckons, with glass partitions overlooking the view under, plush navy towels and a full bar, together with boozy or virgin fruit smoothies for sipping on the rooftop couches and daybeds.
Reservations could be made via the Ritz Carlton web site.