Grapes of Galilee, Using Jesus To Sell Wine

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Oct 2nd 2007 at 11:03AM

Using a cute rabbit or a kangaroo to sell wine is old news. Last week I mentioned wines with Hitler on the label; this week comes news of a wine importer going in a completely opposite direction -- it has Jesus on the label. The Grapes of Galilee is a new Israeli wine label aimed at American Christians. The grapes are grown in the region where Jesus Christ is said to have lived, and they are irrigated with water from the Jordan River, where he was baptized. Wine from Israel is nothing new, but most of the Israeli wine sold in the U.S. has previously been to Jewish consumers. In fact, the Grapes of Galilee wine comes from an existing Israeli winery, only the Jesus-themed label is new. As Ad Age reports, the importer, Pini Haroz, sees the chardonnay, merlot and cabernet sauvignon wines as being perfect for holidays and he is marketing it in areas with high concentrations of Catholics. The wine sells for $13.99 a bottle online.

Tags: catholic, christian, grapes of gailee, GrapesOfGailee, israeli wine, IsraeliWine, wine

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Richard Mar 6th 2008 8:29AM

Not true, Joe!

There was a man named Josephus. I think it was Josephus Flavius, in fact. The man was a Jew, not a Christian, so he wrote outside the early Christian tradition--he was an outside observer.

In his writings he chronicles many of the sayings and actions of Jesus of Nazareth. THE Jesus of Nazareth. In his writings some of the Gospel events are even confirmed by this outside source, non-christian, historical document.

Kind of ironic since you carry the guy's name!

Sword Oct 12th 2007 10:35PM

This is pathetic, but it is nothing new under the sun. It's not much different from these fat cat TV preachers, they have Jesus up for sale too, think about the books these slobs are selling, and most of them have not Solid Biblical foundations. Hey Dollar! Hey Hagee! Hey Jakes! Hey Hinn! how much did you guys make today? off the Lord?

andrea Oct 27th 2007 11:03PM

#12/ Bill your an idiot.From A Jew that thinks Jesus is the Son of GOD. Now pass around your basket.

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