(IsraelNN.com) As Israeli wines gain world renown, more and more are going Kosher - which entails a return to Avoda Ivrit (Jewish Labor). Arutz-7 visited several wineries: the Kfar Tavor winery, which has recently made the decision to turn Kosher; the Binyamina Winery, which has been producing Kosher wines since before the establishment of the state, and which has expanded into the top-shelf wine market; and the IsraWine Expo 2008, which showcases Israel's wines to importers, restaurants and experts from around the globe.

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An old vineyard at Kfar Tavor used to make a special single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

Mount Tavor, as seen from Kfar Tavor, is where the Prophetess Devorah called upon Barak, her general, to gather the thousand soldiers from the tribes of Naftali and Zevulun in order to free Israel from the yoke of Canaanite oppression. A miraculous victory over the much more numerous army headed by Sisera was attained (Judges 4:6-15).
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

A jeep tour company that brings visitors around the lush valleys and vineyards of the Galilee transports journalists through the vineyards of Kfar Tavor, unique in its location on a fault line with four different types of soil located in the area.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

In addition to vineyards, wheat fields and fruit orchards form a patchwork quilt in the surrounding valleys near Kfar Tavor.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Journalists are hosted by Israel's Export Association in the hopes that word of Israel's burgeoning wine industry will spread.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Oak barrels filled with wine at the Binyamina winery; a huge barrel of special vintage wine can be seen on the right.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

The special room in the Binyamina wine cellar where a single bottle from every wine produced is archived.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

The wine seeps out of the barrels, coloring the middle segment a royal purple.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

A delicately-worded sign at the Binyamin Winery reminds smokers that cigarettes would interefere with the clean air around the aging wine.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Kfar Tavor has chalk, clay, volcanic and terra rosa soils in which the same type of vines produce varied results.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

When Kfar Tavor Winery decided to become Kosher it had to hire Sabbath-observant Jews to deal with the wine.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

Kosher wine requires that the early Zionist ideal of Avoda Ivrit - Jewish Labor - be revived, as such wine can only be handled by Jews up to the point of corking.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

Tasting some of the wine from a barrel to see if it is ready
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

An exhibit at IsraWine Expo 2008 displays the history of the Teperberg Winery.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

The Teperberg Winery, established in 1870, is located near Beit Shemesh and produces fine kosher wines.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

"The Galil Mountain Winery is a joint venture of the Golan Heights Winery and Kibbutz Yiron combining the unique features of the Upper Galilee with the expertise of the winemakers of the Golan Heights," according to the winery.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

With vineyards at an altitude of 700-900 meters above sea level,  the Gvaot ('hilltops') boutique winery - established in the Binyamin-region town of Shiloh by Shivi Drori and Amnon Weiss - released its first wines from the 2005 vintage. Production  was for 5,000 bottles, and for 2006 it was 7,500 bottles - of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay grapes. The winery is currently releasing wines named Masada, Herodion and Gofna.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

The Hevron Heights Winery features a Machpela Wine, named for the Cave of the Patriarchs in which Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Leah, Adam and Eve are buried.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Some Kosher wine is still imported to Israel, "mostly for olim (immigrants) who like certain tastes that originate in California's Napa Valley and the Concord grapes of upstate New York," the importers of Baron Herzog say.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Former Arutz-7 photographer Josh Shamsi and Israel National Radio's Yishai Fleisher after a long day of wine-tasting in the Land of Israel.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Israel National Radio's Yishai Fleisher and Haaretz's Vered Barlell can both agree: Israel's wine is the best in the world.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)

Fresh barrels in front of fermentation tanks at Kfar Tavor winery.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)

Bottles await filling at the Kfar Tavor winery in the Galilee.
(Photo: Josh Shamsi)