DUSTY VINES

Turning barren desert soil into fertile wine country

Israel’s Negev winemakers pioneer growing techniques that could be adopted widely across the Middle East as the earth gets hotter and drier

GALAI WINERY

GALAI WINERY

Winemaker Assaf Galai

NIR AKIVA, Israel – Assaf Galai stands at the end of a row of cabernet sauvignon vines that are hibernating during Israel’s short winter. He remembers what it looked like when he moved to this Negev desert village more...