However, this seemingly dry and arid region in southern Israel is now home to a burgeoning wine route, thanks to a group of pioneering 21st-century farmers and their use of computerized drip irrigation.
Made from Demeter Certified biodynamically farmed fruit (which is a whole lotta work), the vineyard rests near the junction of Dry Creek and Wine Creek.
Curiously though, the white wine he brought for our meal is very ripe and voluptuous, by no means dry, a 2006 Hirtzberger Riesling Smaragd Singerriedel.