Katlav Winery
יקב קטלב
Winery · 149-599 ₪ · Mateh Yehuda Regional Council religious department, mehadrin
One of Israel's first boutique wineries, founded in 1998 on terraced vineyards at 700 m in Moshav Nes Harim, with a Friday visitor centre
Katlav Winery was founded in 1998 by Yossef Yittach in Moshav Nes Harim, which immigrants from Kurdistan and Morocco set up in 1950 in the Judean Hills, at 700 m above sea level. He planted small terraced vineyards on the hillside land where the moshav's first farmers had grown vines, and learned to make wine from an Iranian Jewish family. The grapes are picked by hand at night, fermented in small steel tanks mostly without added yeast, and aged at least 24 months in oak, unfiltered; the wines are kosher lemehadrin and not mevushal. The winery is named after Nahal Katlav below the moshav and the strawberry tree, katlav, common there, and on Fridays its visitor centre pours wine by the glass or the bottle with cheese platters from Israeli boutique dairies.
What happens here
- Friday, 09:00 to 13:00
- Friday at the visitor centre
Katlav wines by the glass or the bottle, with cheese platters from Israeli boutique dairies
As published on the winery's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 13:00
- Kosher
- Mateh Yehuda Regional Council religious department, mehadrin
- Prices
- 149-599 ₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
- Open on Friday
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the trade, not Katlav Winery itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 13:00-17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00-13:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:55 PMShabbat ends 6:50 PM
As published on katlavwinery.com, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
The visitor centre's hours; Monday to Thursday are by appointment, and it is closed on Sundays and Saturdays.
Location
Moshav Nes Harim, Nes Harim
- Train: Beit Shemesh6.8 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 139 mlines 194
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Katlav Winery
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 5 days a week; on Friday it closes at 13:00.
- 6.8 km from Beit Shemesh stationBus stops within 347 m: מזכירות/לבנה, לבנה/מעלה הקטלב, לבונה/דרך חלמית, מבוא היערה/דרך חלמית, מורד הרוזמרין/מעלה הקטלב, נס הרים.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪₪Bottles from 149 to 599 shekels in its shop.
Katlav Winery is a winery at Moshav Nes Harim in Nes Harim, in the Jerusalem District. Behind it: founder Yossef Yittach.
The menu it publishes on katlav.co.il runs from Nes Harim 2024 at 149 ₪ to Nehorya 2018, magnum 1.5 litres at 599 ₪, 8 items in all, read on 5 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on katlavwinery.com on 5 October 2026: Sunday closed, Monday to Thursday 13:00 to 17:00, Friday 09:00 to 13:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Beit Shemesh, 6.8 km away. The nearest bus stops are מזכירות/לבנה (139 m), לבנה/מעלה הקטלב (209 m), לבונה/דרך חלמית (221 m).
On the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, as "יקב קטלב - מרכז מבקרים", with mehadrin supervision in force. Its site says the wines are kosher lemehadrin and not mevushal. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Its site's footer names Katlav Winery Ltd. The Companies Registrar lists יקב קטלב בע"מ as an active private company incorporated in August 2004 and registered in Nes Harim.
Katlav Winery, one of the first boutique wineries in Israel, was founded in 1998 by Yossef Yttach and is located in the tranquil hills of Nes Harim. Since it's founding, Katlav Winery focused on the production of wine from only the highest quality grapes, grown in the Judean Hills.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- On the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, as "יקב קטלב - מרכז מבקרים", with mehadrin supervision in force. Its site says the wines are kosher lemehadrin and not mevushal. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its site's footer names Katlav Winery Ltd. The Companies Registrar lists יקב קטלב בע"מ as an active private company incorporated in August 2004 and registered in Nes Harim. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Nes Harim are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. This business is not on it under its own name, a company's name or its address, as the list read on 5 October 2026. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | יקב קטלב / Katlav Winery | katlav.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Moshav Nes Harim | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.74641136, 35.06032532 (the map on the Mateh Yehuda tourism site) | tour-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 02-570-3575 | katlav.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | katlav.co.il | katlav.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from katlav.co.il | katlav.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday closed, Monday to Thursday 13:00 to 17:00, Friday 09:00 to 13:00, Saturday closed | katlavwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Friday at the visitor centre | katlavwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Price band | ₪₪₪ | katlav.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 8 items with prices | katlav.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Mateh Yehuda Regional Council religious department, mehadrin | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Beit Shemesh 6.8 km; מזכירות/לבנה 139 m; לבנה/מעלה הקטלב 209 m; לבונה/דרך חלמית 221 m; מבוא היערה/דרך חלמית 268 m; מורד הרוזמרין/מעלה הקטלב 302 m; נס הרים 347 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its site's footer names Katlav Winery Ltd. The Companies Registrar lists יקב קטלב בע"מ as an active private company incorporated in August 2004 and registered in Nes Harim. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Nes Harim are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. This business is not on it under its own name, a company's name or its address, as the list read on 5 October 2026. | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the winery's website | katlavwinery.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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