Galai Winery
יקב גלאי
Winery
A family boutique winery on a farm in Moshav Nir Akiva in the north-western Negev, founded in 2002 by Sigalit and Assaf Galai, with weekend tastings beside its vineyard
Galai Winery was founded in 2002 by Sigalit and Assaf Galai on a farm in Nir Akiva that they bought in 1996, run down and overgrown with thorns, where they planted a one-hectare vineyard of red varieties in 2000. The family makes its wines by hand in small series, from the vines beside the house and, since the 2022 harvest, from plots near Mitzpe Ramon: red wines such as Casa-Negev, Marselan, Papillon and Bacchus, a white Blanc de Noirs from Cabernet Sauvignon since 2015, a rosé since 2016 and Sweetie, a port-style dessert wine. Its visitor centre opens on Fridays and Saturdays for a look at the winery, a walk in the vineyard with a glass in hand, tastings with cheeses and local foods at tables facing the fields, and wine to buy and take home; midweek it hosts groups by arrangement. Its site says it was named best boutique winery, among wineries making 10,000 to 100,000 bottles a year, at the TerraVino 2026 international competition, and that the figure on its label comes from a silver box made by Assaf's great-grandfather, a jeweller who worked for the House of Fabergé.
What happens here
- Fridays and Saturdays
- The visitor centre opens
A look at the winery, a walk in the vineyard, tastings with cheeses and local foods, and wine to buy: in autumn and winter Friday 11:00 to 15:00 and Saturday 11:00 to 16:00, in spring and summer an hour later.
As published on the winery's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 11:00-16:00
- Kosher
- Unknown
- Wheelchair
- The statement covers the website, at level AA, and says the winery's whole compound is fully accessible to wheelchair users except the toilets.
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Open on Friday
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Galai Winery itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Friday | 11:00-15:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00-16:00 |
Candle lighting 5:57 PMShabbat ends 6:52 PM
As published on the winery's website, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
These are its autumn and winter hours; in spring and summer its site gives Friday 12:00 to 16:00 and Saturday 12:00 to 17:00. From Sunday to Thursday it hosts groups of six to eight or more at flexible hours by arrangement, and its site suggests arranging any visit ahead. Its entry in the council's business index gives Friday and Saturday from 10:30.
Location
Moshav Nir Akiva, Nir Akiva
- Train: Sderot8 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 140 mlines 53
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Galai Winery
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 11:00 to 16:00.
- 8 km from Sderot stationBus stops within 419 m: מזכירות ניר עקיבא, ניר עקיבא א.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
InstagramFacebookgalai-winery.co.il
Galai Winery is a winery at Moshav Nir Akiva in Nir Akiva, in the Southern District. Behind it: winegrower and winemaker Assaf Galai and co-founder Sigalit Galai.
Hours, as listed on the winery's website on 5 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday closed, Friday 11:00 to 15:00, Saturday 11:00 to 16:00.
The nearest railway station is Sderot, 8 km away. The nearest bus stops are מזכירות ניר עקיבא (140 m), ניר עקיבא א (419 m).
Its website says nothing about kashrut and shows no certificate, and the Merhavim religious council publishes no full list of the businesses it supervises. It is listed as wheelchair accessible on galai-winery.co.il.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. Merhavim Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
יקב גלאי GALAI נוסד בשנת 2002 ע"י סיגלית ואסף גלאי , חלוצים בתחום גידול ענבי-איכות ליין בנגב הצפון-מערבי, בעידן היין שהחל להתפתח אז בארץ. ב-1996 נרכשה נחלה (יחידת משק) מוזנחת ומלאת קוצים, שאיש לא התגורר בה כבר שבע שנים. בעמל רב, בנחישות ועם הרבה סבלנות המשק החל לפרוח ולשגשג.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its website says nothing about kashrut and shows no certificate, and the Merhavim religious council publishes no full list of the businesses it supervises. galai-winery.co.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- Listed as wheelchair accessible galai-winery.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its site names Galai Winery (יקב גלאי) as the operator of its shop and no company, and no company of that name is in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Nir Akiva are licensed by the Merhavim Regional Council, whose business licensing department publishes the licensing law, the licensing process, who needs a licence, the reform, the fire-safety declaration track for low-risk businesses, its application forms and the council's own specification, but the council publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. merchavim.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | יקב גלאי / Galai Winery | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Moshav Nir Akiva | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.4685421, 34.6493847 (The Waze link on its website) | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 054-504-7127 | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Landline 08-993-3713 | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | galai-winery.co.il | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday closed, Friday 11:00 to 15:00, Saturday 11:00 to 16:00 | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | The visitor centre opens | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Unknown | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | The statement covers the website, at level AA, and says the winery's whole compound is fully accessible to wheelchair users except the toilets. | galai-winery.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Sderot 8 km; מזכירות ניר עקיבא 140 m; ניר עקיבא א 419 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its site names Galai Winery (יקב גלאי) as the operator of its shop and no company, and no company of that name is in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Nir Akiva are licensed by the Merhavim Regional Council, whose business licensing department publishes the licensing law, the licensing process, who needs a licence, the reform, the fire-safety declaration track for low-risk businesses, its application forms and the council's own specification, but the council publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | merchavim.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the winery's website | galai-winery.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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