Moa Winery
יקב מואה
Winery · ₪₪
A family winery in a former pepper packing house on Moshav Tzofar, making wine from desert grapes grown near Mitzpe Ramon.
Its site calls Moa the first winery founded in the Arava. Yehuda and Tzvia Friedman settled on Moshav Tzofar in the early 1980s to farm, and in 2014 the family turned the building where Yehuda packed peppers, and the cold rooms once used for flowers, into a small winery; the first harvest was in 2015. The grapes come from desert vineyards around Mitzpe Ramon, and the winery is named after the ancient Moa fortress near the moshav, a way station on the Nabataean Incense Route. Its visitors' centre on the family farm pours guided tastings of four wines with Negev cheeses, local dips and bread, and stays open until 22:30 on Thursdays.
What happens here
- Thursday evenings
- Late opening
The visitors' centre stays open until 22:30 on Thursdays, against 17:00 on other days.
- 29 October 2026
- End of harvest celebration
An end of harvest party with a performance by Itay Pearl, with tickets at 100 shekels in the winery's shop.
As published on the winery's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 12:00-17:00
- Kosher
- Unknown
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- The statement covers the website: an accessibility plug-in, keyboard navigation and text sizing.
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the trade, not Moa Winery itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Wednesday | 12:00-17:00 |
|---|---|
| Thursday | 12:00-22:30 |
| Friday and Saturday | 12:00-17:00 |
Candle lighting 5:55 PMShabbat ends 6:50 PM
As published on moawine.co.il, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Its site says the visitors' centre seats guests by booking or as places allow, and that holiday hours are posted on its Facebook and Instagram pages.
Location
51 Moshav Tzofar, Tzofar
- Bus: Nearest stop 226 m
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Moa Winery
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 12:00 to 17:00.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪A guided tasting of four wines costs 60 shekels and a glass 35 to 53 shekels; bottles in its shop cost 96 to 160 shekels.
InstagramFacebookmoawine.co.il
Moa Winery is a winery at 51 Moshav Tzofar in Tzofar, in the Southern District. Behind it: co-founder Yehuda Friedman and co-founder Tzvia Friedman.
It publishes its menu on moawine.co.il; 9 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 5 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on moawine.co.il on 5 October 2026: Sunday to Wednesday 12:00 to 17:00, Thursday 12:00 to 22:30, Friday and Saturday 12:00 to 17:00.
The nearest bus stops are צופר מרכז (226 m).
The winery's own pages say nothing about kashrut, and the council's tourism site lists it as not kosher. The list that the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal keeps for the Arava communities, read on 5 October 2026, has a Tzofar row for G.A.I. Moa BaMidbar Ltd, a company the winery's pages do not name. The council's tourism site lists the winery as accessible to people with disabilities.
Central Arava Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
יקב מואה, היקב הראשון שהוקם בערבה, נוסד על ידי יהודה וצביה פרידמן. השניים נפגשו בקיבוץ מפלסים, שם גדל יהודה, ואליו הגיעה צביה במסגרת גרעין נח"ל.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- The winery's own pages say nothing about kashrut, and the council's tourism site lists it as not kosher. The list that the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal keeps for the Arava communities, read on 5 October 2026, has a Tzofar row for G.A.I. Moa BaMidbar Ltd, a company the winery's pages do not name. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- The council's tourism site lists the winery as accessible to people with disabilities. moawine.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. The Companies Registrar lists G.A.I. Moa BaMidbar Ltd (516852845), an active private company incorporated in August 2023, which is the name on the kashrut portal's Tzofar row; nothing on the winery's pages ties it to the winery. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Tzofar are licensed by the Central Arava Regional Council, whose business licensing department publishes the licensing law and order, its own specification of licence conditions for each type of business, the fees and an online application, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. arava.co.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | יקב מואה / Moa Winery | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 51 Moshav Tzofar | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 30.5608091, 35.1787665 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 052-545-0895 | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Office 08-652-1359 | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | moawine.co.il | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | tabitisrael.co.il | moawine.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Wednesday 12:00 to 17:00, Thursday 12:00 to 22:30, Friday and Saturday 12:00 to 17:00 | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Late opening; End of harvest celebration | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 9 items with prices | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Unknown | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | The statement covers the website: an accessibility plug-in, keyboard navigation and text sizing. | moawine.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | צופר מרכז 226 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. The Companies Registrar lists G.A.I. Moa BaMidbar Ltd (516852845), an active private company incorporated in August 2023, which is the name on the kashrut portal's Tzofar row; nothing on the winery's pages ties it to the winery. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Tzofar are licensed by the Central Arava Regional Council, whose business licensing department publishes the licensing law and order, its own specification of licence conditions for each type of business, the fees and an online application, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | arava.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the winery's website | moawine.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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