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Golan wine in oak barrels may not be able to age much longer.

to the west and the Syrian lowlands
land. Yet, aside from a few Druze vil-
to the east— to be essential for
lages, the Golan's land was virtually
Israel's security.
uninhabited when Israel entered.
"Israel is no longer a country of
In addition, while most West Bank
heroes and Syria does not need to
settlers are driven by a religious-
send soldiers to make war — they can
nationalist ideology, many Golan set-
send missiles — so a mile here or
tlers are left-leaning. They moved to
there does not matter," he says. "The
the Golan either to bolster Israel's
secret
for security is peace."
security or to improve their quality of
He
is also convinced that many
life in 32 small towns peppered
Golan residents quietly agree with this
throughout the eerie but breathtaking
position. "Under the table, all every-
landscape of brown, scorched earth
one is waiting for is compensation,"
and volcanic rock formations.
he says.
"This is like a small city, but we
Compensation will not help the
still have the mountain air," says Leah
Golan
Heights Winery, the most well-
Ravid, 37. In this year's elections,
known
industry on the Golan.
Ravid voted for Barak, as did more
Established
in 1983 on the outskirts
than 57 percent of the Golan elec-
of Katzrin, the winery now produces
torate. She also voted for the Third
3.6 million bottles a year, and generat-
Way Parry, which campaigned on a
ed revenues of $15 million in 1998,
single issue — keeping the Golan —
including $3 million in exports. Its
and failed to win enough votes to
labels have won dozens of medals at
return to the Knesset.
international wine competitions. The
In 1978, Ravid became one of the
secret to success, says Adam
founding members of Katzrin, and her
Montefiore, the company's interna-
first marriage was also the first Jewish
tional marketing manager, is Golan
marriage in the Golan Heights. She
grapes.
later lived in the United States
"The high altitudes and the soil
between 1982 and 1994, returning to
makes
this a unique vineyard area,"
Katzrin with her second husband,
says
Montefiore.
"To leave the Golan
Avishai, to open a small gift shop at
would
be
a
disaster
for the Israeli wine
the local shopping center.
industry"
"I am worried because I do not
Although the winery steers clear of
want to live in Tel Aviv and I do not
political campaigning, it does have a
want to move back to New York,"
message for the policymakers.
Leah Ravid says. If the government
"It is up to the politicians to be cre-
decides to evacuate the Golan, Ravid
ative
enough to come up with a solu-
may petition or protest, but in the
tion
that
will allow us to continue," he
end, will leave peacefully.
says.
"You
do not need a flag to grow
Her husband, Avishai, is even
grapes.
more willing to leave for peace with
Back in Katzrin, workers at the
Syria. He also challenges the tradi-
Golan Residents Committee have just
tional Israeli security doctrine that
finished toasting the New Year over a
deems the Golan — overlooking the
couple of bottles of local white wine.
kibbutzim along the Sea of Galilee