Yatir, owned by Carmel Winery, was founded in 2000 in Tel Arad in the northeast Negev. All vineyards are planted nearby throughout the Yatir forest, a planted forest on the outskirts of the desert, at altitudes up to 900 meter. Yatir Winery has earned an international reputation for quality, not only due to their high quality grapes, but also on account of skilled winemaker Eran Goldwasser and CEO Yaakov Ben Dor.