Netanel Hochberg


Netanel Hochberg was an Israeli agronomist and expert in the growing of grapevine.

Biography

Hochberg was born in Ness Ziona, Ottoman-ruled Palestine in 1897. He studied agriculture at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, to the south of Tel Aviv, and then at Utrecht University. After completing his studies abroad, he returned to Palestine and became a teacher at Mikveh Israel.
Hochberg was married to Hannah Rozanski. Their eldest son Dan was killed in the Israeli War of Independence at age 17, and their youngest son Natan was one of the founders of the Mikveh Israel Winery. Hannah died in 1955.
Hochberg created a number of new varieties of vine, the first of which he called "Dan ben Hannah", named after his son Dan and wife Hannah.

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