Wine Spectator: Kosher wines for the High Holidays
Posted on September 26, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | Leave a Comment
The Wine Spectator’s Kim Marcus has a new article on “kosher wines for the High Holidays” in the latest Wine Spectator (free until October 1).
Not surprisingly, all but one of the wines are from Israel. Whether you are Jewish or not, celebrating the holidays or not, these are great wines to seek out. You have [...]
Read More..>>Great Kosher Wine for Rosh Hashana (and year round)
Posted on September 21, 2008 - Filed Under Kosher and Jewish | 2 Comments
The Jewish holidays are a great time to find lots of Israeli wine – even if you aren’t Jewish. Rosh Hashana and Sukkot, two great feasting holidays, are coming up soon (Rosh Hashana begins this year on the night of September 29 and lasts two days) and this is a great chance to buy kosher [...]
Read More..>>JTA: Israeli wines come of age
Posted on September 14, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | 1 Comment
A bit behind the times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the stereotypical “Israeli wines used to suck, now they are good story.” Focusing on Castel, a story I did two years ago. But, perhaps the most important as it’s the Jewish crowd that is most stuck on an image of Israeli wines from 30 or [...]
Read More..>>Tu B’Av: The Holiday of Love and Wine
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | 2 Comments
This weekend is the little-known Jewish holiday of Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av. This unique holiday is not one marked by fasting, or extra praying, or lighting candles or other similar rituals. Rather, this day marks love and is celebrated by eating good food and drinking summer wine. Whether Jewish [...]
Read More..>>Carmel Winery’s Quality Revolution Continues
Posted on August 5, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | 3 Comments
Carmel’s quality revolution is not over. In the past few years, Carmel Winery has made serious changes in management, viticulture, and structure. They created new excellent top level wines including the Appellation series which provides great value-for-money and the Single Vineyard smash hits. Slowly and unnoticed by us “wine snobs” their supermarket Selected and Private [...]
Read More..>>New York tastes kosher Israeli wine
Posted on July 23, 2008 - Filed Under Kosher and Jewish, Wine Events | Leave a Comment
Click on the image for the full size
The New York-based Kosher Wine Society will be having a tasting of kosher Israeli wine (although not all Israeli wine is certified kosher!) on August 13. It is a fundraiser for an organization that helps Israeli children. If you haven’t had Israeli wine, whether you’re Jewish or not, [...]
Kosher is still not a country
Posted on July 7, 2008 - Filed Under Kosher and Jewish, Video | Leave a Comment
Richard Shaffer of Israeli Wine Direct has an absolutely excellent video post about how “kosher is not a country” and how many of the everyday foods that are in your refrigerator, pantry, and throughout your house may be kosher – no matter your religion. Coca Cola, Cheerios, Heinz ketchup, fruits and vegetables and many more [...]
Read More..>>You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Love Them
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under Israeli wine industry, Kosher and Jewish | Leave a Comment
“You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Love Them” — that’s what New York Times wine writer Eric Asimov says about several great kosher Israeli wines.
The question follows: if I don’t celebrate Passover, does that mean I can skip this column? Sorry, I can’t permit that. Now, please pay attention.
Kosher wines have improved so vastly [...]
America has coffee but Israel has wine
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under Kosher and Jewish | 1 Comment
For American Jews, the haggadah that they may have used at their Passover seders may have been the Maxwell House Haggadah (and if it still is, might I suggest a replacement!) – old, stale, dumbed down, and boring. And, above all, about coffee. Of course, it was a brilliant marketing move by Maxwell House, to [...]
Read More..>>The Wall Street Journal Video
Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under Kosher and Jewish | Leave a Comment
[brightcove vid=1486989716&exp=452319854&w=486&h=412]
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.israeli-wine.org%2F2008%2F04%2F04%2Fwall-street-journal-tastes-kosher-wines%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘The+Wall+Street+Journal+Video’;
addthis_pub = ”;
