Passover: The Holiday of Wine The upcoming holiday of Passover means just one thing: a chance to explore lots of excellent wine. The obligation to drink four cups of wine at the Passover seder, as well as during Shabbat and throughout the holiday is a great opportunity to explore some of Israel’s finest kosher wines. While kosher wine has a bad name due to associations with the sweet sacramental Concord grape, better found in upstate New York than the chateaus […]
The holiday of Passover is almost here and that means wine sales and a great excuse to try some of the tremendous wines from Israel. Wine Tasting Guy has his picks of some of Israel’s best kosher wines here. I shall have mine closer to the holiday. Popularity: 1% [?] Sphere: Related Content
Here are some pictures from ancient times (Byzantine era to the Babylonian era) of wine vats (called amphorae, also the name of a great winery in Israel – which is selling under the name Marvah in the United States) that were discovered off Israel’s coast. They were used by ships near the Mediterranean and are on display at the Israeli Maritime Museum in Haifa: Popularity: 1% [?] Sphere: Related Content
Here is an interesting article from the Canadian Jewish Independent on Israeli wine and my favorite part – the business and export side of quality wine. Nice focus on Carmel and Flam, including quotes from the legendary Adam Montefiore of Carmel and also Golan Flam of Flam. Nice to see Israeli wine getting noticed as Israeli – and not just kosher – wine and learn some history of the Israeli wine world. Nice quote from Montefiore about ‘liquid religion’ as […]
One of the challenges with promoting Israeli wines abroad and getting them accepted is that there are so many misconceptions about the country I live in: ISRAEL Too many people – Jews and non-Jews alike – only see Israel through the lenses of CNN – a war-torn, conflict-ridden country. But this is not Israel, and this is not the reality of most of us who live in Israel. I say this often, but it’s completely true — I feel safer […]
Sorry that this is all in Hebrew, but this is Roy Yitzchaki, the winemaker of Tulip Winery, on the fabulous and popular Yair Lapid show, including talk about a program the winery runs to employ mentally challenged people. Popularity: 1% [?] Sphere: Related Content
I won’t be updating too much over Passover, but I will be posting a few wine-related pictures throughout the holiday, some my own – others from PR and other sources. Popularity: 1% [?] Sphere: Related Content
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 show that coffee was kosher for Passover. But a lousy haggadah that did nothing to educate American Jewry. Well, Israel doesn’t have the Maxwell House […]
Carmel Mizrahi Winery was founded in 1882 and is, 126 years later, Israel’s largest and most famous winery. While not the first winery in Israel, it is the most well known and for many years (and even today) often serves as the face for Israeli wine. This can be good or bad, depending on which wines you are looking at and whether you are looking at ‘the old Carmel’ or ‘the new Carmel.’ I admit I am often critical of […]
Much better than I could ever take, here are some photos of the Jerusalem Wine Festival held August 2009 at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (These beautiful photographs are courtesy of Jessica Korman, The F Stops Here) Popularity: 22% [?] Sphere: Related Content This week is one of my favorite wine events of the year (although as I recently moved to a suburb of Tel Aviv, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it)… the Jerusalem wine festival […]
