2008 April 16

Scroll down for the English: יום חמישי 17/4/08 בשעה 20:00 WINE HALL ממשיכה בחגיגות ימי חמישי והפעם  היינות של יריב ליל הסדר : (כל היינות כשרים) תישבי אסטייט שרדונה תישבי אסטייט פינו נואר 2005 גוש עציון , בלנד בורדו , 2005 פסגות קברנה סובניון 2005 פורט פסגות כמו תמיד לצד היינות נהנה מגבינות ,לחמים מיוחדים, שמן זית משובח וירקות טריים והכל באווירה נעימה ומוסיקה טובה הישיבה סביב שולחנות, כדאי להזמין מקום מראש! עלות הערב: הטעימה עלינו לכבוד החג ! נשמח […]

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2008 April 15

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 […]

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2008 April 01

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  

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2008 April 28

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  

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2008 April 29

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 […]

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2008 April 11

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 […]

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2008 April 08

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  

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2008 April 22

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  

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2008 April 09

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 […]

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