This is an excellent opportunity for non-Jews to explore Israeli wines!!!! In addition, given the kosher wine sales (and since Richard and the Clos de Gat are the only non-kosher Israeli wines in the US, that I know of) going on around Passover, I strongly suggest to my non-Jewish readers that now would be a great time both to go to your local large wine store and ask for Israeli wines and also go to a kosher supermarket or kosher-specialty […]
“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 over the years, and so many are available nowadays, that the issue of whether they are kosher is relevant only to observant Jews. […]
The Wall Street Journal did a tasting of several kosher (including wines from Israel that happen to be kosher — some of the best but not all of what’s available, by far, and only what’s available in the US) wines from around the world. I need to repeat that Israeli doesn’t equal kosher (particularly as several searchers got to this blog by searching for Parker tasting of kosher wines, when many of the wines tasted by Robert Parker were NOT […]
Carmel Winery – The Original Face of Israeli Wine Popularity: 4% [?] Sphere: Related Content
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 […]
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 […]
