#250 – June 21, 2013 As spring quickly gives way to summer, I am looking forward to a drinking season loaded with crisp and refreshing wines such as Sauvignon Blanc and Rose. This week’s newsletter is dedicated to one of the noble varietals which doesn’t get nearly enough attention on these pages, but certainly produces […]
May 27th – June 2nd Wine Folly covers the world’s six oldest wineries and Wine Spectator shows us how far back you need to go to discover the origin of winemaking. Carmel’s 120 harvests are nowhere to be seen… Apparently Bordeaux winemakers have been pulling wool over en primeur buyers for years. The wine press […]
#248 – May 29, 2013 For many years the patriarch of the Sayada family – Yosef, tended his family-owned vineyards in the Upper Galilee (located on the foothills of Mount Meron) and sold the resulting high-quality fruit to multiple high-end and prestigious wineries around the country who then utilized the grapes for some of their […]
April 22nd – May 5th Tom Wark defends the importance of wine writing. Wine Spectator explores whether “sulfite-free” wine actually exists. In her clear and refreshing style, Wine Folly presents a primer on making how white wine is made. With more & more quality popular-priced wines, should we continue to be “forgiving” of their flaws? […]
#246 – 4/25/2013 I have spent a significant amount of time in these newsletters discussing the various trends the Israeli wine industry in undergoing, most recently in my end of 2012 newsletters, covering the past and the future of the Israeli wine industry. Among these trends is utilization of different varietals at different points during […]
#245 – April 17, 2013 After some delightful time off with my family for Pesach, with this week’s newsletter, we get back into the swing of things with a discussion of one of Israel’s most prestigious wineries – the Flam Winery. Together with Saslove and Tulip, Flam was part of the trifecta of near-mythical Israeli […]
My Favorite Wines of the 2013 Annual Pesach Wine Buying Guide Don’t let the title of this newsletter instill fear in your oenophilic hearts, I have not turned to the dark side and this isn’t a newsletter dedicated to mevushal wines. While such a newsletter (or at least a dedicated webpage on my site,) is […]
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March 18th – March 31st Not that they are needed, but it’s always great to have more excuses to drink Champagne! As might have been expected, the lawyers are profiting most from the recent “reorganization” at the Wine Advocate… As Natural Wine demonstrates its staying power, the irreverent HoseMaster gives his take on the phenomenon. […]
February 25th – March 3rd How much of wine and food pairing is manipulation? More than you think… in the spirit of “fake it till you make it“, the Bluffer’s Guide to Wine. Wine Folly profiles the delightful Italian Sangiovese. Letting the world know what every Yossie’s Wine Recommendations reader already did, Eric Asimov praises […]