Period between August 13th – September 2nd Congratulations to the well-deserving 2012 Wine Blog winners! More on Randall Grahm’s risky [and successful] wine bet. Eater‘s Talia Baiocchi muses on the trails and tribulations of wine blogging. The always entertaining Wine Folly provides some fun wine and board game pairings. Assuming a wine needs 100 points […]
#223 – August 10, 2012 For this week’s topic I wanted to introduce a wine that is enjoying a recent resurgence, especially among Israeli winemakers –the flamboyant Gewürztraminer. Besides being fun to pronounce (guh-verts-trah-mee-ner) and difficult to spell correctly (even without the delightfully sounding umlaut over the “ü”), the wine has a polarizing personality with […]
Week of July 23rd – July 29th Lettie Teague discusses a problem close to my heart – which wine to bring as a house guest (a problem I suffer from as host, not guest)? A new wine tasting panel system introduced by Decanter prompts some analysis from Mike Veseth (a/k/a the Wine Economist). As Robert […]
#221 – July 14, 2012 As a follow up to last week’s missive (and with a big thanks to the comments from so many readers, including a number of the wineries themselves), I have further refined and updated the maps & contact information for all kosher Israeli wineries (over 70). Please continue to send me […]
Week of June 25th – July 1st Some detailed information on the Domaine Ponsot Clos Saint-Denis that was the begining of the end for Rudy Kurniawan. Not resting on its laurels as Australia’s best-known winery, Penfold‘s creates the world’s most expensive [and funky looking] bottle of wine. Chris Kassel takes offense. For all their perceived […]
#218 – June 13, 2010 Although kosher wine consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated (fueled at least in part by the ever-increasing quality and quantity of the kosher offerings available), we are faced with a multitude of facts, tips and other information about the wines and what we are supposed to do in order to enjoy […]
#220 – July 5, 2012 I hope everyone stateside had a great Fourth of July and managed to spend some of it outdoors despite the wretched heat wave currently baking the Northeast. As grilling season has officially started and is now in full swing, check out my Grillin’ & Chillin’ article on BBQing and wine […]
#219 – June 26, 2012 The birth last week of our beautiful daughter Ariella Naomi seemed like a perfect excuse for my annual newsletter on the delights of the most refreshing and summery of wines – the goddess of goodness – Rosé. Rosé is a tremendously underappreciated wine that goes well with an incredible array […]
#177 – June 24, 2011 As the erratic weather New York has been experiencing seems to be coming to an end, with classic summer days and nights making a welcome appearance, the time has clearly come for delightfully cold, crisp and refreshing wines to make their annual début. While I tend to enjoy most wines […]
Week of May 21st – May 27th Meg Maker posted a well-written and very informative article on tasting wine. You can also check out my handy resource on “How to Taste Wine“. With Moscato gaining popularity (also here and here) (Gamliel Kronemer recently reviewed some good Israeli Moscato wines (all better than the blue-bottled abomination), […]