As promised, I am happy to announce that the Leket Wine Club has finally launched and is fully operational. Please check it out at www.leketwineclub.com and sign-up early as there is a special bonus for signing up by August 20th (which will also guarantee delivery of your first shipment in time for Rosh Hashanah). While […]
#217 – June 5, 2012 (Leket Wine Club Shavuot Shipment) The tendency of humans to constantly seek out the new and exciting is natural and can lead to great discoveries, including oenophilic finds like new wineries or varietals. However, I believe it is important to revisit the tried and true on a regular basis, as […]
#136 – July 25, 2010 Anyone who has ever bought a gift for someone else knows the difficulty and amount of thought required to procuring an appropriate gift that will not be met by BSD (a term coined by Mark Oldman which stands for the “Barely Concealed Displeasure” expressed by a gift recipient when presented […]
#215 – May 19, 2012 This week’s newsletter discusses one of my all-time favorite wineries – Capcanes of Spain. Despite much love for this delightful winery, having enjoyed its kosher vintages starting with 1998; I have never dedicated a newsletter to the winery and its history (though I have reviewed and recommended their wines on […]
#214 – May 11, 2012 Given the excellence of the Tzora Winery and it’s evolution of the last few years, it’s a crying shame that the last time I profiled the winery was back in 2009 with newsletter #97, a calamity I am remedying with this edition of Yossie’s Wine Recommendations as substantial and significant […]
As I have often mentioned, while most wines are meant to be consumed early and don’t benefit from any additional time in the bottle, a few years of cellaring can make magic happen for a small percentage of quality wines (usually the most exciting ones). The additional time in the bottle gives the tannins, acid, […]
The weeks leading up to Pesach are among the busiest for the US kosher wine industry with more wine sold during this time than the rest of the year combined. As the popularity of quality kosher wine continues to increase, the choices available to the kosher wine consumer are truly astounding and are continuously on […]
Holiday Shopping – Parts I & II As you probably already know, the weeks leading up to Pessach are the US kosher wine industry’s busiest with more kosher wine being sold during this period than the rest of the year combined. As the popularity of quality kosher wine continues to increase, the quality and variety […]
#203 – February 3, 2012 Carignan has been planted in Israel for over 100 years but it is only recently that this difficult grape has started to yield delightful results, proving that Israel’s early settlers might have been onto something after all, even if it took 100 years for their plans to come to fruition. […]
#207 – March 12, 2012 (more recent update) Ella Valley Winery is located in the valley of Ella in the Judean Hills, which has been a viticulturally important area for 2000 years. While, from an historical point of view, the aesthetically stunning Ella Valley is primarily known for the monumental show-down between David and Goliath; […]