While I am sure this will come as a complete shock to my readers (all of whom are clearly well-rounded and sophisticated individuals), there are a large number of folks out there who think that all wines are alike and differences between wines are irrelevant and purely fictional (gasp). These are probably the same folk […]
#148 – November 10, 2010 After covering California’s largest kosher winery last week, this week I am writing about a number of smaller Californian wineries where a recent proliferation of great kosher wine bodes amazingly well for the future of the kosher oenophile. While Herzog and Hagafen are well known and, together with Four Gates […]
Yossie’s Wine Recommendations #120 – 3/12/10 Holiday Prep – Pessach Buying Guide #1 NOTE: Scroll to the bottom for the Pessach Recommended Wine Lists The weeks leading up to Pessach are among the US kosher wine industry’s busiest as more wine is sold during this time than the rest of the year combined. Practically all […]
#124 – April 25, 2010 The advent of spring usually brings forth a number of newsletters devoted to the glorious wines of summer including fresh flavored Rose wines or crisply refreshing Sauvignon Blanc wines. As global warming slowly envelopes the world in its tentacles, these newsletters have been appearing ever more early in the year […]
#180 – July 21, 2011 With New York temperatures reaching 100ºF today (even before taking the tortuous humidity into effect making midtown Manhattan feel like a breezy 109ºF), I am sure I will be forgiven for focusing once again on the heat. As I make my way to work each day through a sea of […]
By now, all of you who signed up for the Leket Wine Club should have received your shipment in honor of Chanukah, which went out last week. As an interim-week edition and for the enjoyment of those who haven’t yet signed up for the club, I have set forth below the materials that went out […]
Unfortunately the wine club has been discontinued. Please check out Leket’s website or contact me directly for ways you can help support the tremendous work of this incredible charity. Please check out at the Leket Wine Club and sign-up. Its a great wine to learn more about Israeli wines, have some a great selection of […]
For our inaugural edition of the Leket Wine Club and in honor of our increasing operations in the Northern parts of Israel, I have decided to focus on four wineries with vineyards located on Israel’s Northern border – Dalton, Galil Mountain, Recanati and Segal. While Leket has not yet had the opportunity to pick grapes […]
#122 – February 25, 2010 (Purim Satire) While this newsletter’s primary audience always has been and will continue to be the sophisticated wine drinker, the upcoming Purim holiday made me realize that I have been ignoring a rather large group of wine consumers who are richly deserving of some newsletter attention – the lovers of […]
#384: Under the Tuscan Sun (Terra di Seta) #360: Viva La France (Bordeaux & Champagne, History and Chateau Visits) #308: Wine Country #2 (2 Day / 8 Wineries / 75 Wine #271: Broadening Your Horizons (The Rise of White Wines) #259: Inclement Weather (The Importance of the Vintage Year) #251: Wine Country (5 days / 15 […]