RCC was recently covered in the Jewish Week and the UK’s Jewish Chronicle. I have a problem. Within a few years after I “got into” wine at the tender age of sixteen, I started to collect wine with the intention of cellaring certain bottles. By that time I had been taught by Avi Ben, Daniel […]
I have long maintained a page on this site dedicated to those special wines that were only available in Israel and I felt were worth bringing back to the US, either for long-term cellaring purposes or simply to enjoy. As the geographic scope of readership has continued to expand, a significant number of readers are located in Israel […]
#288 – March 12, 2015 Public Service Announcement: You can skip the verbiage and scroll straight down to the bottom of this newsletter for the actual list (which this year includes all my recommendations in this week’s edition, instead of being split over two weeks), but the material below contains a number of tips that […]
With the Gregorian year of 2014 officially in the bag, it is time for my annual rating of the best wines I tasted in 2014. In keeping with “Yossie’s Corkboard” tradition, in addition to the “best” wines of 2014, I have also included a list of the most interesting and exciting wines I tasted this […]
#275 -July 14, 2014 During the three years since it was last showcased on these pages, its popularity has (relatively) increased, the sophistication and frequency it is used has grown and the number of choices to enjoy its fruity power is very welcome. One practical indicator of this is that in order to provide a […]
Market Price: Parts I & II As you already know, the weeks leading up to Pesach are the US kosher wine industry’s busiest, with more kosher wine purchased during this period than the rest of the year combined (the wine buying in Israel is slightly more evenly distributed throughout the year, with Rosh Hashana also […]
It is time for my annual rating of the best wines I tasted in 2013. Being a lawyer by profession (and therefore a stickler for the rules), I am sticking to only to wines I tasted by December 31, 2013. My most recent visit to Israel including attending the always incredible Sommelier Expo where I […]
#266 – March 26, 2014 Despite the fact that nearly 25% of 2014 is in the bag, I’m hoping that there is still an appetite for the third leg of my annual trifecta of year-end newsletters. The delay is at least partially attributable to the fact that I recently switched jobs and have been playing […]
#264 – February 20, 2014 Hot on the heels of my 2013 summary, it is time for my annual rating of the best wines I tasted in 2013. Being a lawyer by profession (and therefore a stickler for the rules), I am sticking to only to wines I tasted by December 31, 2013. My most […]
After a six-week hiatus and with the Gregorian year of 2013 now solidly in the bag (and then some), I wanted to take this opportunity to look back at the last 12 months and discuss the occurrences and trends that impacted the wonderful world of Israeli and kosher wines (“KIWW”). While Jane Austin’s philosophy of […]