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. […]

I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWinExpo and determined to take full advantage, arrived as early as possible for the opening press conference which included a talk by Adam Montefiore’s on the state of the Israeli wine industry to the approximately 45 visiting foreign journalists, wine buyers […]

So KFWE was last night and, as always, I thought it was a great event – kudos to Gary J. and Royal for the hard work and all thier efforts and wishing all the West Coast folks a tremendous event tomorrow – enjoy. My newsletter this week will hopefully have a more detailed description of […]

Recommended by Yossie in the Month of February (1) Newsletter #203; February 02, 2012. Carmel, Mediterranean, 2007 Carmel, Appellation, Carignan, 2007 Binyamina, Reserve, Carignan, 2009

#200 – January 12, 2012 With your loyal support this week’s newsletter achieved another significant milestone for Yossie’s Wine recommendations – it is edition #200!  I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for your readership and hope you have enjoyed reading these weekly editions as much as I have enjoyed writing them […]

#198 – December 30, 2011 As the holiday week comes to a close here in New York I am really looking forward to taking back my morning commute back from the tourists. Seriously folks, despite the big illuminated apple on top, it’s still just a store… As usual, in connection with reviewing my notes and […]

#197 – December 23, 2011 As we close in on the end of the Gregorian calendar, we are blanketed by the media in all its iterations with multiple lists of the “best of” or “top 10” of any and everything under the planet from clothing and outrageous styles to restaurants and wine. While the lists […]

Binyamina Avnei Hachoshen, Yahalom-Diamond, 2007: A mentioned above, this was a limited edition run and a big success. A big, powerful and full-bodied blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Syrah (30%) and Petite Verdot (20%). Delicious right now but give it the time it deserves as it’s clearly destined for future greatness. Great structure and balance […]