#276 – July 31, 2014 Despite my attempt to make my recent newsletters on Rose (#270) and White Wines (#271) as comprehensive as possible, the abundance of quality kosher wines (I am currently tasting over 1,000 different kosher wines every year) wreaks havoc with my desire to ensure that all the worthy wines are brought […]
#272 – June 20, 2014 As I have mentioned in the past, the nearly 100 kosher wineries worldwide (more than 70 in Israel alone) and close to 2,000 different kosher wine labels released each year make it difficult to taste all of them; which I need to do in order to sift through the drek […]
#273 – June 27, 2014 Despite my best intentions and with over 75 kosher wineries in Israel alone, a significant amount of time may go by before I provide an updated newsletter on many well-deserving wineries (which is one of the reasons for my more frequent “quickies”). Psagot is one of those wineries whose wines […]
When I first started writing my newsletter over eight years ago, the opening of a new winery was a special and relatively rare event that usually generated much excitement (at least among the geeky wine-loving community), even if the wines themselves were often disappointing and didn’t live up to the hype or expectations. These day […]
I #261 – December 15, 2013 srael might not be at the stage where it is the country with the highest number of winemakers per capita, but anyone who spends enough time there would be forgiven from coming away with that impression. Barely a day goes by in which I don’t hear about a new […]
#254 – August 9, 2013 (Latest Visit Report) As promised a few weeks ago in my “Wine Country” newsletter, this week’s newsletter is all about Recanati Winery, who has not received primo attention in nearly three years (despite occupying a substantial amount of my drinking and tasting during that time). Established in 2000 and located […]
#253 – July 26, 2013 While unfortunately not the topic to which the press regarding Israel is dedicated these days, Israeli winemaking is easily one of the best things about the country (if not THE best) and an integral (and growing) part of its fabric. In fact, Israeli winemaking has a tradition that goes back […]
#248 – May 29, 2013 For many years the patriarch of the Sayada family – Yosef, tended his family-owned vineyards in the Upper Galilee (located on the foothills of Mount Meron) and sold the resulting high-quality fruit to multiple high-end and prestigious wineries around the country who then utilized the grapes for some of their […]
#245 – April 17, 2013 After some delightful time off with my family for Pesach, with this week’s newsletter, we get back into the swing of things with a discussion of one of Israel’s most prestigious wineries – the Flam Winery. Together with Saslove and Tulip, Flam was part of the trifecta of near-mythical Israeli […]
#238 – January 13, 2013 Founded by three residents of the picturesque village of Mitzpe Netofa in Israel’s Lower Galilee, Domaine Netofa’s first vintage was the 2009 vintage, with the vineyards having been planted on the lower slopes of Mount Tavor in 2006. I first wrote about the wines in early 2010 and have been […]