Passover Wine Recommendations #68
April 3, 2008
While many of us shop for wine on a regular basis (or as my wife might put it, a much to regular basis), the majority of wine buying in America is conducted in the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Pessach. Whether as a result of or the reason for, most large sales are also conducted during these times and present a good opportunity to stock up on wine at attractive prices. This is typically the time that wineries and importers unveil new wines as well. Read more
Kosher Wine Recommendations #60
January 11, 2008
With permission, from the newsletter of oenophile, Yossie Horwitz
Another great (little) winery is Ella Valley Winery (not to be confused with the far inferior Ella Valley Series from Kinneret which is a private label made entirely for export by Teperberg). Ella’s first vintage was in 2002 and for a vintage year considered relatively poor, the wines were very good. Read more
Kosher Wine Recommendations #59
January 3, 2008
With permission, from the newsletter of oenophile, Yossie Horwitz
The wine writers at the Wall Street Journal have a concept they call “Open that Bottle Night” (OTBN) which they invented, in their own words since: “All of us, no matter how big or small our wine collections, have that single bottle of wine we simply can never bear to open”. What happens to all these special bottles we tend to accumulate and never want to open - they sit and sit since no occasion is worth opening them for. Read more


