Jacob Ner-David – Jezreel Valley Winery
Following-up from the previous episode of the show on Israeli wines, the 109th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Jacob Ner-David on the Israeli winery he co-founded, Jezreel Valley Winery. Ner-David is a 20+year veteran of serial entrepreneurship and technology innovation with deep connectivity in the Israeli and American venture scene. Ner-David is the […]
Sugars & Acids in Wine [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 108th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Erik Segelbaum shares about sugars and acids in wine:
Wine Regions of Israel [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 108th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Erik Segelbaum shares about the wine regions of Israel:
Wine in Israel, featuring Erik Segelbaum [Episode 108 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Having explored modern Israeli wine history (in episode 92 and episode 93), what about contemporary wine in Israel? For this conversation, the 108th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show welcomes first-time guest Erik Segelbaum to the show to discuss wine in Israel. Erik Segelbaum is the founder & chief vinnovation officer at SOMLYAY hospitality consulting, as […]
Wine (יין) Appearances in the Torah
The term for wine (יין) appears 25 times in the five books of Moses. Ten of these are in the book of Genesis, seven in the book of Numbers, five in the book of Deuteronomy, two in the book of Leviticus, and one in the book of Exodus. There are 14 parshiyot that have יין […]
Covenant Wines & The Improving Kosher Wine Scene [video clip]
In this clip from the 107th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Jeff Morgan discusses how Covenant Wines has been part of the improvement in quality of kosher wines in the past two decades:
Covenant Wines featuring Jeff Morgan [Episode 107 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
The 107th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features one of the world’s preeminent kosher vintners, Jeff Morgan, speaking about his highly-decorated winery. The co-owner and founding winemaker of Covenant Wines created the winery 19 years ago. Prior to that, he was a wine writer, including writing for Wine Spectator, leading to serving as their […]
The Use of Raisin Wine Amongst American Jews in the 19th Century
In this clip from the 100th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Jonathan Sarna shares about the use of raisin wine amongst American Jews in the 19th century: In addition to being available on YouTube, this video clip is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram.
Demons and the Four Cups of Wine at the Passover Seder [Redux] featuring Professor Sara Ronis
With Passover arriving at the end of this week, it’s a great time to revisit the Talmudic concern of demons when consuming an even number of cups of wine. Having previously discussed this topic on episode 25 of The Jewish Drinking Show, I am excited to revisit this topic with Professor Sara Ronis, whose forthcoming […]
Yossie Horwitz’ 2022 Pesach Wine-Buying Guide
Yossie Horwitz, of Yossie’s Corkboard, has published his 2022 Passover wine-buying guide. As to putting together this guide, Horwitz writes I find choosing wine for our sedarim a worthy endeavor to apply some effort too, especially given the teaching by our sages that wine gladdens the heart and there is no joy without wine (and […]