Making Whiskey Using Kosher-Certified Sherry Barrels [Clip from The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this clip from the 139th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Gal Kalkshtein, CEO & founder of M&H, and Tal Chotiner, Vice President of Global Sales, discuss M&H Distillery‘s innovative move of making kosher-certified sherry wines for their whiskies, which is particularly notable, since they won best single-malt whisky a few months ago at The […]
Nevo & Jezreel Valley Wines: A Tasting [Video]
At our recent Texts-and-Tasting event, we tasted a few wines: – Nevo 2018 Petit Verdot – Nevo 2018 Blend – Jezreel Valley Winery 2019 Alfa Here are our thoughts: Disclosure: the Nevo wines were provided to Jewish Drinking for review purposes by KosherWine.com, while the Jezreel Valley wine was provided by the winery to Jewish […]
Considering White Wine [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 138th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Jay Buchsbaum urges consumers to consider white wine:
Approaching European Wineries to Make Kosher Wine [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 138th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Jay Buchsbaum shares how Royal Wine Corporation approaches European wineries to make runs of kosher wine:
Producing Kosher Wine in European Wineries, featuring Jay Buchsbaum [The Jewish Drinking Show ep. #138]
Introduction Ever wondered how the process of production of kosher wines work at European wineries? While we had previously discussed Kedem/Royal Wine on a previous episode, joining us to speak about how Royal/Kedem procures kosher runs of wine at these European wineries is Jay Buchsbaum. Biography of Guest Buchsbaum has worked for over twenty years […]
Greco-Roman Libations, featuring Prof. Sacha Stern [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 135th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Prof. Sacha Stern discusses Greco-Roman libations:
Attitudes Towards Gentile Wine in the Talmud
In this clip from the 135th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Prof. Sacha Stern discusses Talmudic attitudes towards gentile wine:
Compulsive Libationers of the Talmud?, featuring Prof. Sacha Stern [ep. 135 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Introduction Having discussed gentiles and libations previously on The Jewish Drinking Show, I was fascinated to have come across Professor Sacha Stern’s “Compulsive Libationers: Non-Jews and Wine in Early Rabbinic Sources”, Journal of Jewish Studies 64.1 (2013): 19-44. As such, I am very excited to welcome him to the show’s 135th episode to share his research. Biography […]
May 2023 Event
Last night, JewishDrinking held a learning event on Jewish holiday practices, especially since these holidays come up in this week’s Torah portion. Specifically, the discussion was on how drinking plays a part in enjoying Jewish holidays, with a focus on Talmudic texts, as well as post-Talmudic texts written by Maimonides and Rabbi Yosef Karo, amongst […]
Shiran & Ghito Wines: A Tasting [Video]
Continuing the second quarter of 2023 wine-tastings, Jewish Drinking held a texts-and-tasting event yesterday, which featured several Israel wines, all of which are available on KosherWine.com: Shiran The Song of the Birds 2020 Shiran The Conductor 2019 Ghito Adom 2019 Ghito Dudaim 2020 Towards the end, a several people stayed behind to share their thoughts […]