Tzafona Cellars IceWines & More: Tasting Notes
Accompanying the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, featuring Tzafona Cellars, samples were sent for review purposes and I am happy to share tasting notes: Disclosure: Review samples of Tzafona Cellars ice wines and Nava Blanc were provided to Jewish Drinking for review purposes.
![Tzafona Cellars & Kosher Ice Wines, featuring Rabbi Avraham Gislason [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #119]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Tzafona-Cellars-and-Kosher-Ice-Wines-featuring-Rabbi-Avraham-Gislason-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-119-600x338.png)
Tzafona Cellars & Kosher Ice Wines, featuring Rabbi Avraham Gislason [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #119]
Introduction Owing to the restrictions concerning the production of ice wines, there are a very small number of countries in which they can be produced. As you can imagine, there are even fewer wineries producing kosher-certified ice wines. The 119th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features the winemaker of the only consistently-producing kosher-certified ice […]
![Pharoah’s Cupbearer and Baker as Cultural Conflict of Wine vs. Beer, featuring Dr. Jon Greenberg [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #116]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Pharoahs-Cupbearer-and-Baker-as-Cultural-Conflict-of-Wine-vs.-Beer-featuring-Dr.-Jon-Greenberg-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-Episode-116-600x338.png)
Pharoah’s Cupbearer and Baker as Cultural Conflict of Wine vs. Beer, featuring Dr. Jon Greenberg [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #116]
A story we encounter in the book of Genesis that, at first glance, may seem to have something to do with drinking could also be seen as having a lot to do with drinking. I am speaking about that concerning Pharoah’s cupbearer (drinks-master) and his baker, whom Joseph meets in jail and interprets their dreams. […]
![Kosher Wine Partnerships with Gentiles in Medieval Provence [clip from episode #115]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kosher-Wine-Partnerships-with-Gentiles-in-Medieval-Provence-Dr.-Pinchas-Roth-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-115-clip-600x338.png)
Kosher Wine Partnerships with Gentiles in Medieval Provence [clip from episode #115]
In this clip from the 115th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Pinchas Roth discusses gentile partnerships with Jews in the production of kosher wine in medieval Provence:
![The Response to Honey in Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence [clip from episode #115]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Response-to-Honey-in-Kosher-Wine-in-Medieval-Provence-Dr.-Pinchas-Roth-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-115-clip-600x338.png)
The Response to Honey in Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence [clip from episode #115]
In this clip from the 115th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Pinchas Roth discusses the harsh response for Provençal rabbis to Maimonides’ suggestion that adding honey to Jewish wine prevents it from becoming vulnerable to gentile touch, thereby rendering it unfit for Jewish consumption:
![Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence, featuring Dr. Pinchas Roth [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #115]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kosher-Wine-in-Medieval-Provence-Dr.-Pinchas-Roth-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-115-600x338.png)
Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence, featuring Dr. Pinchas Roth [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #115]
One of the trickiest aspects when it comes to kosher wine and Judaism is when it comes up against gentile touch. While we can talk about it broadly from the Mishnah (& Tosefta) and throughout the Talmud, and we have even discussed it broadly when it comes to Medieval rabbis on the topic, how was […]
![Options for Shemittah Wine [Clip from The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/options-for-Shemittah-Wine-Rabbi-Ezra-Friedman-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-111-clip-600x338.png)
Options for Shemittah Wine [Clip from The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this clip from the 111th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Ezra Friedman discusses options for shemittah wine:
![Wine and Shemittah, featuring Rabbi Ezra Friedman [Episode 111 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shemittah-and-Wine-Rabbi-Ezra-Friedman-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-111-1-600x338.png)
Wine and Shemittah, featuring Rabbi Ezra Friedman [Episode 111 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
A question I have been receiving since this year is a shemittah year, is “What is the deal with Shemittah wine?” To answer this question is first-time guest to The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Ezra Friedman. Rabbi Friedman is the Deputy Rabbinic Administrator of OU Kosher in Israel, the Director of the OU Gustave and Carol […]
Quantity of Wine-Production in Byzantine-Era Winery in Yavneh
In this clip from the 110th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Jon Seligman shares about the quantity of wine-production discovered in the Byzantine-era winery in Yavneh:
Wine from Byzantine-era Winery in Yavneh
In this clip from the 110th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Jon Seligman shares about the wine discovered in the Byzantine-era winery in Yavneh: