![Compulsive Libationers of the Talmud?, featuring Prof. Sacha Stern [ep. 135 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Compulsive-Libationers-of-the-Talmud-Sacha-Stern-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
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]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Shiran-Ghito-Wines-A-Tasting-600x338.png)
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 […]
![Yaakov Oryah Wines: A Tasting [Video]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Yaakov-Oryah-Wines-A-Tasting-600x338.png)
Yaakov Oryah Wines: A Tasting [Video]
Closing out the waning moments of Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, Jewish Drinking held an Israeli wine-tasting accompanied by a discussion on the history of Israeli wines, as part of its monthly events series. The next event in this series will be taking place on May 3rd, featuring further Israeli wines, accompanied by a text-based discussion led by […]
![Eliyah Rabbah’s Focus on Wine for Purim [Clip from 127th Episode of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Eliyah-Rabbahs-Focus-on-Wine-for-Purim-600x338.png)
Eliyah Rabbah’s Focus on Wine for Purim [Clip from 127th Episode of The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this clip from the 127th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Fried and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss Rabbi Elijah Spira‘s focus on wine-drinking for Purim in his Eliyah Rabbah:
![Benefits of Partnering on Wines [clip from episode 120 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Twin-Suns-Partnership-with-Shirah-Wines-featuring-Shimon-and-Gabriel-Weiss-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-clip-from-episode-120-600x338.png)
Benefits of Partnering on Wines [clip from episode 120 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this clip from the 120th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Shimon and Gabriel Weiss share about benefits of partnering on Twin Suns:
![Shirah Wines, Featuring Shimon and Gabriel Weiss [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #120]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Shirah-Wines-featuring-Shimon-and-Gabriel-Weiss-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-clip-from-episode-120-600x338.png)
Shirah Wines, Featuring Shimon and Gabriel Weiss [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #120]
The brothers Shimon and Gabriel Weiss created the award-winning Shirah Wines over a dozen years and continue to produce quality kosher-certified wine. There are probably not too many brother winemaking teams out there in the kosher world, so it’s pretty neat to hear from them on the 120th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show share […]
![Introduction to Kosher Ice Wines, featuring Rabbi Avraham Gislason [clip from episode 119 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/intro-ice-wines-image-600x337.png)
Introduction to Kosher Ice Wines, featuring Rabbi Avraham Gislason [clip from episode 119 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this video clip from the 119th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Avraham Gislason shares about ice wines:
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 […]