September 2023 Wine-Tasting Notes
Sharing tasting notes from these three wines: Mia Luce Winery 2020 Syrah & Stems Yotam 2020 Cuvée Vera Yaffo Winery 2018 Heritage Disclosure: These wines were provided by KosherWine.com to Jewish Drinking for review purposes
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]
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 […]
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.
Rabbi Avi Slansky’s Wine, Whisky & Halachah: A Review
I finally decided to order Wine, Whisky & Halachah so that I could read it and see what was inside of it. It had first appeared on my radar when I saw a review of it in the spring 2020 issue of Jewish Action (pp. 104-105 by Rabbi Eli Gersten), but I was finally moved […]
Reviewing Jordan Rosenblum’s New Book, Rabbinic Drinking
A new book recently came out that makes for a fascinating resource for educators teaching Rabbinic literature. Intended for college courses as an introduction to Rabbinic literature Jordan Rosenblum’s new book, Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic Literature, has various chapters which could be separately assigned as part of course readings for such courses […]