After such an awesome dinner the night before and a really fun morning out, I was all geared up for KFWE London which was held at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane in Mayfair - right across the street from Hyde Park where so many crazy concerts have been held over the years - including … Continue reading KFWE 2019 Tour Part 4: KFWE London
KFWE 2019 Tour Part 3: London Pre-Game – Blue Smoke Hedonism
The Lineup After a great night out at KFWE Tel Aviv it was time to leave the nest and fly to London. I am in touch with a few people in the London wine scene - some of them visit Israel often. Unfortunately, I rarely am in London and that's a shame. I love it … Continue reading KFWE 2019 Tour Part 3: London Pre-Game – Blue Smoke Hedonism
KFWE 2019 Tour Part 2: KFWE Tel Aviv (Zur)
My first official stop on the KFWE tour was Tel Aviv on February 4th . This is a show I try to go to every year work schedule permitting (last year I was in Barcelona for a conference which was a bummer). Now each of these shows certainly has their own flavor and style - … Continue reading KFWE 2019 Tour Part 2: KFWE Tel Aviv (Zur)
KFWE 2019 Tour Part 1: Overview
It's been a couple of weeks since I've posted - but they have been pretty eventful. Sometime last year I decided that this year I would attend as many of this year's Kosher Food and Wine Expo events as possible. 2 things prevented me from attending all of them: Paris and Tel Aviv took place … Continue reading KFWE 2019 Tour Part 1: Overview
Elvi Double Vertical
In the world of Kosher wine, we are currently in the absolute most exciting part of the year. From January through March, the vast majority of this year's wines are released so that they can be sold between Purim and Pesach. In order to sell these new releases to the stores and the consumers, a … Continue reading Elvi Double Vertical
Sommelier 2019
In Israel, the Sommelier Expo signals the start to the new wine season. For many Israeli wineries, this is their opportunities to launch new releases and get merchants interested in selling their product to the public. The event used to be only open to people within the business (liquor stores, restaurants etc) & press. For … Continue reading Sommelier 2019
2017 Vitkin Israeli Journey Red & Babi’s shloshim
This past month has been a little difficult personally. First and foremost, my grandmother Phoebe Davidowitz passed away. (While not at all wine related, out of respect for my grandmother you can find my hesped [eulogy] for her here). To top that off, 2 days before she died, my father while on his way to … Continue reading 2017 Vitkin Israeli Journey Red & Babi’s shloshim
RCC Israel # 28 – Shevat 5779
Due to some very unfortunate family circumstances, I've been unable to post this past month and this month's RCC was put together at the last minute. For that reason I sort of decided to be super laid back. Uri who cooked solo this month did a Chinese Takeout theme which sort of meshed with the … Continue reading RCC Israel # 28 – Shevat 5779
2016 Petit Castel
Knowing that I would be tasting the 2016 Grand Vin on the following Sunday I decided it would be nice to spend some time with Castel's "second" wine this past shabbat, the 2016 Petit Castel. With few exceptions (I'm looking at you 2010 & 2015) , both the GV and PC are good to great … Continue reading 2016 Petit Castel
Yossie Comes for a Visit
As I have written previously, it's really nice when friends from abroad join us either for RCC's or to get together for tastings or winery visits or really whatever. One of the people I enjoy spending time with is Yossie Horwitz. Besides writing his weekly newsletter and FB page, Yossie is of course perhaps most … Continue reading Yossie Comes for a Visit