From The Wine Cellar

In Praise Of Merlot Wine

From The Wine Cellar Daniel Rogov

Like Cinderella, wines based on the Merlot grape have too often been forced by their older and better- established sisters to sit in a corner, just a bit ashamed to make a public appearance.

Royal Wine: This Little One Will Be Great

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

A bottle of wine is big and heavy, and when you give dozens of mishloach manos to friends and relatives, it can get quite expensive and tedious. Thankfully, the selection of smaller wine bottles and cans has grown tremendously.

A Wine for Every Personality

From The Wine Cellar Talia Zimmerman

The Golan Heights Winery presents fun recommendations for wines that fit each of the 4 sons.

Which Wine Are You? – A Purim Quiz

From The Wine Cellar Jewish Press Staff

Purim is the holiday when all the secrets come out as the wine goes in. Knowing who you are can be hard. Knowing which wine to drink doesn’t have to be.

There Is No Simcha Without Good Wine

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

Succos, along with Simchas Torah is the holiday that most symbolizes and highlights the importance of serving G-d and follow his Torah with Joy....

Wine Survival Guide for 3 Day Yom Tov

From The Wine Cellar Jewish Press Staff

Practical tips from an Israeli wine expert on how to serve wine over the holidays without wasting money on wine that won't be used.

Samaria Wine Receives High Ranking from Prestigious US Wine Journal

From The Wine Cellar Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Wine Spectato recently awarded the high grade of 90 to the Tura Winery’s 2014 Mountain Peak wine.

How to Match Wine and Cheeses Like a Pro

From The Wine Cellar Jewish Press Staff

Impress those around your Shavuos table with your knowledge of which wine to serve with which cheese.

Get to Grips with Fruit Flavors in Wine on Tu B’Shvat

From The Wine Cellar Daniela Berkowitz

Fruit flavors as described in wine actually only refer to the scents that are identified as we smell the wine...

Grapes Galore – Kosher Wineries Move Into High Gear

From The Wine Cellar Marc Gronich

The grapes come in totes, known as wooden bins. From there it goes into various augers and pressers and filtration right there at crush and then it goes through a pasteurizer.

The Other Side Of The Cork: Netofa – the Essence of the Lower Galilee...

From The Wine Cellar Yael E. Geller

I always wanted to write an article on the history of the kosher wine evolution. It is fascinating that here we are in 5779/2019...

Passover Palate & Wine Guide 2014

From The Wine Cellar Jewish Press Staff

The Other Side of the Cork: A Closer Look into Burgundy

From The Wine Cellar Yael E. Geller

In exciting news to both Madeb and myself, we learned that there would be three new wines from Burgundy produced by the Aegerter winery.

A Feast For All

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

What’s even more special about the Purim feast is that there is such an emphasis on drinking wine, despite the fact that we don’t even make Kiddush!

Going First Class

From The Wine Cellar Daniel Rogov

No one has ever said that truly fine wines are going to be found at bargain prices. Such wines, like luxury automobiles, designer handbags, custom-made jewelry and first-class international flights can, in fact, be quite dear. While it is true that most of us will rarely, if ever, buy Lamborghini automobiles and will most probably not approach Gucci to custom design a handbag for us, there is no valid reason to avoid, at least from time-to-time, buying the best wines available.

The Super-Tasting Women

From The Wine Cellar Daniel Rogov

There are two popular wine-related beliefs making the rounds these days, both of which deserve to be put to rest because they are nothing more than pure and unadulterated nonsense. The first of these would have us believe that men are better qualified to taste wine than women, and the second that some wines are more appropriate for men and others for women.

For Pesach And All Year Round

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

Materially speaking, kosher wine symbolizes our connection and commitment to G-d more than anything else. Unlike kosher food, kosher wine isn't solely defined by specific ingredients or appearance.

How Sweet It Is!

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

Unfortunately, sweet kosher wines have the reputation of being inferior, simple table quaffers that lack any complexity and appeal for the fine wine drinkers.

Concierge Service Brings The Joy Of Wine To Private Events

From The Wine Cellar Baruch Lytle

Wine is truly a living, breathing item, and finding the right wine is a lot like buying stylish clothing; every season new styles are coming out.

Israel’s Wine Guide Boycotts Judea and Samaria Wineries

From The Wine Cellar JNi.Media

Of course, if the guide were to exclude the Golan wineries it would have been a very thin book, without industry stars like Yarden and Gamla.

Warming Up With Elegant Wines

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

Some wines are so elegant and rich that they bring a smile of satisfaction and enhance the spiritual experience while debating a rashi with our chavrusa.

Wine-tune your Mishloach Manos Game

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

There is often an inner feeling that the package is not good or original enough, whatever that means. Every one of us has his/her sense of what is adequate to give out in our Purim gift packs.

From The Four Corners Of The Earth

From The Wine Cellar Gabriel Geller WSET III

Wherever we are from, we, as yidden, all have a cultural heritage that should unite rather than divide us. This is the reason why I chose a variety of wines from countries far away from one another to enjoy over the upcoming yomim tovim, instead of the usual new wines for the new year or sweet wines for a sweet year.