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jpost.com | Adam Montefiore |Douglas Altabef |Efraim Inbar |Yoram Dori
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jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
Shavuot is also known as the Feast of Weeks. It is the harvest festival commemorating the wheat harvest. It commemorates the giving of the Torah, and many people will stay up all night studying. We traditionally eat dairy produce on this holiday, and white wines go best with the foods offered, especially if cheese is on the menu. Many wine folk will therefore be organizing wine & cheese parties, and for this I recommend a variety of white and rosé wines at different price points.
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1 month ago | 
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2 months ago | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
Passover is upon us, and which wines to buy will be top of mind. Though the choice is large, most families have their own customs. Many will only choose red wines because that is the tradition for religious ritual. Others will choose whites because of bad memories of the blood libel. Rosés are a new trend. There is the color some require, but the wines are lighter and easier to drink in succession. There are those who will follow the order of a banquet – sparkling, white, red, and dessert wines.
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2 months ago | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
A garage in a domestic house is a good place for a car. However, most garages end up being the extra storeroom. Everything you think you may need is carefully spirited away in boxes and stuffed into the garage. Of course, when you need something specific, you know you saved it very carefully but can never find it. I suppose the craft brewer may use his garage as his playground, but how about making wine in a garage? That would be something new! Well, not exactly.
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Mar 15, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
Tomer Weinberg discovered that when he was around wine, anxiety, fear, and tension dissipated as if by a miracle. And if the winemaking process could help him, it could also help others.
Israel is the Start-Up Nation, known for groundbreaking advances in medicine, agriculture, and technology.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
Purim is really the only time that Jews are encouraged to get drunk, and it is all in the name of religion. You need to become so drunk that you can’t tell the difference between the words “Blessed be Mordecai” and “Cursed be Haman.”Drunkenness is not well regarded in Judaism. Noah tarnished an unblemished reputation by becoming drunk from the wine he produced. The story of Lot and his daughters is another biblical story where overindulgence is an issue.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
Valentine’s Day is a time of romance. Roses and chocolates can do the job by conveying a message, but sparkling wine is not far behind. The roses and chocolates are gifts wrapped in feelings. You give them as a gesture of your love; but a sparkling wine, you open and drink together, sharing your love in a glass. Sparkling wine is certainly the wine of fashion, partying, celebration, and romance. It remains the classic wine to make a toast with. It is also a symbol of success, happiness, and love.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
Tu Bishvat is a time to appreciate the world around us. Whatever is happening around the world, life in nature and the vineyard continues as before. This is the beginning of a new growing cycle.
Israel has a festival for planting trees, which is called Tu Bishvat, which is also known as the New Year for trees.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Adam Montefiore
When we have a wider family get-together, we number 23 adults, ranging in age from 18 to 86. Of these, eight are serious dedicated wine drinkers, who will taste every wine I bring – and I bring a few. Five will take a glass of their favorite wine, and it will last the whole evening. Most won’t finish it. Another will only drink white because red gives her headaches. The two octogenarians will look up hopefully when I arrive and ask: “Do you have a wine for us?” They are referring to Moscato.
