I have to say that I have never tried a kosher wine, but my favorite wine store in town carries a good number of kosher wines, so maybe one day. So, I take it you aren’t down with the Rodney Strong Cab? I haven’t tried it, but way to call him out!

QOTD: NO….
I love how you went Yoda on us:…….”Very awkward nose this Merlot has…..”.

I have had many more than $20 kosher wines. And you are right that the Israeli wine industry is making significant headway. But you would have done much better with many of the selections from Yarden ($20 – $30), Castel ($35 – $60), Segal’s ($25 – $35), Barkan, Galil Mountain their Yiron is a great QPR at around ($25), or the Carmel (yes Carmel!) single vineyard wines, to name a few. By the way, the 2002 Israeli harvest is a particularly odd one as the wines are bold and well crafted, but because of the odd weather, short lived. Nevertheless, it is a good start.

Your honesty is sooooooooooooooooooooooo refreshing. Thanks, Mary

Jeff and Lesley will not be happy with this episode….

Wow what an ending…
welcome newbies!
QOTD: no, sorry 🙁

Lately, I’ve shared a bottle of Covenant ’05 every month or so and it is nothing like you’ve described. I honestly think that you might have gotten a bad or damaged bottle.

Maybe it was one of the three bottles that I bought from you that I had to return to you because they were all leaking inside the styrofoam packers. What a mess that was!

Gary, you wouldn’t have kept those damaged bottles would you?

Looking for Cork’d “drinking buddies” . . . .

Any other kosher wine drinkers out there? FRIEND ME UP! as GV would say . . .

http://corkd.com/people/kosherwineguy

I have been watching for a while, but first post.

What is it about kosher wne that makes it harder out of the gates to get a decent wine?

Here is Robert Parker’s review of the Covenant, from their website:

â??The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (550 cases) possesses beautiful purity along with abundant amounts of black currant fruit intermixed with licorice, tobacco leaf, and spice box notes. It is a restrained, elegant version of the extroverted 2004. The 2005 should drink well for 12-15 years.â?

GV might agree with “restrained” but not much else.

QOTD: Have had a kosher wine at a business lunch in Tel Aviv, but don’t think it was >$20. It was unremarkable merlot. At the duty-free shop in Tel Aviv, I bought a $20-25 Israeli cab that I was excited to bring home, but it got confiscated when I was going through airport security in London.

Big G, Well all I can say is untill I see some better showings of Kosher Wines on WLTV I will not be forking out my hard earned green.

QOTD: See Above

Gary,

Nice try. I haven’t had any Kosher wine, and am not yet convinced I should. I’ll keep an open mind if one is placed in front of me, but won’t buy without tasting first.

How about free shipping on the one that smelled like vomit? It’ll be great for practical jokes/blind tastings.

I’m a little worried about your jets…..a 35 y/o guard playing center and a ballerina at quarterback…..hmmmmm

Chad Pennington and the Vikings – 14, the NY Jets-3

What’s the scoop on Friday’s live tasting? I have friends coming over (am trying to spread the thunder) but don’t have a clue about what you got planned.

Lurker…. Good show gary, although i’m not quite sure what constitutes a kosher wine, and it would have been interesting to take a lesson. Im not interested in buying a kosher wine, and unless yer jewish, why would you? the wines are 25,20, and 70$! bones and not that great. And for the question of the day, no i have not had one, so i cant really say, but this episode does not make me want to change my mind. Just bought some Messena 2005 11th. hour. oh yea. good juice.
indiana

Yo, Indy, I just bought a box here in Seattle. Very good stuff,Massena. Have you had Godolphin? For about the same $, we loved it even more. Where did you buy it in Indiana? I’m from E’ville, and spent much time in B’ton and Indy. Eric

another n00b *since friday actually ;)*

great show Gary

slightly insane and honest…gotta love the combo

Great show! 2 wines from Hevron Heights, though?! For good quality and great value kosher wines check out pretty much anything from the Golan Heights Winery (Yarden, Galil Mountain). Golan Heights Winery really started the quality revolution in Israel in the 1980s. I can’t wait to see the non-kosher Israeli wine show, Gary! Most of those wines have not yet been formally introduced to Americans – some great stuff in that space! And it would be great to see more retailers create an “Israeli” wine section!

Richard

It makes me smile when you are confused about a bottle of wine. I am not the only one that gets confused by a wine. My confusion is on a much smaller scale, but none the less it still makes me smile.

I love the fact that we are changing the wine world. Spreading the thunder across the “V” nation and then across the World!

I have tasted sev kosher wines before, but not above $20. After today’s episode, I’m in no hurry to go find one either.

OK..I’m convinced, I’m not gonna buy ANY kosher wines yet…Thanks for great show as always. Is it possible the last bottle is was in a closed phase? Bottle shock?…
QOTD- No, and thanks to you no plans to try one anytime soon.

QOTD: Never had any kosher wine

Newbie. Keep coming back for the energy. I have a couple friends who might like a finer kosher wine as a gift, so I appreciate the scoop.

Thanks, Gary. I was literally queing up my browser this morning to search for more info on Israeli and kosher wines for an upcoming tasting I’ll be hosting and – whaddya know – found your episode. How’s that for a coincidence? Thanks for a great show.

QOTD: Don’t know that I’ve ever had a Kosher wine at any pricepoint. Oh well.

Great episode.
QOTD: Have had kosher wine, but I cannot remember the price. After doing a little online research I am guessing retail for

QOTD: the last time I had a kosher wine was during my first marriage, and I’m sure it was not over $20.00 because I think I picked some of them out and there were no kosher wines at that price range. I don’t think that anybody really drank them – they were just for the ceremony. Passover gatherings were a lot of fun and I sure miss them. Russian Cream with strawberries was very popular at that time. I still have the recipe.