No guests this week – taking a breather, so I only opened a single bottle. Rothberg Cellars Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 – Score: A- The nose on this Garnet – purple colored wine is filled with nice fruit, blackberry, cassis, and coffee. The mouth of this medium-full bodied wine is filled with fruit carry over. [...]
Archive for March, 2008
This Past Friday Night Wine…
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, Rothberg Cellars on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Purim 2008
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Bashan Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cantina Gabriele, Herzog Winery, Merlot, Merlot Eitan, Monte Olivo, Mount Meroma Winery, Napa Valley, Pinotage, Rothberg Cellars, Sangiovese, Special Reserve, Umbria Rosso on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This Purim I drank wine with friends on Thursday night and at Friday lunch. After all that, Shabbos was a nice break from wine. Thursday night I did not take notes. So these are more memory of what I tasted than actual facts. Thursday Night: Rothberg Cellars Pinotage 2004 – This wine exhibits classic Pinotage [...]
Four Gates Winery Pinot Noir 2000 FFB – Score: A
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Four Gates Winery, François Fréres Bertranges, Pinot Noir on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This wine has a special designation of FFB. The FFB stands for – François Fréres Bertranges, a specialized french oak barrel that Four Gates used on one part of the 2000 vintage. Four Gates Winery specially bottled a few that were not blended and never sold them to the public. However, the few that I [...]
This past Friday Night’s wines….
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Appellation, Cabernet Franc, Carmel Winery, Chateau Yon-Figeac, Hagafen Winery, Herzog Winery, Recanati Winery, Reserve, Special Reserve, Syrah, Yarden Winery on March 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week we had some people over so the selection was larger. In the order they were drank…. Chateau Yon-Figeac 1995 – Score: B- The nose was nice and opened over time, but this was way over its life. The color was still Bordeaux red, and the mouth was a bit tannic still, but the [...]
This past Friday Night’s wine…
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher White Wine, Wine, tagged Chardonnay, Four Gates Winery on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week we had no guests – so fewer bottles We had some wonderful spicy food so a Chardonnay filled in nicely. Four Gates Chardonnay 2004 – Score: A- The nose on this straw colored wine has lychee, citrus, apple, and wood aromas. The mouth of this medium bodied wine is filled with citrus, [...]
Tanya Winery
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Kosher White Wine, Wine, Winery Visit, tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Halel, Jerba, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Samll Cask, Tanya Winery, Wine Tasting at Winery, Yoram Cohen on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a clear and cool winter day we meet up with Chaim Feder – one of the investors in the Tanya Winery. The winery is tucked away in Ofra where the wonderful and eccentric wine maker Yoram Cohen lives. When we first met Yoram he was hard at work building a barrel. Yes, he was [...]
Tzora Winery
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Kosher White Wine, Wine, Winery Visit, tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Gewurztraminer, Givat Hachalukim, ice wine, Judean Hills, Merlot, Or, Shoresh, Tzora Winery, Wine Tasting at Winery on March 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We made an unplanned stop at the Tzora Winery on a cold winters day and we are so happy we did. We arrived in the late afternoon and there was quite a party going on. A bunch of kids from America had arrived and they were making the most of the winery’s insanely kind hospitality. [...]
Mony Wine
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Kosher White Wine, Wine, Winery Visit, tagged Chardonnay, Mony Winery, Reserve, Shiraz on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We recently tasted some Mony wines that we liked so we thought we would share them with you. Mony Chardonnay 2005 – Score: A- This golden straw colored wine has a nose of apples, lychee, and oak. The mouth of this medium bodied wine is balanced with just enough oak and abundant fruit. The apple, [...]
Zemora Winery
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Kosher White Wine, Wine, Winery Visit, tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Viognier, Wine Tasting at Winery, Zemora Winery on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On a dry but cold winter morning we set out for Zemora Winery. Tucked in Moshav Beit Zayit – just below Jerusalem and in particular, Har Nof can be found a small but budding kosher winery. The winery has been in business for some time now, but only started producing kosher wines as of the [...]
