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After Gotham’s 6th Annual Kosher Wine Extravaganza, we had a real treat when we sat down with Costas Mouzouras – the head wine master at Gotham Wines.  Gotham is the wine purveyor that put on the kosher wine event, and the wines were chosen by Costas, which gave the event a real professional feel, while [...]

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This past weekend saw us trying this wonderful Chardonnay and roasted chicken.  My wife whipped up her usual lemon and red pepper roasted chicken.  I made sure there was tons of tart and yummy lemons, thinly sliced, placed all over the chicken.  The thinner you slice the lemons, the more juice is extracted as it [...]

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This past week saw my friend (the ultimate wine novice) and me at what can truly be called the greatest “kosher wine event” on earth.  This is not the place to come if you want to be fed a wonderful spread, or the place to come if you want to be fed line after line [...]

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Recently we went to a party and I brought along two bottles of wine.  The wine notes follow below:
2003 Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve – Score: A-
This wine was really nice. The nose of this dark purple wine is screaming with blackberry, cassis, raspberry, and oak. The mouth on this full bodied wine is complex [...]

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Until a month ago, you could redeem miles from many carriers (AA, Delta, US Airways) and renew your all important Wine Spectator subscription.  Look here.  Well, now that is over.  I powered up Firefox looking to update my subscription, and sure enough – the deal was gone.  I guess WS is hard up for money, [...]

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This past weekend saw us enjoying some really nice food and wine.  We were in the mood for a nice cut of meat and so, we dipped into the freezer and pulled out some of my wife’s favorite cuts of meat – short ribs (or ribs in general).  Now ribs and short ribs really have [...]

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Daniel Rogov and Gary Vaynerchuk together in the same room – what a joy! They sat together and tasted four kosher wines:

2007 Yogev Cabernet Sauv & Petit Verdot
2006 Carmel Carignan
2005 Yatir Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Herzog Generation VIII Cabernet Sauvignon

The give and take was close to hilarious at times.  The overall tasting was fun, informative, and [...]

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