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Nathan Lopes Cardozo
June 28, 2018, 12:10 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
The scandal of the Ethiopians and the wine
The Orthodox Judaism I fell in love with at the age of 16 has become distorted beyond recognition
Leslie Rudd (Screen capture: Vimeo/Edge Hill)
May 9, 2018, 11:45 pm
Leslie Rudd, maker of fine kosher wines, is dead at 76
Co-founder of Covenant Winery in California’s Napa Valley grew up in Kansas drinking Manischewitz and sought to make top end beverage
By JTA
Amar’e Stoudemire showing one of the wines in his collection of Israeli kosher wines, in New York, February 20, 2018. (Courtesy of Jewish National Fund-USA via JTA)
February 21, 2018, 11:58 pm
Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire launches line of kosher wines
Basketballer selling two red blends and a Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Israel, says ’It’s my way of giving back to the land’
By Josefin Dolsten
Ian McGonigle
July 9, 2017, 2:27 pm
Ian McGonigle
Grapes from Zion
The West Bank makes world-class wine, no matter what you think of the wineries’ religious or political convictions
Jeremy Rosen
November 4, 2016, 1:41 pm
Jeremy Rosen
Getting drunk
On wine’s importance in Judaism — and how the sages protect nice Jewish boys from fraternizing with sexy shiksa models
White Peach Sangria with Orange Blossom Water and Strawberry Rosé Sangria (Samantha Ferraro/ via JTA)
August 24, 2016, 2:25 am
What’s better than Sephardic Sangria one way? Sephardic Sangria two ways
Orange blossom and rose water lend aromatic and floral tones, making this refreshing Mediterranean-influenced cocktail go down smooth
By Samantha Ferraro
Illustrative photo of kosher wine production in Israel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2016, 10:49 pm
Montreal cops seize 8,000 bottles of illegal kosher wine
Two arrested after authorities find 650 cases in synagogue basement in apparent Passover-related bootlegging bust
By JTA
Tasting and spitting at Wine Jerusalem 2015; this year's expo opens Wednesday night at Binyanei Hauma, the International Convention Center (Courtesy Wine Jerusalem)
March 9, 2016, 11:12 am
It’s all kosher at Jerusalem’s annual wine fest
Two nights to taste varietals from 40 wineries across the land
By Jessica Steinberg
Jeff Morgan keeps an eye on the grapes for his kosher wines at the Covenant Winery in Berkeley, California (Steve Goldfinger)
January 1, 2016, 6:01 am
Wine of the ‘Covenant’ finally found — in California
Vintner Jeff Morgan’s Covenant Winery is known for producing some of the world’s best kosher vinos, and tasty recipes to boot
By Lisa Klug
Maria Pellegrini, who owns the winery with her husband, grew up in a winemaking family in southern Italy. But because she isn't Jewish, she can't take part in the winemaking in her own winery. (Ben Sales/JTA)
August 22, 2015, 4:36 am
At Tuscany’s only kosher winery, owners can’t touch the Chianti
Terra di Seta’s vintners are meticulously adhering to highest winemaking standards… and Jewish tradition
By Ben Sales
To Baltimore resident Joeann Wallace, selecting a kosher Moscato 'is well worth it' for the taste she enjoys. (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)
March 11, 2015, 2:01 pm
In US, kosher-for-Passover wine is not just for seders — or Jews
Bartenura’s Moscato captures niche ‘inner-city, hip-hop, millennial crowd’ after Lil’ Kim, Drake and Jay-Z work the wine into their music videos
By Hillel Kuttler
Barrels at an Israeli winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, February 11, 2014. (AP/ Dan Balilty/File)
January 25, 2015, 12:53 pm
Boutique revolution puts Israeli wines on world map
A new generation of winemakers has turned Israel into a haven for unique labels that are selling well at home, and abroad
By AFP
Psagot Winery's first home now serves as Yaakov Berg's house in the Mateh Binyamin settlement (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 19, 2014, 7:57 am
Settlement winery touts vino with a biblical vintage
Situated a stone’s throw from Ramallah, Psagot doesn’t blush over its politics, ancient terraces or evangelical pickers
By Jessica Steinberg
Sipping the wines at the Flam Winery (photo credit: Noa Magger)
March 23, 2014, 6:50 am
Sip, swish and spit — and blog
Wine writers come to taste the ’emerging, almost there’ Israeli viniculture
By Jessica Steinberg
A red, a white and a rose from Jezreel Valley Winery (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2014, 6:26 am
This is wine before its time
The novice vintners of Jezreel Winery blend technology with out-of-the-box thinking to produce a new red, flavorful but easy on the palate
By Jessica Steinberg
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