Recently, we were invited to participate in a wine tasting consisting only of Israeli wines.  It was an interesting experience.  I, like most of the wine drinking public in this country, think of Israeli wine through the following framework: Israel is the Jewish state; Jewish wine would typically be kosher; the most well known kosher wine is Manischewitz, which sucks; therefore, all Israeli wine must […]

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Here are the events that we think are worth checking out this weekend and beyond.  Click on the title of an event to visit its official web site.

Philadelphia

Saké Fest 2008: Wednesday, April 9, 6 - 8:30 p.m. at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel; $55 at the door, $65 in advance.  Saké might not be wine made from […]

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Two weeks ago, a couple of old friends from our New York days, whom we met on vacation in Argentina but haven’t seen since we left NYC, dropped by our place in San Francisco to say hello.  It had been almost exactly three years since we had first met at our charming little bed and breakfast in Buenos Aires and, later that week, shared delicious, […]

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