The Best and the Brightest
#264 – February 20, 2014 Hot on the heels of my 2013 summary, it is time for my annual rating of the best wines I tasted in 2013. Being a lawyer by profession (and therefore a stickler for the rules),...
View Article2014 Pesach Kosher Wine Buying Guide
Market Price: Parts I & II As you already know, the weeks leading up to Pesach are the US kosher wine industry’s busiest, with more kosher wine purchased during this period than the rest of the...
View ArticleThe Pièce(s) de Résistance (Best Wines of 2014)
With the Gregorian year of 2014 officially in the bag, it is time for my annual rating of the best wines I tasted in 2014. In keeping with “Yossie’s Corkboard” tradition, in addition to the “best”...
View ArticleThe Much Maligned Merlot
#157 – December 30, 2014 I wanted to shine some well-deserved light on a varietal that cannot seem to garner any respect, regardless of what it does – the Much Maligned Merlot. As any reader of this...
View ArticleAnnual Pesach Kosher Wine Buying Guide (Holiday Prep)
#288 – March 12, 2015 Public Service Announcement: You can skip the verbiage and scroll straight down to the bottom of this newsletter for the actual list (which this year includes all my...
View ArticleAn Ode to Pink
#292 – May 20, 2015 Despite New York reverting back to more typical Spring weather these past few days, the recent tantalizing days of summer-like weather were sufficient to galvanize me into my annual...
View ArticleRosé Colored Glasses (Rosé)
#357 – June 11, 2018 With a great slate of white wine options, it’s time to address the quintessential “summer wine” – rosé. With warmer weather being dragged kicking and screaming into June, the...
View Article
