Archive for March, 2009

CONTEST: Create the BEST Caption for this picture

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Couple things –  the Mom and Wine Contest winners will be decided and announced this weekend.
Second – here’s a new contest for you…..
The BEST caption created for this picture I took last night wins a 3-pack of wine from Israel (gotta  be in a state I can ship to, ok?) Put your caption in the [...]

Gun To Your Head Wine Interview

Friday, March 20th, 2009

My pal and wine writer Lenn Thompson just asked me “gun to your head, what is THE varietal that will lead Israel to the Promised Land?”
Great (and tough) question.
Americans have been trained to pay more attention to grape VARIETY and less to PLACE.
Grape Variety became the short-hand infrastructure for training wine newbies here in the [...]

Mekudeshet!

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

One of the things I love the most about life in Israel is weddings and after a wedding dry-spell over the winter we were beyond excited to celebrate as our friends stood under the chuppah to begin their life together as husband and wife. I always find weddings here to be so pure and [...]

Places I Visited in Israel

Monday, March 16th, 2009

I want to share with you some of the fun  places I visited during my recent trip to Israel over several posts.
Sunday night, thanks to my pal Yael Beeri, we held a Tweetup at Pri Hagefen wine bar in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv.
The wine bar is located in an amazing 200-year old [...]

Final Call for Mom + Wine Entries

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Recently, I announced a Contest for Moms to write in about the role of wine in their lives as mothers.
Many of you responded – thanks!
This is the Final Call before we select a winner(s)!
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Miluim.  Reserve Duty.  Here in Israel this is a term I hear almost weekly as in “my husband/fiance/boyfriend/father/brother/cousin/friend is on miluim.”  Our men leave their jobs, school, wives and children for one to four weeks each year to serve the country and protect the citizens from the terror that lurks from without and within in [...]