There are foods that can translate PLACE.
Like wine.
And olive oil, honey, cheese.
There may be others.
Wine is alchemy in action. Wine turns dirt into gold.
Israeli wine has a unique PLACE to translate.
You can begin answering interesting questions when you drink Israeli wine.
Like…what did Jesus drink?
And…what does merlot taste like from the valley where David killed Goliath?
Wine, [...]

Some of you  have heard me talking about a new LLC I formed with my pal Leah Jones here in Chicago.
Leah dropped the idea that grew into the company over supper with me late one night at Matilda, her fave haunt, as easy as if she had said “please pass the salt” (this happens a [...]

I thought out loud Sunday evening through a Twitter comment this very question.
I’m not sure I have the right answer.
What do you think?
First of all…what do Old World and New World signify when it comes to wine, anyway?
The diferences are slowly fading so as to make the distinction all but useless and artificial (I think!) [...]

I think my friend Chavi in CT has started something REALLY cool (whether she meant to or not!)
The reality is that there are beautiful women all over the world drinking Israeli wine. Chavi is one of them!
If you have been following me on Twitter this evening, you know that I am giving away Israeli Wine [...]

One of the smartest people alive on the planet today (I can’t speak for other planets like Tom Cruise might be able to) is Roger Dooley, of The Neuromarketing Blog and Dooley Direct, LLC, his consultancy. If you are involved in any way with HUMAN BEINGS (and most of us are [smile]) then you need [...]

Being around a lot of unbelievably hip hot women lately has made me realize some things:
Some of the best businesses are all about Bringin’ the Love into People’s Lives.
Most people just want to win; cool people want as many other cool people to win as possible.
Most people talk to you in a way that elevates [...]

This is the first post in a series called WINE: WHAT IT BE that promises NOT to be your Daddy’s Traditional Boring Wine Commentary, promise.

I’m BORED with the Robert Parker-Ralph Nader-Consumer Reports Approach to wine, the most metaphysical alchemical substance in the Universe.
Check out how Food writers write about Food, or how Erotica authors talk [...]

Who taught us to expect so little from wine?
I got to thinking today about how American men (sorry, but it’s true) have worked so hard to take the fun and sensuality out of wine, the universe’s greatest food, the only food that can taste like foods and other stuff that’s not even in the wine (berries, [...]

Many thanks to Eitan, who commented in response to an earlier post, essentially asking….Where have all the grapes gone?
It’s a good question. So, you may be wondering, if it’s true that people were producing wine in Israel 4,000 years ago, if Noah really did plant a vineyard immediately after getting off the Ark, then where have [...]

Please watch this video and help me KILL once and for all the misperception that a wine’s “kosher” status makes the wine anything less (or more) than exactly what it is.
We carry 3 great wines from Israel that just happen to be kosher but I don’t want you to try them (or not) because they are kosher. [...]