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 [...]

Here is an email exchange (minus the personal details) I have just had with a retailer in Illinois.
Too bad she SO misses the point…but I will update you with her response… IF I get one.
This is sort of a long post (sorry) but I want you to see the self-inflicted Mental Hurdles retailers have placed [...]

Maybe this has happened somewhere else before with Israeli wine but I don’t think so.
Israeli Wine Direct is beginning now to sell Futures (or Pre-Arrivals) of the best premium wines coming out of Israel. “Futures” is just a fancy wine-world way of saying we can let you buy limited exclusive premium wines now for delivery [...]

As you know (thanks to my friend Ezra Butler who streamed the event on our blog), I spoke at Flam winery on August 20 to more than 30 reporters during a new wine release party about Israeli Wine Direct, our mission, what we offer that’s unique. I told the audience I founded IWD for 2 [...]

A great way to jumpstart your biz is to look for people you have things in common with and PLAY with them.
So, here we go…
Doron Rand, former CEO of Israel’s Recanati Winery (he’s on the right in the photo), who lives now in the San Franciso Bay Area, is joining Israeli Wine Direct in [...]

Earlier this evening, in a small town on the coast of North Carolina, my parents and their good friends Bruce and Deirdre enjoyed some wine from two small Israeli wineries thousands and thousands of miles away.

They actually conferenced me in 1,000 miles away here in Chicago for a few minutes of the tasting.
Listen to Me: [...]

As you know, we poured wine from Israel for 250+ female bloggers at Guy Kawasaki’s home last Thursday night!
Here is another photo with two new pals with whom we shared great wine and conversation:

That’s Melanie Notkin on the left (check out her site for Aunts - SavvyAuntie.com) and Rachel Sarah - author of Single Mom [...]

Tim and I had an amazing time last night pouring wine at the Alltop & Kirtsy.com pre-BlogHer conference house party at Guy Kawasaki’s beautiful home in Atherton, CA.
Guy was nice enough to invite me to pour Israeli wine for his guests.
Here’s a photo Guy took of Tim and me. 

People loved the wines we served and [...]

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 [...]