Understanding and appreciating kosher Champagne and sparkling wines

I write this in the throes of winter, and I find nothing cheers me up more than a crisp glass of bubbly. With all that is going on in the world around us, I doubt anyone is going to find good cheer and

Kosher wine’s biggest nights of the year are fast approaching. Yes, Pesach seders are the nights to open really good, really big, really easy-drinking, or really special kosher wines. While many might choose simpler wines that go down easy; for me, selecting a different wine for each kos is

It seems everywhere you look these days, the presence of pink wine is continually growing. Even during a global pandemic that has continued into 2021, sales of rosé have risen and the kosher market will see a greater quantity of rosé in Spring 2021.

For a relatively young boutique winery, Delta seems to be making all the right moves. One of the keys to its quick success is its veteran winemaker, Yehuda Kamisa. Breaking onto Israel’s wine scene in 2019 with two 2017-vintage red wines, three 2018-vintage whites, a rosé and a dessert wine, Delta Winery has expanded

The Hebrew term yayin mevushal, literally cooked wine, is the Jewish legal term for kosher wine and grape juice—and these are essentially interchangeable products in this context—that undergo a special thermal processing to a required temperature, specified by kosher food supervision agencies guided by halacha, or

Kosher food options in Bergen County have expanded with the opening of Buckets, the newest concept to join Burger Boss, Jerky Boss, Taco 185, and Sizzle & Smoke Catering, with family-sized buckets of crunchy, juicy Southern fried chicken and fried chicken sandwiches. “Everyone loves fried

(Courtesy of DS Tayman) A kosher Scotch whisky company has won a coveted award at this year’s World Whiskies Awards. The whisky is finished in wine barrels from Flam, the boutique Israeli winery. This is the first time a kosher Scotch whisky company has scooped a major industry award. The World Whiskies Awards are the global

Chef Gustavo Gutierrez, formerly the executive chef of The Ridge in Monsey, will be joining Chef Gabe Gilbert on March 10 at Sender’s Smoke Joint at 190 West Englewood Avenue, in Teaneck, for a one-night-only special menu of Cuban delicacies. Chef Gustavo, as he is known, is a well-regarded private chef and caterer who