I’ve reviewed a number of different Barefoot wines on this site and it’s one bargain brand that seems to do OK. I’ve never been totally blown away by any of their wines, but they’ve all been quite drinkable and great values. That continues to be the case with their line-up of sparkling wine… none of [...]
Here’s another sparkling wine that I think is just awesome, and I found it for about $17. This one comes from Mumm Napa, and as you might guess by the name it’s from Napa Valley. One thing you might notice about sparking wine in the lower price range is that non-vintage is commonplace. You won’t [...]
The first kosher wine we reviewed last week was a Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon from Golan Heights Winery and today we’re trying another wine from the same producer. This time it’s a Chardonnay produced with grapes from the northern Golan Heights. To me, this is a well made Chardonnay. This has some of the butter and [...]
I was intrigued when I saw a kosher wine from Chile on the shelf, so I had to give this one a try. I’ve reviewed a number of Chilean wines recently and have been generally pleased with what I’ve gotten, so I was really curious how this one would stack up. In doing some digging, [...]
Today we are trying another kosher wine, this one from Barkan. The roots of the Barkan winery go back more than a century, but it was born into it’s current name and ownership in 1990. The winery overlooks a 120 hectare vineyard at Kibbutz Hulda in Israel and has capacity for 12 million liters of [...]
With Passover just around the corner, I wanted to post a few reviews of kosher wines over the next week or so. The first kosher wine I’m reviewing comes from the Golan Heights in the Galilee appellation in Israel. Yarden Mount Hermon Red is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit [...]
It is holiday party season and you’ll probably find yourself wondering what wine to bring to a holiday party. There are a few approaches you can take: You can be careless and just pick up some cheapie and hope for the best You can splurge on a really expensive bottle and hope to impress You [...]
