TDG: Rabbi Ribeye on Kosher Wine

[Suzanne F]

Kosher Wine: A Distillate of Judaism's Coming-Out Party

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[Gifted Gourmet]

Once again, Rabbi Ribeye has offered us a small taste of his humorously perceptive writing in this article! His writing is buttery, crisp, well balanced, and full bodied.

His style is most assuredly not "writing ordinaire", but sensitive and nuanced with his own personal and inimitable joie de vivre ... and, in fact, reminds me of James Thurber's 1937 cartoon showing one drinker commenting to others: "It's a naïve domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption."

To be sure, while there is nothing presumptuous in Rabbi Ribeye's writing, we are most definitely amused!

Edited April 14, 2004 by Gifted Gourmet (log)

[Lady T]

Beautifully nuanced and accessible.

I never tried the Manischewitz 'exotics' -- the peach and mango stuff -- on their own merits. My late mother-in-law (upon whose memory be peace) used to mix them half-and-half with...yikes...7-Up, and drink that as a pre-dinner tipple.

I never checked the 7-Up bottle to see whether it was kosher, and kept my mouth shut.

What is it about the Rebbe's writing that always calls up memories like these?

[Gifted Gourmet]

What is it about the Rebbe's writing that always calls up memories like these?

Perhaps it is noshtalgia??

[Lady T]

Oy. I had that coming.

[bloviatrix]

I can't help but wonder if the good Rabbi has been chatting with my father who, on a regular basis, extolls the joys of Concord Grape or Malaga.

[Turtleboy]

I wonder if the kind Rabbi, or anyone for that matter who is more chacham than I am can tell me what "mevushal" means, or why I should care whether or not the grapes were "orla."

[Gifted Gourmet]

I wonder if the kind Rabbi, or anyone for that matter who is more chacham than I am can tell me what "mevushal" means, or why I should care whether or not the grapes were "orla."

Obviously, and because I am neither a rabbi nor a chacham, have managed to find the simplest, most direct information on mevushal and orla to be located on this link:

http://www.allhlwines.com/kosher.html

Hope it gives you some idea of what these terms mean and the ramifications as well ...