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Wine

Evan Goldstein at Oracle Park, where he is the first-ever master sommelier for a major league sports team.
(Photo/San Francisco Giants-Suzanna Mitchell)
Posted inSports

In a sports first, Giants hire master sommelier to elevate ballpark wines

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 25, 2022October 25, 2022
a white woman with short hair stands in a commercial kitchen next to large bins of bagels
Posted inJewish Life

Attention carb fans: Local bagel, bread and doughnut news

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 22, 2022November 7, 2022
Hagafen Cellars in Napa.
Posted inSmall Bites

Kosher winery wraps up post-fire reconstruction; Michelin star restaurant shutters; ‘Jewish Foodie’ series debuts

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 29, 2022September 7, 2022
Bottles of Lunardelli Wine with labels depicting Nazi leader Adolf Hitler are displayed on a shelf in a wine shop near Venice, Sept. 12, 2003. (Photo/JTA-Giuseppe Cacace-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Italian company that has long produced Hitler wines says it will stop next year

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 23, 2022
Shane Soldinger (left), general manager of Silver Trident Winery, pours wine for an attendee of L'Chaim, with John Bonick (center) of Art House Wines nearby.  (Photo/Janna Waldinger-Art & Clarity Photography)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

500 sipped wine and snacked on pastrami at L’Chaim Napa Jewish food and wine festival

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 10, 2022August 12, 2022
Rebecca Fineman at Ungrafter, her wine-focused restaurant in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inWine

Master sommelier Rebecca Fineman to open wine bar GluGlue near Chase Center

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 3, 2022August 12, 2022
OneHope Winery's kosher cabernet sauvignon. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Napa Valley’s OneHope is latest entry into kosher wine market

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 7, 2022August 12, 2022
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inSmall Bites

Napa Jewish wine event L’Chaim is back at a bigger venue

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 5, 2022
Howard Paul and his wife, Skippy, who have been making and enjoying wine together for decades.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Yiddish it’s not, but Machaia wine is still a joy

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 15, 2022March 15, 2022
Smoke from the Walbridge Fire near Santa Rosa looms over a vineyard in August 2020. (Photo/GibsonOutdoorPhoto)
Posted inNorthern California

Jewish winemakers press forward on a warming planet

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 29, 2021March 15, 2022

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