Skip to content
  Thursday 11 August 2022
Trending
29 August 2018Turn Up the Heat 25 February 2020Medici of Manchester Opens The Friendship Circle Art Exhibition 30 November 2020Virtual Vision 12 October 2021Property 15 November 2018How To Unwind On An Evening 29 June 2016All Play, No Work 12 October 2021A Slippery Slope 2 May 2019Making Connections 28 November 2018Oh Yes She Did! 6 January 2017Hello 2017!
  • VISIT JLIFE MANCHESTER
  • VISIT JLIFE LEEDS
JLife Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine Issues
  • Content
    • Features
    • Community News
    • Blog
    • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Advertise in JLife Manchester
  • Featured Businesses
  • Contact – Manchester
JLife Magazine
JLife Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine Issues
  • Content
    • Features
    • Community News
    • Blog
    • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Advertise in JLife Manchester
  • Featured Businesses
  • Contact – Manchester
  • VISIT JLIFE MANCHESTER
  • VISIT JLIFE LEEDS
JLife Magazine
  Features-Manchester  Raise A Yom Tov Toast
Features-Manchester

Raise A Yom Tov Toast

jlifejlife—30 August 20170
FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInTumblrRedditVKWhatsAppEmail

Wine expert Gabriel Geller recommends special wines suitable for Rosh Hashanah celebrations.

New Year celebrations and bottles of fine wine go hand in hand, as families and friends toast what they hope will be a sweet and bountiful 12 months ahead. But, choosing the perfect kosher tipple to share around the dinner table, or as a Rosh Hashanah gift, can be tricky with so much choice out there.

To that end, Gabriel Geller, a wine expert and blogger, recently compiled a short list of wines for the Rosh Hashanah table – two Israeli, two French, and one from California – that aren’t necessarily fancy or expensive, but are worthy of the celebration. The following wines are distributed by the Royal Wine Corporation, which its sister company, Kedem Europe, operates in the UK.

History Lesson

More stories

Greatest Gifts

1 August 2017

Healthy Mind, Healthy Body

21 December 2018

Raise A Yom Tov Toast

30 August 2017

A Thing of Beauty

30 August 2017

RH Carmel Selected Mediterranean Blend 2016
Gabriel’s first recommendation, Carmel’s Selected Mediterranean Blend 2016, is a great choice for the New Year. “If there was a single winery that has always known how to reinvent itself while retaining the lessons from its rich history,” he explains, “Carmel is the one.”

Carmel, one of Israel’s very best wineries, recently released a line-up of eight wines in its Selected series that Gabriel says are “very much affordable and quite pleasantly drinkable”. The Mediterranean Blend in particular is a “delicious, inexpensive, food-friendly” follow-up to Carmel’s successful, award-winning Mediterranean, which includes varieties such as Petite Sirah, Mourvedre, Viognier, and Petit Verdot. Pair it with lamb stew.

In the Spirit

RH Chateau-Royaumont-Lalande-De-Pomerol-11-NoV
The custom of taking inventory of the past year during the holidays requires a certain measure of humility. So Geller focuses on two French wines that are not considered extravagant, yet bear the same features and qualities of some of the country’s most prestigious vintages.

The new Château Royaumont 2014, a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc from Vignobles Péré-Vergé in Pomerol, is remarkably complex and has the potential to be cellared for 10 years or more after harvest. Serve it with foods such as caramelised duck breast in a raspberry coulis.

Gabriel, who is also the director of public relations and client services at The Royal Wine Corporation, recommends keeping an eye out for the Pascal Bouchard Le Classique 2016, from the Chablis appellation in Burgundy: “Unlike most kosher Chardonnay wines, this one is unoaked and radically different, style-wise.”
Showcasing a bright citrus and green apple profile with notes of saline and earthy minerals and “lip-smacking acidity,” he says it’s a perfect foil for a fish dish like Dover sole in an almond butter sauce.

Matar

Gabriel suggests comparing the Pascal Bouchard side-by-side with another excellent but very different Chardonnay, such as the Matar Chardonnay 2014 from Israel. Its slightly creamy texture and buttery notes work beautifully with balsamic glazed chicken.

For a Sweet New Year
RH Herzog-LH-Chenin-Blanc-12-NoV
The tradition of indulging in sweet fruits and treats on Rosh Hashanah represents hopes of being granted a sweet New Year. So Gabriel turns to Herzog Wine Cellars for its stellar Late Harvest series of dessert wines. His personal favorite is the Chenin Blanc 2015, grown in the Herzog Family’s vineyard in Clarksburg, California from a variety originating in France’s Loire Valley. He says the wine has “a luscious, almost oily texture reminiscent of quince jam, pear, and lemon drops with hints of dried apricots and honeysuckle,” making it the perfect companion for a pudding like apple pie.

Great Value
Because Rosh Hashanah is such a special time for family and friends, Gabriel also provides tips for affordable favourites to serve with festive meals or bring along as gifts. “The word is finally getting out that excellent wine doesn’t have to be expensive wine,” he says. His picks include the aforementioned Carmel Selected Series, Chateau Trijet, and Terra di Seta Chianti Classico, as well as wines from the Herzog Late Harvest Series.

For more information, visit Kedemeurope.com.

Jewish New YearKedem EuropeKosher wineNew YearRosh HashanahWines
FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInTumblrRedditVKWhatsAppEmail
Get 10 Days for £10 with Village Gym!
What a Result!
Related posts
  • Related posts
  • More from author
Features-Manchester

On the Fringe

4 July 20220
Features-Manchester

Coming Up

4 July 20220
Features-Manchester

Looking Good

4 July 20220
Load more
Get more stuff

Subscribe to our mailing list and get interesting stuff and updates to your email inbox.

Read also
Features-Leeds

Sweet Tooth

8 August 20220
Interviews-Leeds

Painting the Scene

8 August 20220
Features-Leeds

Show and Tell

8 August 20220
Leeds Community News

Raising Spirits

8 August 20220
Features-Leeds

Tame the Mane

8 August 20220
Leeds Community News

Bringing the Heat

5 August 20220
Load more
Recent Posts
  • Sweet Tooth
  • Painting the Scene
  • Show and Tell
  • Raising Spirits
  • Tame the Mane
    JLife Magazine
    JLife Magazine is a community magazine for the people of Leeds and Manchester. Originally created for the Jewish community, it now has a wider outreach and regularly features news, events and more for the local community & businesses.

    # TRENDING

    LeedsManchesterInterviewJewishNewsCommunityCharityBusiness2018TravelIsraelTheatreLJWBJLifeNorth LeedsHealthLifestyleUJIARestaurantsThe Fed
    © Copyright Nuts for Print 2021, All Rights Reserved
    • About Us
    • Terms and Conditions