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Thinking Pink: A Survey of 2020 Rosé Wines By Elizabeth Kratz | April 22, 2021 This past week, many of the judges who tasted and ranked wine for The Jewish Link Wine Guide got back together, with a few other enthusiasts, in a Teaneck backyard to taste 31 rosé wines made in 2020. We tasted as many of the kosher pinks on the market we could reasonably find, but we also wanted to try the labels that had been considered the best of 2019, namely Cantina Guiliano, Dal...

Decanter Journey’s End: awarded, sustainable, ethical Promotional feature.In addition to producing some of South Africa’s finest wines, Journey’s End is committed to sustainable farming practices as well as environmental and ethical projects to help its local community Welcome to Journey’s End. This award-winning South African winery, situated on the mountain slopes above Sir Lowry’s Pass Village in the Helderberg basin, was founded in 1996 by the Gabb family. It ha...

By Elizabeth Kratz | March 05, 2021 When I was in my 20s, I lived in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Neighbors on Q Street happened to be two young men named Joshua London and Gamliel Kronemer. Josh had gone to grad school with my brother in Chicago, and I met Gamliel either at shul or a Shabbat meal. Josh was already writing a wine and spirits column for the weekend print section of The Washington Examiner, and Gamliel began writing about wine a few years later, ...

Dear Readers, It gives me great pride to present to you our inaugural Jewish Link Wine Guide, of which we are proudly distributing over 40,000 copies to homes across New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. We are quite excited to bring this new publication to life and truly believe that anyone—from beginners to seasoned kosher wine buyers and consumers—will find something to read and learn about in these pages. I know I did, although I admit to being a tad biased!  We are also proud to relea...

What Longtime Vegetarians Think About the Plant-Based Meat Boom Margaret Eby Were in a golden age of fake meat. It seems like every week a new pea protein-based meat substitute comes onto the market, each one promising to mimic the flavor and texture of meat better than the last one. As more people reduce their meat consumption for health or environmental reasons, companies like Impossible Meats and Beyond Meat are becoming household names.  But meat alternatives like tofu, tem...

Men, Meat, and Marketing Kat Kinsman On November 4, 2020, the eyes of the nation were trained on local election officials as an unprecedentedly mail-heavy ballot count hung in the balance. As Clark County, Nevada, Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria calmly delivered an update to reporters outside the election center in a Las Vegas warehouse and office park, a sunburned, chin-masked man lumbered up behind him to yell words that were conspiratorial, nonsensical, and not worth regurgita...

Taste Test: The Plant-Based Meat Products You Need to Try Marianne Williams With each passing year, the plant-based "meat" market continues to explode, offering consumers more options for not only meatless burgers, but "chicken" nuggets, sausage, and even bacon. You can find the products at restaurants across the country—chains like Umami Burger, Pizza Hut, and Dunkin have them on their menus. And plant-based meat is stocked at plenty of stores, too. Trader Joes carries its ow...

Plant-Based Meat Has Thrived in Asia for Centuries—and Its Still Going Strong Clarissa Wei © Provided by Food & Wine An Rong Xu Shih Chang-ren (center) checking the bounce on the faux meatballs. When Lee Mee Ng immigrated from Taiwan to New York in the 80s, she found herself longing for Taiwanese food. But instead of deep, earthy bowls of beef noodle soup or the meaty pork braises that the island is known for, Ng, a vegetarian, pined after mock meat. "There were so many dif...

South Africa has a drinking problem and addressing it is not a short-term project. It’s a matter of mindset and culture, and the Band-Aid of a temporary alcohol ban does nothing to address it, and perhaps only serves to strengthen the causes of the petty bureaucrats and authoritarians, writes  Jacques Rousseau.  President Cyril Ramaphosa reinstated a ban on the sale of alcohol at both restaurants and retail outlets on December 28 2020, and that ban is still in place today, with an end-date ...

$9.60 | Spain The wine inside this eye-catching bottle is one of the best values at the LCBO right now. This garnacha teems with dark cherry, spice, and candied raspberry notes, with a very smooth and restrained finish. LCBO 11705 $11.85 | France This gateway to Bordeaux punches well above its weight, with intense cassis and blackberry notes, and a silky smooth texture that’s ready to pour without any further delay.