Through a tremendous amount of anecdotal evidence and personal experience, I can comfortably say that there is a dearth of knowledge in the kosher market, and especially among younger consumers of the greater world of wine, and wine drinking. My view is that this lack of knowledge emanates from two primary issues: the lack of exposure by the consumer to the wine industry as a whole, and secondly the very valid apprehension by many to spend money on something that they may not appreciate or like. The goal of this forum is to address both of those issues in a synergistic way, both through general wine education as well as specific kosher wine education and tasting/tasting notes of various kosher wines. I would like this blog to an open wine education platform, in which I will post my impressions of wines that enjoy, or don’t enjoy, and allow people to form their own views based on the information that I present. First and foremost, I want to at least expose more people to the very wonderful, and interesting world of wine, and see where that may take them!
The above goal would be extremely simple to accomplish if not for the fact that this forum is dedicated to the budding kosher wine consumer, who may not be able or willing to part with great sums of money to purchase the most premium wines on the market. However, the good news is that even though the market has not appreciated it, the wineries and importers have already provided us with perhaps hundreds of options to pick from that both are extremely well made and also provide extremely good value. I find that most of these wines sit at a price point of $30 and below. Therefore, all the wines that are reviewed on this blog (unless specifically marked) carry a retail price of $30 or below in the United States. Many of the wines that I plan to review will be at or below $15 and provide deep value to the consumer.