Lifestyle Food Jules Polonetsky One of the exciting things about appreciating wine is that it often inspires a lifetime of learning about wine. New winemakers are always emerging, new methods and techniques are being introduced and new trends bring to the market styles of wine that are interesting to try. There are numerous wineries with unique stories behind the winemaker and winemaking regions around the world where learning about the terroir adds to an appreciation of the local vineyards and wines produced in that area.
Some quality wines age well, revealing new characteristics and improving over the years, but it takes some effort to learn which ones age well and to stay in the know as aficionados taste those wines every year and report on their development. Where can you go to find this information? For the general market of wines, there are myriad sources. Respected publications such as Decanter, Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate are widely read and, even if they rarely cover kosher wines, the information about developments in the world of wine can be fascinating.
Wine expert and writer Jancis Robinson has an eponymous website and numerous publications, and Wall Street Journal wine writer Lettie Teague is always informative. And, of course, the Wine and Whiskey Globe, where I write, has a wide range of articles. But if you stick to kosher wines and want to learn and follow the latest developments, the top general wine publications will only occasionally pay attention to .