Single Quinta

Single Quinta means ‘single farm’ in Portuguese. It is used to refer to a specific vineyard and to a wine estate. Single Quinta Ports come from grapes grown on a single estate in a single year in the Douro Valley of Portugal.

There are two types of kosher wine—mevushal and non-mevushal. Both must be handled by Sabbath-observant Jews if the wine is to remain kosher.

Answer: False.

OK, this is a tough one. But, of the two, only non-mevushal kosher wine (kosher means "fit" and, thus, kosher wines are considered fit to drink) must be made, handled, bottled, certified, opened, poured, and drunk by Sabbath-observant Jews for the wine to keep its kosher status. Mevushal (literally, "cooked") kosher wine is a far more common type. It is made exactly the same way as non-mevushal wine except for one crucial fact—it's pasteurized and cantherefore be handled and consumed by non-Jews.

Is the Tablecloth On?

South Africa’s premier wine region—the Coastal Region—includes one of the most impressive sights to be found in wine country anywhere—the 3,563-foot-high, flat-topped, granite-based mountain known as Table Mountain. Singular and dramatic, with a plateau more… Continue reading

Single Quinta

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