ISRAELI WINE SPECIALIST Consultant, Educator, Marketer, Writer & Author; Jerusalem Post.
When in Rome, do as Romans do. I assume the same applies to Romanians too. So when I visited a Romanian restaurant in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, I ordered a white wine spritzer with my ciorba soup and kebab. For generations, Israelis with Romanian roots always drank Carmel Hock with soda water. This was a semi dry white, which in the 1960s was our largest selling wine. It was not great quality, but is part of our history. It was produced by Carmel Mizrahi, the historic winery of Israel, which then was virtually a monopoly. Well after sales fell away, Carmel continued to produce it until comparatively recently, simply because the old timers demanded it. My spritzer could have been spruced up. Maybe served with a slice of lemon, or in a wine glass. But this was a restaurant that prides itself on offering the exactly same as fifty years ago, and that is what you get. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. (Though the Perrier is a nod to modernity. They would have used a primitive soda siphon when Carmel Hock was de rigeur.) Btw, I don't look down on the idea of a white wine spritzer at all. It is a refreshing drink for our hot, humid climate. Firstly, you can use an inexpensive wine and the quality does not have to be tip-top, but also with young revelers watching their pennies, a bottle of wine will go a long way if they add soda. It seems what goes around, comes around.
Bernard Kenner
7mo
Sometimes a more diluted drink, like a spritzer or sangria, is just the right and refreshing thing to refresh yourself. I should also include beer.
One of the quotes that guide me through life is: Life is a never-ending learning process, no matter how old you are. Never stop learning, its the way to growth.
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