The Debate Runneth Over
The great wine debate has spilled over to Strat’s Place, with some interesting perspectives and more commentary by industry heavy-hitters Welner and Winchell.
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The great wine debate has spilled over to Strat’s Place, with some interesting perspectives and more commentary by industry heavy-hitters Welner and Winchell.
Oh no! I’m suddenly famous!
Craig:You’ve always been famous in Kentucky!
Shucks,Jon. That’s just ’cause I have a proud mommy who loves to talk about her little boy. Meanwhile, she’s in the process of selling the ancestral home and moving to a condo. Pretty soon, there won’t be room for the California Winchells in Kentucky.As an aside, I was back a couple of years ago for Pesach. Louisville is really much more of a Jew-friendly place than northern California. Plenty of quality homes within walking distance of synagogues. They’ve always had kosher restaurants, even if they happen to be at the JCC. Always had available kosher meat, often in regular supermarkets. Plenty of interaction between "denominations" of Jews. Contrast that with NoCal, where we just lost 2 kosher restaurants (cafe Sofia and Cafe de la Terasse), Just lost our kosher Albertson’s Supermarket, Jews don’t interact with others of different denominations, little available housing close to shuls. So why does the Bay Area have 250,000 Jews, and Louisville only have 8000?
Thanks for the pointer to that web site, it looks fairly interesting, with a reasonable focus on Kosher wines.Just a quick comment on Craig’s last comment, part of what you see is the difference between "small town" communities and "large city" communities. I currently live in Allentown, PA after having lived in Highland Park, NJ for 18 years. At first it was quite an adjustment, as there was no where near the amount of kosher amenities easily available. However, after close to 3 years, I appreciate the "Plenty of quality homes within walking distance of synagogue", "Plenty of interaction between "denominations" of Jews", and just overall general level of relaxed living relative to NJ. Now if we could only get a real restaurant here.