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This $10 Trader Joe's kosher wine pairs perfectly with your cheese board
Curious about kosher wines but don't know where to begin? Join Domain Dave as he uncorks the Twin Suns Lodi Mevushal Cabernet Sauvignon 2023, a $10 Trader Joe's find that offers fascinating insights into the intersection of wine and religious tradition.
This episode goes beyond typical tasting notes to explore how religious requirements shape winemaking approaches. Dave demystifies the concept of "Mevushal" wines – kosher bottles that undergo a special pasteurization process, making them acceptable for anyone to handle while maintaining their religious significance. For the wine-curious who've wondered about kosher wines but hesitated to explore them, this episode provides the perfect introduction.
The Twin Suns Cabernet itself represents an interesting departure from modern California wine styles. With more pronounced tannins and oak spice than your typical fruit-forward Cab, it's crafted specifically to complement food rather than stand alone as a sipper. As Dave discovers, this traditional approach transforms dramatically when paired with cheese, allowing its fruit characteristics to shine through while taming its harder edges.
Whether you're observing religious traditions or simply expanding your wine horizons, this episode offers valuable insights into an often-overlooked category of wines. From the fascinating family story behind Twin Suns to practical advice on finding and enjoying kosher wines, Dave delivers another informative episode that proves great wine experiences don't require emptying your wallet. Next time you're at Trader Joe's, grab this bottle and a cheese plate, and discover how a $10 wine can create a memorable tasting experience. Subscribe to Cheap Wine Finder for more affordable wine discoveries that punch well above their price point!
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hey, welcome domain Dave. Cheap wine better calm again doing value priced wines. We write them up on the cheap wine founder calm website and then we add to it with the podcast and that's where we're at now. Today we've got a once a little bit different, because it's not just about enjoying a bottle one. This one has some kind of um religious significance to it, which I'll get into.
Speaker 1:I found this at trader joe's for about 10 bucks. Um, it's the twin sons lodi, mishuvial, cabernet sauvignon 2023. It's a kosher wine and Mishuviel means that this wine has been pasteurized, it's been flash heated and flash cooled and by doing that process anybody can drink it Just strictly kosher wine. And I'm not Jewish. I don't know a lot about the rituals and what goes into the religion, so I'm not going to get too much into it because I don't want to say anything wrong. I want to be respectful to that. But you kind of need to know this talking about the wine, because it's a part of the wine and I think if it's strictly just kosher for a religious setting, it can only be handled by certain people, you know, and having people who are not proper makes the wine unclean and that type of thing. But if you do this Mabuchal, I think that's how it is Once you boil it, it becomes okay for anybody. So this is kind of like, you know, being open in the religion rather than no, you can't have it. Yes, you can, and this is also one you don't need to be any particular religion to buy and enjoy. I think I got it at Trader Joe's any particular religion to buy and enjoy. I think I got it at Trader Joe's, and it's not only Trader Joe's, it's all over on the Internet. They sell it everywhere and the price for this is all over the place. So I don't know what to tell you about that, but it's from Lodi.
Speaker 1:I mean, a lot of kosher wines are actually from Israel. Israel is a big wine market. The drinkers in Israel not all the wines are kosher. There there's people who are not very Orthodox really Orthodox, just plain. Wine does well there, and a lot of their wines, israeli wines, are just the same as everybody else, without the religious significance.
Speaker 1:So I'm going to take a sip and I should say that as a religious wine. Even you know it is meant for the meal. I mean, you're breaking bread, you're doing those things, and this is a wine that's made to have the meal. I mean you're breaking bread, you're doing those things, and this is a wine that's made to have the meal with you. I mean most value price Cabernet Sauvignon, especially this is from California, this is Lodi, but it's still the same. It's still kosher.
Speaker 1:They're made to be sipped. I mean, if you have food with them, well fine, but it's not necessary. Where this wine is a little bit more old school, it's going to have more tannins, it's going to have a little more oak spice. It's going to need some food to kind of blend everything together. And once you have the blend there, once you have the food and the wine, then it makes sense. But strictly, as a sipping wine it's not my favorite and I haven't had a meal with it. But the flavors are good. I mean there are some strong spices, there are some harder-edged things there, all of which would go away with a meal, but it's still a decent wine. Like I said, I wasn't strictly a huge fan of the harder edge things, but the softer, fruit, forward things are really nice. So it's a wine that I mean which would actually make it with a meal even better, because those harder edge things would be softened and the fruit would come through. Um, yeah, that would make things really a lot better.
Speaker 1:So if you're interested in, or are seeing kosher wines and didn't really know what they are, well, I'm probably not gonna be telling you what it is. I'm not sure too, and I don't want to be spreading false information about it. You know about someone's religion and the wines, but the wine here is from two brothers who make wine. They're known for their Syrahs and the twin sons label they made it for. The son is a importer, distributor and producer of kosher wines, and then they're actually two twin sons. It's all in the family there. So this is an interesting wine. It's kosher.
Speaker 1:If you haven't had kosher, you can find it at Trader Joe's for $10 and see what it's about. If you do get it, get a plate of. You know, trader Joe's has nice cheese selection. Get a plate of cheese. This would change everything. I mean of. You know, trader Joe's has nice cheese selection. Get a plate of cheese. This would change everything. I mean. Actually, you should do it all the time. I should do it all the time too, but I got my computer and everything sitting around me and I'll have cheese everywhere. So there you go.
Speaker 1:This is the Twin Suns Lodi Mavushal I think that's how you pronounce it M-E-V-U-S-H-A-L. Cabernet Sauvignon from Lodi, 2023. It's interesting, it's well worth drinking. If you're interested in kosher wines and this is the lesser version this is the one that everybody can have. This is a very good place to start. It's inexpensive and especially if you go to Trader Joe's I saw it for $7 or $8 or more else places but it's a good place to kind of learn about kosher wines. What else is there this season's coming up? There's religious holidays coming up. I think there's one on. This is Monday. I think Tuesday the 23rd there's one. So adios, keep it cheap. Domain Day we did the Twin Suns Loda Boucher Cabernet Sauvignon 2023. It's a kosher wine, it's interesting, it's worth drinking and I'll be talking to everybody in a couple of days. Adios, keep it cheap.