Finally we get to my last post of my trip this past May to France with my friend David Raccah of Kosher Wine Musings. I am sorry this is so late – but family and work obligations simply did not let me get to this any sooner.

I think we can finally put a pin in the 2022 vintage (of course there will be a couple of outliers that get released next year – but whatever). It was certainly an interesting vintage. Some REALLY nice wines out there – but you need to give them their due. This isn’t 2020 where everything is approachable as is. But when given time, these wines really do show incredibly well overall. For 2023, it seems much more of a mixed bag based on the wines we have tasted to date. One thing which we can say for sure, there seems to be much less produced in 2023 (and 2024). I assume the kosher market is finally feeling what the rest of the world has been experiencing – a massive slowdown in consumption. We will see how this plays out with the various producers on our next  trip in the winter, but my bet is that there will be much less wine in vintages 23/24/25.

In terms of this post, we did taste a number of Rosés (– yes – again apologies that these are so late) – with only two really being noteworthy. We also tasted a number of whites – the best of which David brought in for me especially to taste – the Alex Rubin Arinto – a really special bottle that I wish I had access to. In terms of the reds, I included two wines that were tasted outside of the hotel (one at IDS and one in Israel – but I wanted to include it with the rest of my miscellaneous 22s).On the red side – there were some really nice finds, with fourteen of them scoring a 91 or above – though for France, it is really only the ‘22s that were showing well. So with all said and done, we tasted forty-two wines this time in the hotel and I threw in two more as a bonus for a total of 44 in this post. Less than usual for a “hotel post” – and like I said, I expect this trend to continue. Here are my notes: