Martin Sinkoff, at The Blogs

Jul 2, 2021, 10:59 AM

Wine of the Week: Bonnet-Huteau Muscadet ‘Dabinieres’ 2020 (Loire, white)

France is a country defined, in part, by its beautiful rivers. And each river is associated with a city, a culture a place or places and each has been celebrated by singers, writers and painters. The Seine is Paris but...

May 7, 2021, 4:18 PM

Wine of the Week: Verget Macon-Villages ‘Grand Elevage’ 2019 (Burgundy, white)

War is nasty in all cases even if justified in some. World War II brought special nastiness to France. France and Germany have never enjoyed a good relationship. They are neighbors but rivals. And, in general, the two don't much like...

Apr 24, 2021, 3:27 PM

Wine of the Week: Itay Lahat Adom 2019, (Galilee, red)

Simonides, a poet and philosopher, in ancient Greece (around 550 BCE) is credited with creating the technique of organizing memory. This became known as a "Memory Palace": a house of memory. The idea migrated to common culture and, for one,...

Apr 16, 2021, 6:10 PM

Wine of the Week: Ostal Cazes Rose 2020 (Minervois, rose)

In the 18th century the port of Bordeaux was the second largest port in the world after the port of London. With direct access to the Atlantic Ocean, the port of Bordeaux was able to ship cereals, cocoa, sugar, spices,...

Apr 8, 2021, 9:45 PM

Wine of the Week: Chateau Senejac 2016 (Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, red)

Charles de Guigne (b. 1939) was a colorful personality from a storied family. His great-grandfather, Count Christian de Guigne, emigrated from France to the United States in 1879, married Mary Kathrine Parrott, and co-founded the Stauffer Chemical and Leslie Salt...

Mar 31, 2021, 8:47 AM

Wine of the Week: Sphera “First Page” 2020 (Judean Hills, white)

Game changers: In 3500 BCE, the wheel was invented. Transportation changed forever. In 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Reading and learning have never been the same. In 1876 Alexander Bell patented the first telephone. Communication changed forever. In...

Mar 22, 2021, 5:34 PM

Wine of the Week: Flam Classico 2019 (Judean Hills, red)

The Jewish Bible (the Torah) is often thought of as a story of the patriarchs and about men. Feminist readers (women and men) decry the secondary roles played by women in the text. As usual, when we look more...

Mar 16, 2021, 12:15 PM

Wine of the Week: Florian Mollet Sauvignon Blanc 2019 (Loire VdF, white)

In 1900, Edouard and Andre Michelin (brothers) published a guide for French motorists. They acted both in the interest of the common good and in their own: they were (and the company is, of course, today) tire manufacturers and...

Mar 10, 2021, 8:04 PM

Wine of the Week: Blason d’Aussieres 2018 (Corbieres, red)

The Rothschild family is justifiably famous for its intelligence, longevity, philanthropy, support for the state of Israel, its deep interest in wine and of course its success and wealth. Three (competing) branches of the family have wine companies and...

Mar 8, 2021, 5:03 PM

Parashat Vayakhel ויקהל: “The Artists in our Lives”

This chapter, about the rebuilding of the community after the transgressions related to the construction of the golden calf, is short, poetic and beautiful. It is accompanied by parashat Pkudei פקודי which is more of a coda than a...

About Me

Martin Sinkoff made Aliyah to Israel and moved from New York to Tel Aviv in 2019. Sinkoff has had a long and successful career in the wine trade in the United States and France. He has lived in many places in the United States, including twenty years in Dallas, Texas, and many places in France. Martin moved to Israel from Manhattan (where he was born). He is a past president of Ansche Chesed in New York and a very active member of Kehilat Sinai in Tel Aviv. You can read more about him on his website www.sinkoff.com and of course here at Times of Israel. The background photograph is a view of vineyards in the Judean Hills wine growing district of Israel, one of Israel's best appellations.

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