With wine tasting season here and harvest underway around the world, there is so much to write about. First though, it is time to take stock, look at the year gone by and note with pleasure all that has taken place in the past year.

I am not a religious person but I do like to celebrate holidays of all kinds as a way of making markers throughout the year and remembering how sweet life can be.

This year, one of my most read posts was, as always, that about a winery called Terra di Seta in Chianti. It is the only kosher winery in Italy run by a lovely couple whom I met a few years ago at a tasting in New York and have since met with a few times at Vinitaly. Their Chianti seemed an appropriate choice for this New Year.