Levi Reiss

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Hotels In The Saint John In Laterno District

The San Giovanni in Laterno district is situated in the southwest corner of Rome. Its central points are the San Giovanni Basilica and the Laterno Palace, which was the residence of the popes in the Middle Ages. Both of these buildings are located on the ... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A California Sauvignon Blanc By Mondavi

We have already done a review of a red wine by that famous California winemaker, Robert Mondavi. Today's review is devoted to an inexpensive white Sauvignon Blanc from this fine, but admittedly controversial winemaker. More than thirty years ago Mondavi g... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Kosheri Sauvignon Blanc From Israel

This wine comes from a major white grape, by the major wine producer of an up and coming wine country. Carmel was founded back in 1882 by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the owner of the great Bordeaux red, Chateau Lafite, which starts at around $900 in my ne... Read >

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Prati District Hotels

The Prati district is situated in west central Rome. It boasts some of the city's major chic shopping streets. This district is dominated by the verdant Monte Mario hill. While Monte Mario is the highest hill in Rome it's not one of the famous seven hills... Read >

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Quirnal District Hotels

The Quirinal hill in central Rome is the highest and largest of the Rome's seven hills. This area hosts the Quirinal Palace, which had been the old papal palace, and later became the residence of the kings. It is now the residence of the President of the ... Read >

I Love Organic Wine - An Organic White From Touraine (Loire Valley)

The Loire river is the longest river in France. The Loire Valley is home to a wide variety of wines as well as great castles. Touraine is towards the eastern end of the wine producing area, but is actually southwest of Paris. Over time, more and more of t... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Kosher White Zinfandel From California

You may remember that I previously reviewed a white Zinfandel made by Beringer in Napa Valley, California. This article looks at another California white Zinfandel, a kosher one made by Baron Herzog. Zinfandel is perhaps America's only indigenous European... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Southern French Kosher Merlot

Several generations ago the Skalli family was making wine in Algeria, which was then a major wine-producing nation, one supplying France with much of its table wine. Conditions changed and the family left for France after Algerian independence. In the lat... Read >

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Hotels In The Spanish Steps District

The Spanish Steps area is close to the center of Rome. This is a fine place to meet old and new friends and enjoy shopping or hit the cafes. Take lots of photos. Please note that the Spanish Steps themselves were built with French funds early in the Eight... Read >

I Love Kosher Wine - A Galilee, Israel Cabernet Sauvignon

The Upper Galilee region of northern Israel is home to some of the country's highest mountains. We're talking about more than a kilometer (more than five-eighths of a mile high). While such mountains can't begin to compete with Mount Everest, they can pro... Read >

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Hotels In The Parioli District

The Parioli-Auditorium district of northern Rome is partly bordered by the winding Tiber River. Parioli is an upper class neighborhood that owes its name to the pear orchards which have long since disappeared. Just so you know, this wealthy district was a... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Verdicchio In A Distinctive Bottle

The wine reviewed below comes from The Marches region of central Italy. That is the region whose residents consume the most wine per capita in all Italy. Furthermore, this is The Marches best known wine. Don't jump to conclusions, read our review. The ... Read >

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Pantheon District Hotels

The Pantheon in central Rome was a temple dedicated to the pagan gods. It is the most highly preserved temple of Ancient Rome, rebuilt in the Second Century. This magnificent structure is the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Make sure to t... Read >

I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Colosseum District Hotels

The Colosseum area just about defines central Rome, but in actual fact it is a south central district. This area overflows with history; it was once the center of the Western world. You'll find the Roman Forum and Caesar's Forum when Julie wanted to make... Read >

I Love Organic Wine - A Cote de Provence Rose

Provence. While Provence is known for many of the finer things in life, great wine is not usually part of the list. But its checkered wine history didn't keep me from trying this bottle produced in the Puget Ville area, part of the gold triangle of Cotes ... Read >