{"id":105,"date":"2014-08-21T16:54:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxkochuncorked.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2014-08-21T19:35:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T19:35:05","slug":"manischewitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxkochuncorked.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Manischewitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lotta people primarily think I’m Jewish because of how\u00a0neurotic\u00a0I can be…and\/or my last name. \u00a0They also wonder if I’m related to the late Ed Koch<\/a> or one of those much-maligned\u00a0Koch Brothers<\/a> that stir up so much outrage.<\/p>\n

I am not Jewish, I’m sorry to say. \u00a0I am a mixed salad of German, Irish, and God Knows What Else. \u00a0A mutt. \u00a0A whitey. \u00a0A cracker. \u00a0A freckled fuss-bag full of fear, fire, and fight.<\/p>\n

But not Jewish.<\/p>\n

However, in 1983, when I was 13-years-old, my mother, the gentile Carol Ann, married Thomas J. Payson – formally Thomas BAGEL (it’s true) – and the next thing ya know, Mom and I were suddenly immediate members of this big ol’ lovable Jewish family FULL of aunts, uncles, grandmas, nieces, nephews, cousins, and cut-ups. There were Silvermans, Krupnicks, and Taubes all over the place. \u00a0And I LOVED it. \u00a0I had no IDEA families got together every Sunday night for supper…replete with singing, joke-hurling, news-tossing, and “60 Minutes” with dessert. \u00a0It was a real eye-opener. \u00a0Not only to witnessing whole new levels of expressing love, but also to a culture I was entirely oblivious to. \u00a0Once I got keen at the family seders as to where the matzoh was hid and who ghostly Elijah was when he came through the door, I was hooked. \u00a0I felt a part of something. \u00a0And I adapted many of those early experiences into my belief system today. \u00a0I’d been through Catholic and Buddhist phases, too. \u00a0But the Jew thing got IN me, baby! \u00a0It got IN me! \u00a0I mean, I even dated MOSTLY Jewish chicks up until I met my wife. \u00a0I LOVED their big, round\u00a0tuchises\u00a0SO much. \u00a0Oy vey.<\/p>\n

But, no, I’m not Jewish. \u00a0Although I did use to go around declaring myself a “sub-Jew”.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to\u00a0Manischewitz<\/a>. \u00a0Now I remember always trying to sneak slugs of this stuff at family events. I knew it tasted like grape juice with something else added in there but I don’t think I was entirely clear that it was actual Kosher wine<\/em>. \u00a0And now all I wanna do is go out and pick up a bottle and do a video tasting of it for this blog.<\/p>\n

So what about you? \u00a0If you’re a Jewish person reading this, do you like<\/em> Manischewitz? \u00a0 Are you even a wine person<\/em>? \u00a0 And if so, can you simply bring any varietal you enjoy to rabbi and simply have the dude bless it for you? \u00a0I’m very curious here. \u00a0Comment below if you can. \u00a0\u00a0And what’s the “Concord Grape” thing about? \u00a0And does the screw top offend you? \u00a0Tawk to me…<\/p>\n

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