The Kosher Terroir
The Kosher Terroir
Solomon Simon Jacob
A Valencia Winery Turns Bobal And Macabeo Into Kosher Terroir You Can Taste
1 hour 47 minutes Posted Dec 18, 2025 at 4:00 am.
Host Opening And Dedication
Journey To Valencia And Viños Memorias
Bobal And Macabeo As Identity
Unico: Old Vines And Clay Amphoras
Family Roots And Founding The Winery
Tinajas vs Oak: Purity And Texture
Soil, Altitude, And Terroir Of Levante
Roles In A Far-Flung Family Business
Memorias Del Rambam And American Oak
Two Faces Of Bobal: Amphora And French Oak
Joshua London Joins The Tasting
Making Amphoras And The Star Of David Stamp
Ungrafted Vines, Dry Farming, Resilience
Cava In Requena: Altitude And Finesse
Macabeo Brut Reserva: Bubbles And Balance
Disgorgement Dates And Aging On Lees
Champagne Comparisons And Precision Bubbles
Israel Market Acceptance And Sparkling Wave
Alcunia: Still Macabeo In Clay
Minimal Intervention And Closing Thanks
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Send a Text Message to The Kosher Terroir Light a candle and pour a glass—this is the story of a Sephardic family reclaiming Spanish terroir through kosher wine, one amphora at a time. We head to the high hills outside Valencia with Armando Caracena-Molco of Viña Memorias to taste old-vine Bobal and Macabeo that wear history on their sleeves and clay on their skins. Unico, their flagship red, comes from pre-phylloxera vines planted in 1903 and is raised entirely in tinajas—handmade clay vesse...