18 In My Wine Store

I buy my wine in the store of a wine cellar, on the Benyamina – Zichron Yaakov road. I save the empty Magnum bottles (one and a half liter each), and from time to time I go to refill them with good young wine that is remarkably inexpensive. Waiting for me at the store is a large stainless steel container and next to it there is a line of wine lovers who have also brought bottles to refill. The system is simple and cheap. You pay only for the wine, since there are no middlemen and no packaging costs – straight from the container to the bottle.

The light in the photo may be misleading. It may give the impression of molten metal flowing but this is not alchemy or flowing gold. The lamp is placed near the faucet of the container because the store's interior is rather dark and the man who fills the bottles is working without a funnel and he must accurately direct the current of wine into the bottle opening.

In a bag in the lower right hand corner can be seen the empty bottles I brought with me and next to it is a bottle that has already been filled and corked. The green object in the lower left hand corner serves to cork the bottles. It looks like a large orange squeezer. The bottle is placed on a bright round base and when the handle is pulled down the cork is pressed into the neck of the bottle. Since I discovered this simple delicious inexpensive wine I drink a glass of wine with almost every meal. They say that red wine is also good for the heart. Lechaim.