Reply To: Why are so many wine bottles named after Rishonim?

So you have an Italian wine, who do you name it after: How about call it the Titus to remind us what we have to think the Italians for. Perhaps we call it the Mussolini (well, he was a nice guy compated to the rest of his gang). No we pick a name associated with the place that has a positive association for Jews – and for many European country’s that means a rishon. It isn’t like those countries have done anything for us lately, but they do produce nice wines (maybe with global warming, we’ll get better wines in the New York, but until then…)