Travel is a big passion of mine. As a boy , I read about far away places, cultures, high mountains and deep valleys. It was ages before the internet era, so my encyclopedia and my imagination were my best tools.
Nowadays, I travel to some of the places i was dreaming of visiting as a kid in Israel, Machu Pichu, The jungles of Belize, The high Atlas the Himalayas and many more, the list is very long !
It sounds a cliche, but I do love meeting people on the road. some of my best friends are people I encountered on a far away, dusty path in the mountains or local people that hosted me and taught me about their land and culture.
Travel goes well with my other passion, wine, which gets its own page on this site. The links between land, people and vegetation is fascinating to me and i love experiencing it myself, on the road, then ‘bringing the experience’ to others, talking about my ‘finds’ to others, trying to inspire others to travel and explore .
I hope you enjoy what you are going to read in this section and find it inspiring and exciting.
Moshe 🙂
Wine. I first fell in love with wine years before I could actually enjoy it. We were on a school trip to the historic cellars of the Carmel winery in Zichron Yaacov in Israel, I was 7 or 8 years old. The cellars were fitted with huge 10000 litre oak barrels in a long avenue, deep under ground. Stepping into this dark cellar, the first thing that hit me was this wet wood and port wine smell, it was intoxicating, delicious experience. I was hypnotised by it. I imagined that the Baron de Rothchild himself, the man that paid for this winery back in 1882, was stepping in the same place, proud of his new cellar in this biblical landscape. this experience is a beautiful memory that I carry with me to every winery visit since and will always do. it’s magic.
My desire naturally, was to become a wine maker. One that evaded me along the years, I kept promising myself that one day I will become a wine maker and have my own little vineyard .
Recently, I collaborated with Viniv and Chateau Lynch-Bages in Pauillac, Bordeaux, to make my own Bordeaux vintage (2016).
In the wine pages, you can read about my wine experiences on the road, interesting encounters and obviously, my 2016 Bordeaux will feature at length.
Cheers/Salut/L’Haim!
If I wrote that my perfect day will involve me cycling through vineyards in a remote mountainous region, stopping along the way to meet the local artisans, documenting what I experience on my camera, I’d probably capture most of my ‘hobbies’ in one or two sentences.
Travelling , Art, connecting with people, wine and the land it comes from, the art of enjoying riding a bike, mountains and their special spirits, The beauty of capturing a moment through a lens, are all ‘hobbies’ of mine. Each one , sometimes more than one, pulling me towards action in this direction or another.
Ease of flow and the art of allowing are both important components in my inventory.
I’m a keen traveller, Wine maker, Photographer and cyclist.
I sometime undertake one or all of these passions in the same time and sometimes I’m assisted by my ‘partners in crime’, Jeanette my best friend and Libby, my 14 years old daughter.
You’re welcome to read any of the sections, make comments, share your experiences or simply get inspired and co-create.
Please contact me if you need any more information.
10 Pine Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6UY
07967 012 056
Moshe Cohen - The Nomadic Wine Maker
Telephone: 07967 012 056
