Kosher Wines for Passover

3-29-2010 @2:18PM Alli said... to respond to the previous poster - only the Moscato D'Asti, and possibly the Chardonnay, will be sweet. Actually the 5-6% alcohol content in the Moscato D'Asti is a good tipoff that the wine will be sweet. Generally wines with low alcohol content (approx. 10% and below) have higher residual sugar.

The wines listed here are not your old Manischewitz sweet concord Grape. These wines should all be much drier and have a lot less sugar.

I agree that Judaism is a religion and not an ethnicity, BUT, it definitely has a culture associated with it. Further, if you're from Israel, your ethnicity is Israeli, not Jewish. It's still a religion in Israel. But if you don't trust me, just follow up with the Christians and Muslims who live in Israel!

And to Ms. Hansen: Is this list in order of when you'd suggest serving them because I'd NEVER serve a Moscato between a Chardonnay and a Sauvignon Blanc. It would make the Moscato taste way too sweet and the Sauv. Blanc taste like an acid bomb. Also, I wouldn't serve a Zin before a Merlot. finally, your description of the Merlot makes it sound as though the Cab. Sauvignon softens the Merlot when it's generally the other way around.

Just my two cents as a self-described wine snob!
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3-29-2010 @2:19PM Gary Mayer said... Please excuse the typos on two words; I was hasty. I also see that some of the wines appear to be less sweet than the popular Mogan David, which incidentally, is preferred more by the older generation, +60 which I grew up with. But, no one has said 'hey, grandpa, don't you know that Mogan David is passe?' Probably didn't want to hurt my feelings. in fact, some of that MD is likely getting dry as it ages.

I'll save this article and perhaps buy a couple of the recommended brands.
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3-29-2010 @2:48PM Tim Hartzell said... Anyone pay that much wine has got to be nuts.
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3-29-2010 @4:03PM Robert said... I don't think I would ever buy a wine that's described as having a "pepper" taste. I like wines that simply have a taste of "very good wine". I've never eaten a pepper that;s had a wine taste, od any fruit, berry, chocolate, etc. that's had a :wine taste. So why do these oh-so-sophisticated wine reviewers have to go beyond reasonable statements and ascribe unimaginable attributes to a wine's taste? If wine tasted like pepper, it's probably because someone put pepper in when you weren't looking. And what kind of pepper did that reviewer mean; red sweet pepper, hot chile pepper, or dry black pepper? I think I understand Andy Rooney more and more as I get older.
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3-29-2010 @3:49PM RDF said... Kosher means fit. You should see what food and beverage providers go through to be certified 'Kosher'. The Vaad Kashrut strict rules on ingredients, processing and most important, cleanliness help keep the food industry honest. If more products were Kosher the incident rate of food/beverage illnesses would drop dramatically.
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3-29-2010 @3:55PM Tom Hankster said... Let's cut the crap, OK? Wine smells and tastes like grapes....not flowers, cranberries, apples ,
pears, peppers, currants, raspberries, or cherries.
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3-29-2010 @4:03PM Gary Mayer said... janny: Alli understood perfectly what I meant, although I may not have expressed it well. Even though the article is about wine, I am guilty of diverting from the topic; but, what I meant to say is that a person who is Jewish by faith and is from Israel is Jewish religiously and ethnically, i.e. a person who is from the U.S. and has Jewish ancestory born mainly in the U.S. is Jewish by faith only. I didn't mean to imply that all people from Israel were Jewish. My dad was from Hungary, my mother the U.S. That means I am Jewish only in a religious manner, not an israelite Jew.

Now, does that clarify the issue, or should I say 'non-issue' since the topic is Kosher WINE?
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3-29-2010 @5:26PM gs said... kosher wines are being labled when they really do not qualify for the label - real kosher wines are sweet - and mogan david and the like are actually quite good - go with anything - varietal wines are at a level rivaling the tulip craze a few centuries ago - a lot of the stuff is attrocious but rich people pour it down because they can, not because it is good - most wine grapes are awful to eat - that is why they are made into wine - then there is microbrew - you should read about how real beer is made - has to do with rotten barley sprouts - turns out better than the "good" stuff sold now - in 20 years good booze will be a thing of the past with no memories left
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3-29-2010 @4:26PM Diane said... Before buying wines, make sure you look at the label. Nanvcy Pelsoi's vineyard sells grapes to Napa Valley wineries. I see no reason why anyone would want to line her pockets.
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3-29-2010 @5:40PM EDWIN said... I LOVE CREAM OF WHITE CONCORD STILL,,$10, FOR A MAGNUM..AND IM NOT JEWISH.
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3-29-2010 @7:33PM J. Weber said... By the way, it is Mogen David, Learn to spell.
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3-29-2010 @5:28PM Not a Jew said... Well as the name says, I'm not a Jew, so I looked up kosher. Here's what Merriam-Webster says it is:

Main Entry: 1ko·sher
Pronunciation: \ˈkō-shər\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Yiddish, from Hebrew kāshēr fit, proper
Date: 1851
1 a : sanctioned by Jewish law; especially : ritually fit for use b : selling or serving food ritually fit according to Jewish law
2 : being proper, acceptable, or satisfactory


So for all it's worth, kosher means a Jewish priest or somebody blessed it and voila! it's kosher! Notice the "ritually fit" part.
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