Fred Tasker’s Jewish Holiday Wine Suggestions
Years ago, kosher wine meant sweet, viscous wine made of the concord grape in upstate
But these days a younger generation is demanding top-quality, dry kosher wines, and started producing them from
To be kosher, a wine must be made according to Jewish dietary laws. Often, the word kosher does not appear on the bottle. Instead, it may be identified by the symbol of a U in a circle, meaning it has been approved by the Orthodox
The letter P following the circled U means the wine is made to even stricter standards and is kosher to Passover. The word “mevushel” on the label means the wine has been “flash pasteurized” and may be poured for observant Jews by non-Jewish servers, as at a Seder held in a hotel.
Here are some good kosher wines:
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So even at Passover, the only reason you might need to pour wine from a square bottle is what they say in Fiddler on the Roof. TRADITION!!