272530 Tue Mar 09 17:24:44 -0800 1999 10 28 Kosher 0 1434335 Can anybody suggest any Kosher wines for passover? This year I've made it my mission to find the world of kosher wine that exists outside of the sickly-sweet Manischevitz that haunts our seder every year. Tue Mar 09 17:24:44 -0800 1999 0 Seth Ditchik 1 1434336 There is lots of good Pessadich wine available. Vintners in the US, France, Italy, Israel (of course), and other places are offering some fine choices, too many to list. If you have a wine merchant whom you trust, ask him to suggest a few possibilities. Check them out in the next few weeks, and then buy what you like. If you tell us where you live, someone may be able to suggest a store. Wed Mar 10 11:45:00 -0800 1999 1434335 0 Josh Mittleman 2 1434339 Since Passover is coming back again this year soon, this is a question to come. I don't know where you could find a wine merchant close by (I am in France), but there are at least a hundred sorts of wines available in France. If I knew how to solve the customs questions I would organise a Fedex delivery to whoever is interested. Bordeaux, Bourgogne, White, Red, Rosé, medium level or high level (mouton cadet, haut brion)etc... all that exist. Wed Mar 10 18:47:43 -0800 1999 1434336 0 Bernard Haddad 3 1434380 for under $10--look for Herzog Chenin blanc for a white--off dry--really nice. Their zinfandel is also passable. California: Weinstock makes palatable wines in all colors--actually--nicely made juice and so does Gan Eden--but he's fallen off some in the past few years. Also--Al Fasi from Chile. From Bandol (provence) look for the special kosher cuvee from Bunyan. I know there's some decent Italian kosher wines out there but I certainly haven't found them. Tue Oct 12 21:30:47 -0700 1999 1434339 0 alice 4 1434382 try the weinstock chilean wines also alfasi put out an inexpensive wine called flora thats nice Thu Oct 28 10:16:18 -0700 1999 1434380 0 hesh 5 1435686 Rashi brand puts out good wines Tue Jun 17 00:39:36 -0700 2003 1434382 0 Reuven 4 1434576 B"H I don't really think that my wines have fallen off in the past few years. Rather, I think you might have gotten some older product which has not been stored properly by the retailers in your area (if indeed we are still distributed in your area-- I have mainly gone consumer direct). GAN EDEN wines win just as many medals as they ever have, over the entire product line. For sweet wines, the Late HArvest Gewurztraminer and Black Muscat each regularly win over 10 medals per year. For dry reds, my new 1997 Limited Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and 1996 cuvee "Les Trois Canards" are show quite well, and that is true of all of my Chardonnays as well. Please consider that even my older wines have won recent medals-- the 1993 Chardonnay Reserve and 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon both took Silvers in the 2001 California State Fair, and the 1994 Chardonnay took a bronze there. However, nothing dry of mine has come close to the success of the 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon in terms of medal wins (it was the top rated Cabernet Sauvignon in the USA in 1989), but then, even the top California nonkosher producers rarely repeat such success stories. Craig Winchell GAN EDEN Wines Sun Aug 05 21:08:58 -0700 2001 1434380 0 Craig Winchell 5 1434577 Craig -- I don't know if you noticed you were responding to a two year old message, but it is good to see a kosher winemaker here as there are almost annual discussions of what are the best wines for Passover. I hope you'll continue to check in here and join in the general flow of discussion. Mon Aug 06 09:04:40 -0700 2001 1434576 0 Deven Black 1 1434337 Well, I have to say first that I've never had any kosher wine, but the most visible place on the Lower East Side for decades has been Schapiro's; for many years the mural facing Essex Street read: "Schapiro's...The wine you can almost 'Cut With a Knife'". That old sign can still be seen in "Crossing Delancey", but apparently the owner saw a need to modernize, because the sign has since been painted over by Chico, the omnipresent Lower East Side muralist. Wed Mar 10 11:55:52 -0800 1999 1434335 0 Frank Language 2 1434338 Schapiro's wine isn't something to drink; you sort of spread it on bread. For years, the only drinkable Kosher-for-Passover wine was Baron Hertzog. It has never been more than drinkable. That's changed these days; there really is excellent wine available for a seder. Wed Mar 10 16:45:38 -0800 1999 1434337 0 Josh Mittleman 1 1434340 for a true, world class wine, from Israel, for passover, try and find a wonderful cab, Barkan Riserve, 1993. your wine merchant can order a case if necessary. enjoy Fri Mar 12 15:14:46 -0800 1999 1434335 0 stephen kaye