Kosher Wine Guides
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What Is Benedictine D.O.M.? The 27-Herb Liqueur, Its Alcohol and Its Price
If you have been at a farbrengen you have met this bottle without reading the label. Benedictine D.O.M. is a French herbal liqueur from Fecamp in Normandy, it is 40% alcohol - 80 proof, level with vodka and whiskey - and the 750ml is $39.99 with the litre at $49.99. It is not wine and there is no grape in it at all: the base is neutral beet-root alcohol. What the three letters mean, why historians doubt the monastery story, what twenty-seven botanicals taste like, the four ways it is actually drunk, and exactly what our listing records on hashgacha.
