Kosher Wine Guides
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Kosher Wine Brands: The Names Worth Knowing
A kiddush pour, a Pesach case and a bottle for your father-in-law are three different problems, so here are the kosher wine brands that matter grouped by the job they do. Under $20: Barkan, Carmel, Kedem, Bartenura and Baron Herzog. The middle ground at $20 to $30: Dalton, Teperberg, Herzog and Binyamina. For when it matters: Yarden, Shiloh and Psagot. Real prices on every one, plus the question that matters more than the brand name - whether you need mevushal.
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What Is Pet Nat Wine? How It's Made and What It Tastes Like
Pet nat is short for petillant naturel. The wine is bottled before it has finished fermenting, so the bubbles come from the wine itself rather than a second fermentation. Why it is cloudy, why it wears a beer cap, how it differs from champagne and prosecco, and the two kosher bottles Dalton makes at $31.99.
