Cantina Gabriele is the small Italian winery whose whole range is organic, OU certified, mevushal and Kosher for Passover, with nothing over $16.99. Most people find it searching for Dolcemente, the semi-sweet red from Lazio. There are four bottles: Dolcemente Red at 10.5%, the frizzante Moscato at 6% in the blue Trevi Fountain bottle, a 375ml Moscato at $8.99, and a dry Tuscan Sangiovese Chianti. Which to pour, and when.

Two Israeli araks from a house distilling since 1824. Elite is the standard bottling at 40 percent, $23.99, softer and sweeter. Alouf is triple-distilled at 100 proof, $24.99, drier and with more backbone. Both are Kosher for Passover. Plus how to pour arak so it clouds properly and what else is on the shelf.

Clear as water, smells like a bowl of dried figs, and it exists because there was almost no wine in Tunisia. What boukha is, how it differs from arak, and when to pour it.

The letters on a cognac label are age minimums, not quality grades. What VS, VSOP, Napoleon and XO each guarantee, why XO changed in 2018, what Grande Champagne means, and which kosher bottle to buy at each tier.