What Kind Of Wine Are You Having At The Passover Seder?
During the Passover Seder, Jews consume four cups of wine or grape juice. Image by iStock
By The Scribe March 7, 2018
Of all of the Passover traditions, the obligation to have four cups of wine (or grape juice) at the Passover seder might be the most controversial.
Yes, even more hotly debated than sinkers vs. floaters. More essential than whether or not matzo is to be suffered or savored.
While there are many varieties of kosher wine available, some Seder hosts prefer to harken back to the days when the only kosher options were sickly sweet — think Magen David or Manischewitz. Others have a slightly more sophisticated palate and prefer sweet and bubbly blue bottles of Bartenura. The most genteel eshkew anything sweet and serve dry whites and reds from Israel, Italy, France and California. The young and the truly noble might even stick with grape juice.
Dear readers, we want to hear from you: How do you take your Passover wine?
We promise to only judge you a little bit.
Vote:
? What kind of wine are you filling your four cups with at the Passover Seder this year? ?
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