Last week there was a man who came here after sundown on Saturday night. Today's kosher wine buyer is definitely a different breed. But still I feel for the wine drinkers who are limited to wines with an OU - the Union of Orthodox Rabbi's stamp of approval. At this point they only have the typical varietals available to them. The transcendental Burgundy experience is still uncharted ground.
Relief is on the way.
At least there's some decent sparkling wine around. California's Korbel Cellars and Hagafen Cellars produce nice kosher sparklers. And there are some terrific dessert wines that are not from the Concord grape, notably Gan Eden 's Black Muscat. But people of my mother's generation who have always been wine drinkers still have a hankering for the sweet stuff. To solve a problem last year about what to drink at the Seder, I brought over one of the new powerful Herzogs.