[Avodah] Yayin mevushal

[Dorron Katzin]

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 13:25, martin brody <martinlbrody at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  As I understand it, according to many authorities, if a non-Jew
>>>  handles yayin mevushal this does not render it non-Kosher.

>>  That is according to all authorities.

> This is not quite correct. There is an opinion(and I'll try to find the
> source) that that if the cooking process does not actually affect the
> wine/grape juice, making it noticeably inferior, it cannot be touched by a
> non-Jew. According to this opinion it probably applies to grape juice, which
> cannot be produced w/o cooking/pasteurizing, and many other flash cooked
> wines.

If that is the Halacha, there is no point to Yayin Mevushal as currently
done.

Dorron Katzin