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<font size=3>At 05:13 PM 7/23/2013, martin brody wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Because Chazal tell us to spoil
it. How? By cooking it!</font></blockquote><br>
Is wine made today the same way it was made in the time of Chazal?
From
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wine" eudora="autourl">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wine</a> it seems not.
Also, the kind of grapes used clearly play a key role in the kind
of wine produced.<br><br>
While cooking wine in the time of Chazal may have spoiled it, it is
not at all clear to me that the wine that we have today is spoiled by
cooking. My limited experience with boiling non-mevushal wine is
one counter example. <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>Also are you sure
that the non-mevushal variety is not cooked at all? Maybe like the grape
juice non-mevushal it is cooked at a lower temperature that their posek
suggests would qualify for mevushal?<br>
And also, no disrespect meant but Concord Kal is not considered a quality
wine.<br>
It is interesting why you reserve the non-mevushal for Pesach and not
Shabbat. Any reason for that?</font></blockquote><br>
<font size=3>My understanding is that non-mevushal wine is preferable for
Arba Kosos at the Seder, so that is why we use it. Red
wine is also preferable for the Sedarim, even though many might
argue that certain white wines are considered better wines.
Thus, "best" may not be the end all and be all when it
comes to wine for kiddush.<br><br>
</font>Again, I am not expert. I am simply speaking from my
own very limited experience.<br><br>
(I still remember the heavy Concord and Malaga kosher wine that was used
in the sixties. It was all that was available. Cooking
definitely did not spoil this wine, since it was
"spoiled" from the get go! :-))<br><br>
YL<br><br>
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