kosher wines...

[marleyplaydead]

1-looking for something to impress the guests with for the upcoming holidays. they are not wine drinkers and i would like to introduce them to something more sophisticated than kedem. are there any good sweet or semi-sweet wines in the $10-15 range?

2-also, what good kosher merlots are out there in the $15-20 range?

3-what do you think of the langer reserve series (thummerer winery, hungary)?

[Innkeeper]

I have liked many of the Baron Herzog wines. He also imports some such as the Herzog Selection wines. Their Merlot Bordeaux sells for around $10. Not familiar with the Langer Wines.

[sgutte]

Here is a link to a list "The Best Kosher Wines In The World" compiled by Daniel Rogov, a very well respected wine critic in Israel.

http://www.stratsplace.com/rogov/best_kosher_wines.html

and here is another link, also compiled by Mr. Rogov "Not The Best, But the Best of the Rest 150 More Kosher Wines"

http://www.stratsplace.com/rogov/best_of_rest_kosher_wines.html

[sgutte]

Mr. Rogov's lists are 2 years old. Since then several new wineries have sprouted in Israel, but not all of them are kosher. Two of these that have a Merlot that I am quite found of and are in the $10-15 range in Israel (so I would expect no more than $15-20 in US)are Recanati and Galil Mountains.