| If you're roughly familiar with kosher laws, you'll | | | | rather than what is used to make it. A sabbath |
| be forgiven for being nonplussed by the term | | | | observing Jew needs to be involved at every |
| kosher wine. You know the score on pigs, shellfish | | | | step of the wine making process, from |
| and the like, but how would you make a wine | | | | harvesting, through fermentation to bottling. Fining |
| kosher? | | | | agents popularly used in conventional winemaking |
| The first thing to bear in mind is that kosher laws | | | | are not allowed, notably casein (from dairy |
| are understood in different ways in the Jewish | | | | products) gelatin (from pigs) and isinglass (from |
| religion, depending on where you sit in the | | | | non-kosher fish). Gentiles can be involved in the |
| spectrum (from orthodox to liberal). | | | | winemaking process, but not in a direct physical |
| In kosher winemaking, the Kashrut (dietary) laws | | | | way. |
| are more concerned with who makes the wine, | | | | |