1.   Hagafen Cellars of the Napa Valley will offer a selection of premium kosher wines.

2.   The good news is that there are more well-made dry kosher wines than ever before.

3.   Among the most prestigious kosher wines are those made in Bordeaux by Baron Edmond de Rothschild at his Chateau Clarke.

4.   An extra step used today with many popular kosher wines is making the wine yayin mevushal, or universally kosher.

5.   And for many Jews and others familiar with kosher wine, that means sweet.

6.   Even Manischewitz, which accounts for more than half of all kosher wine sold in America, this year for the first time released a kosher line of varietals.

7.   First, there were Hebrew songs and shot glasses of spritzy, pink kosher wine.

8.   For the occasion, Philippe Bourguignon, the sommelier at the two-star Restaurant Laurent in Paris, held a blind tasting of kosher Israeli wines.

9.   For years, dry, well-made varietal kosher wines have been made in several countries, from Israel to France to California.

10.   Further, only certified kosher products, like yeasts and fining agents used in winemaking, can be used in the production of kosher wines.