“The selection of kosher wines available in the U.S. has expanded immensely beyond sweet wines made from table grapes — most notably, Manischewitz — in the past 20 years. High-end kosher wines from Israel, Europe and California have replaced cheap and overly sugary wines on the table at weekly Shabbat dinners and on Jewish holidays, like Passover and Rosh Hashanah,” writes Jess Lander in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Jewish drinkers know they have more high-quality options than ever, but…They are still fighting against the stigma that kosher wine has carried for more than 100 years, ever since more than 1 million Jews migrated to New York and could find only Concord grapes for their religious wine needs. The grapes made bitter wine, so they sweetened it up — often with corn syrup.”

Exciting new developments and significant investment across the continent have led to a surge in the number of sparkling wines coming out of South America, with a wide variety of styles to be explored. Amanda Barnes explores the scene in Decanter.

In Bloomberg, Elin McCoy checks in on how major wine regions fared in this extremely challenging summer.

Jamie Goode shares highlights from a tasting of Château d’Yquem, “the world’s most famous sweet wine.”

In Smithsonian Magazine, Lauren Oster delves into the science behind nonalcoholic wine.

On JancisRobinson.com, James Lawther offers an update on the 2022 Bordeaux harvest.

A collective of alternative Bordeaux winemakers officially launched as the Union des Vignerons Bordeaux Pirate on Thursday, 15th September, reports Jacopo Mazzeo in Decanter.