Jewish Question for the Braintrust -- 9 Days

[gnomi]

Can one drink wine during the Nine Days?

(not being a wine drinker, I never bothered to find out. But I was asked, so I'm asking.)

Comments

[zsero.livejournal.com]

The problem is that these lenten restrictions aren't really laws, they're more like firm customs, so it's difficult to pin them down with such analytical precision. A quick look at the Shulchan Aruch and the commentaries on the page doesn't yield anything precisely on point. My guess is that if the wine is mixed with the other ingredients, and is a subordinate ingredient such that its bracha status is lost, then it should be OK. Even better if "wine" isn't part of the usual description of this dessert. But this is the sort of borderline case where you might want to CYLOR.