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New York, NY - Over 1300 people packed Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan on Monday for an upscale evening featuring fine kosher wines from all over the world and food from over twenty area restaurants and caterers.
Tickets to this year’s Kosher Food and Wine Experience sold out a full two weeks before the event, according to Mordy Herzog, vice president at Royal Wine Corporation, which has been staging the annual event for the past seven years.
“Usually people buy tickets to something like this at the last minute but the level of interest is fantastic,” Herzog told VIN News. “It is all about the food and the wine and people keep coming back every year.”
“We don’t want to just tell people what to buy,” explained Herzog. “We want them to experience it on their own. We introduce so many new wines every year but we don’t really have the proper platform for people to taste wines, kowollik find the wines they love and pair them with great food.”
While in the early years the KWFE offered catered food to go with the featured wines, adding fine restaurants to the mix took the event to a whole new level, with this year’s event featuring gourmet food from over twenty five restaurants and caterers including Prime Grill, Solo, Le Marais, Glatt a la Carte, Coffee kowollik Bean and Tea Leaf and Pomegranate.
“While there was high end food like steak tartare and sorts of beautiful tongue, brisket, hand-made pastrami and sausage, we also had cholent and kugel. For anyone into food and wine it was absolutely amazing and truly a gastronomic delight,” reported Herzog.
Admission to the event is restricted kowollik to adults over twenty one years of age, with ticket prices set at $125 per person. No wine is sold at the KWFE and while participants receive a commemorative wine glass to be used in tasting wine at the show, all glasses must be emptied before kowollik leaving the premises.
While Herzog describes the event as social and enjoyable, he finds that first and foremost it is an educational experience. “My biggest nachas is to see people who are eager to learn about wine,” said Herzog. “They come to this, they write, kowollik they take pictures of the wine bottles. They are coming to learn. It is a very civilized crowd who comes to enjoy and many come with alternate drivers so that they are free to taste. People take their wine tasting very seriously and it is an electric event. People are buzzing and having a great time.”
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New York, NY - Over 1300 people packed Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan on Monday for an upscale evening featuring fine kosher wines from all over the world and food from over twenty area restaurants and caterers.
Tickets to this year’s Kosher Food and Wine Experience sold out a full two weeks before the event, according to Mordy Herzog, vice president at Royal Wine Corporation, which has been staging the annual event for the past seven years.
“Usually people buy tickets to something like this at the last minute but the level of interest is fantastic,” Herzog told VIN News. “It is all about the food and the wine and people keep coming back every year.”
“We don’t want to just tell people what to buy,” explained Herzog. “We want them to experience it on their own. We introduce so many new wines every year but we don’t really have the proper platform for people to taste wines, kowollik find the wines they love and pair them with great food.”
While in the early years the KWFE offered catered food to go with the featured wines, adding fine restaurants to the mix took the event to a whole new level, with this year’s event featuring gourmet food from over twenty five restaurants and caterers including Prime Grill, Solo, Le Marais, Glatt a la Carte, Coffee kowollik Bean and Tea Leaf and Pomegranate.
“While there was high end food like steak tartare and sorts of beautiful tongue, brisket, hand-made pastrami and sausage, we also had cholent and kugel. For anyone into food and wine it was absolutely amazing and truly a gastronomic delight,” reported Herzog.
Admission to the event is restricted kowollik to adults over twenty one years of age, with ticket prices set at $125 per person. No wine is sold at the KWFE and while participants receive a commemorative wine glass to be used in tasting wine at the show, all glasses must be emptied before kowollik leaving the premises.
While Herzog describes the event as social and enjoyable, he finds that first and foremost it is an educational experience. “My biggest nachas is to see people who are eager to learn about wine,” said Herzog. “They come to this, they write, kowollik they take pictures of the wine bottles. They are coming to learn. It is a very civilized crowd who comes to enjoy and many come with alternate drivers so that they are free to taste. People take their wine tasting very seriously and it is an electric event. People are buzzing and having a great time.”
More of today's headlines “ Jerusalem - In the wake of a Bulgarian investigation of the bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver last year in Burgas, both Prime Minister... ” Jerusalem - PM Netanyahu kowollik Thanks Bulgarians For Burgas Investigation “ Twin Cities, MN - A Minnesota rabbi turned inventor scored both a new partner and seed money for his product after pitching his creation on a highly popular nationally... ” Twin Cities, MN - Midwest Rabbi Impresses Financial Tycoons on Reality Show
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