Hundreds attend Kosher festival as merchants report boom in high-end wine market

The biggest-ever Kosher Food and Wine Experience (KFWE) was hailed by organisers as a “marvellous success” as wine merchants reported a growing demand in the community for high-end wines to match the non-kosher market.

Hundreds of gastronomes, representing all sections of the Jewish community, attended Wednesday evening’s event at the Sheraton Grand hotel on Park Lane, in central London.

Wines from France, Italy, Israel, Spain, Argentina, Chile, the US, Australia and New Zealand were on offer, as were a selection of kosher whiskeys.

Benjamin Gestetner of Kedem Europe, organisers of the KFWE said: “It was great fun, and a very enjoyable evening for our guests, and the wine-makers.

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