Is Kosher wine more expensive, why and how much?
Kosher wine is more expensive because you are paying for the supervision to be sure it is prepared properly without forbidden ingredients. However, the extra cost per bottle is a fixed cost. Speculate at about at least 15% or more. (You can compare by checking lists of kosher and non-kosher wines.) So the proportion of the cost of the wine spent on the supervision seems proportionally higher on a low price bottle than on a higher price bottle. (Unless you have a fixed ceiling for what you would pay for a bottle of wine.)
Of course if you are buying for a novelty, or just in case a few people in a club event want or would like kosher wine, you are catering for kosher as an additional option.
If you are catering for a kosher event, you don't have an option. So you must choose from the kosher wines available. But you could go for the label, the vineyard, the white, red, rose, sparkling, the mix of grapes. You might pick the style your guests would like, or what you tasted previously and prefer. For example I prefer sweet and white, but I know many people prefer a dry red. For toasts at a wedding most people would like a sparkling white or sparkling rose.
On the other hand, although in Israel you might expect a vineyard to be catering to a kosher market, if you are at an event elsewhere in the world, a kosher wine might be a new experience. If you do not drink wines, but take a fancy to a wine served at a kosher event, you might note the winemaker, the area, the grape. Decide if you want another similar wine, not necessarily kosher, at the best available price. or another kosher wine with the same qualities (e.g. same vineyard, or same grape).
Kosher wine is more expensive because you are paying for the supervision to be sure it is prepared properly without forbidden ingredients. However, the extra cost per bottle is a fixed cost. Speculate at about at least 15% or more. (You can compare by checking lists of kosher and non-kosher wines.) So the proportion of the cost of the wine spent on the supervision seems proportionally higher on a low price bottle than on a higher price bottle. (Unless you have a fixed ceiling for what you would pay for a bottle of wine.)
Of course if you are buying for a novelty, or just in case a few people in a club event want or would like kosher wine, you are catering for kosher as an additional option.
If you are catering for a kosher event, you don't have an option. So you must choose from the kosher wines available. But you could go for the label, the vineyard, the white, red, rose, sparkling, the mix of grapes. You might pick the style your guests would like, or what you tasted previously and prefer. For example I prefer sweet and white, but I know many people prefer a dry red. For toasts at a wedding most people would like a sparkling white or sparkling rose.
On the other hand, although in Israel you might expect a vineyard to be catering to a kosher market, if you are at an event elsewhere in the world, a kosher wine might be a new experience. If you do not drink wines, but take a fancy to a wine served at a kosher event, you might note the winemaker, the area, the grape. Decide if you want another similar wine, not necessarily kosher, at the best available price. or another kosher wine with the same qualities (e.g. same vineyard, or same grape).
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