Problem
What's kosher and what is halal where drinks are concerned?
Answers
I was at a series of winetasting tutorials at ProWine Asia in Singapore. A session on Austrian wines ended with a kosher sweet dessert wine, the only one in Austria. (Not the only kosher wine in the world. You will find kosher wines made by Rothschild in France and several from Israel, available in Jewish delis and in supermarkets in London, England.)
Kosher Wine
When it came to question time, I asked, "What makes a kosher wine? Does it have to be blessed or checked by a rabbi, or is it something to do with egg whites which the Spaniards use for carifying, or the heat treatment?"
The answer was:
1 Yes, it has to be checked by a rabbi. He is making sure that the rules are followed in prductions which are:
2 No products which are from animals, birds nor fish, which includes no egg whites.
3 The clarification is achieved by time. (We had a lot of puns about the herb thyme and time. Eventually I was told not the herb thyme but time, waiting time.)
4 The wine is heat-treated, very briefly.
Halal
No such thing as halal wine, I was told. No halal wine.You can buy sparkling juices which resemble sparkling wines without the alchoholic content.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. (More details and photos may be added to this posts and others during the next week.)
What's kosher and what is halal where drinks are concerned?
Answers
I was at a series of winetasting tutorials at ProWine Asia in Singapore. A session on Austrian wines ended with a kosher sweet dessert wine, the only one in Austria. (Not the only kosher wine in the world. You will find kosher wines made by Rothschild in France and several from Israel, available in Jewish delis and in supermarkets in London, England.)
Kosher Wine
When it came to question time, I asked, "What makes a kosher wine? Does it have to be blessed or checked by a rabbi, or is it something to do with egg whites which the Spaniards use for carifying, or the heat treatment?"
The answer was:
1 Yes, it has to be checked by a rabbi. He is making sure that the rules are followed in prductions which are:
2 No products which are from animals, birds nor fish, which includes no egg whites.
3 The clarification is achieved by time. (We had a lot of puns about the herb thyme and time. Eventually I was told not the herb thyme but time, waiting time.)
4 The wine is heat-treated, very briefly.
Halal
No such thing as halal wine, I was told. No halal wine.You can buy sparkling juices which resemble sparkling wines without the alchoholic content.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. (More details and photos may be added to this posts and others during the next week.)
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