KFWE NY is the largest of the KFWE events. The reason for this is 3 fold – there are more observant/kosher keeping Jews in the tri-state area than anywhere else outside of Israel. This leads to tremendous turnover relative to any other sales region and you therefore have the greatest chance of catching the most up to date vintages in NY. The only area where NY does NOT have something that LA does might be with Herzog’s own Special Reserve or Single Vineyard series wines that are VERY limited production. Those sometimes are more available in Cali (VIP) than in NY. Other than that, you get the bonus of having all of the wines that Royal produces and imports in the same room . This includes all of the Cali wineries like Covenant for instance which do their own distribution in California and therefore are not present at KFWE LA or all of the Israeli wineries that Royal imports but are not distributed by Zur in Israel. The only winery that I can think of that is NOT represented at KFWE NY but is represented at another KFWE would be Netofa which is only represented ant KFWE London (though there are rumors that this also might be rectified in the coming months). So you definitely get the greatest section of wines in NY. Hands down. And because of the turnover, you are also going to get the most recent Royal vintage. that doesn’t mean you are getting the most recent vintage period. Often times Royal will hold back on a current vintage stock runs out – but from KFWE perspective, being NY gets you the latest available. For me, from a tasting perspective that alone makes it worth going to.

This year as in years past KFWE was held at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers on the West Side. The room was set up with food on either end and the wines in the middle.