It’s not my practice to post kosher wine events on this Israeli wine blog, since kosher wine and israeli wine are different — not all kosher wine is Israeli, not all Israeli wine is kosher, but of course many Israeli wine is kosher and the best kosher wine comes from Israel.

So, I thought my readers might be interested in two kosher wine events run by Royal, a large kosher wine importer in the United States and — despite their absolutely horrendous website — probably the importer of the most Israeli wine into the United States – representing top flight wineries like Carmel and Yatir, Castel, Agur, Psagot, Tzuba, Binyamina, and Barkan. So these events will have lots of Israeli wine and there is a possibility that Daniel Rogov, Israel’s top wine critic, will attend.

In California, at Herzog Winery, is the 2010 International Food & Wine Festival. This event, on February 3, 2010 at 7:00PM will feature wine from the Israeli wineries of Domaine du Castel, Yatir, Barkan, and Binyamina, as well as some of the best kosher wine from France, Spain, and California. For more information please visit Herzog’s website.

In New York, Royal Wine (owners of Herzog Winery), will be hosting a gala kosher food and wine event on February 1. This event will take place at 6:30PM at Pier 6.

This event will feature wine from the Israeli wineries of Binyamina, Carmel, Barkan, Castel, Yatir, Segal, Psagot, Gamla, Tzuba, Zion, Shiloh, and more.

It will also feature food from some of New York’s finest kosher restaurants.

You can purchase tickets online to that event from Royal.