Wine tasting is a favorite past time of many, enjoyed by those who follow kosher and those who do not. Kosher wine tasting and even kosher food pairing is fun and enjoyable for many a wine connoisseur and casual drinker alike. There are even kosher wine shops and vineyards that offer kosher wine tours to their patrons, allowing customers to sample several sweet wines and dry wines.

Kosher food pairing and wine tasting can be easily done with a little preparation and thought. Remember that while wine itself does not have any ingredients that break kosher, some ingredients normally used in the fining process are not allowed, which can have a slight affect on the taste for those who are experienced. When doing a kosher food pairing, be sure and keep this in mind.

One substitute for the clarification process of kosher wine is to use egg whites, which are pareve because they do not contain meat. But because egg whites only come from eggs that have been laid, kosher wine clarified in this way should not then be paired with a meat dish.

Wine tastings or kosher wine tours offered by a kosher wine shop would be a fun tasting experience for anyone interested in the kosher wine-making process. Several groups even offer seminars, Israeli wine-tasting events, and expert guest speakers on the subject.

Kosher wine used to be associated only with sweet wine that Jewish immigrants in New York favored. But today kosher wine-making has expanded greatly to include the tastes of many wine drinkers, even those who like high-quality dry wines.