Q&A: Cognac from Duty Free
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Cognac from Duty Free
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Does cognac from abroad need kosher certification?
And what about Passover—does it contain leavened food?
Answer
I haven’t the faintest idea. I don’t know what cognac is, and I don’t understand anything about alcoholic drinks.
Cognac is distilled wine (brandy, from the Cognac region of France), and therefore there is a concern of libation wine.
If it has kosher certification with respect to libation wine, then it is not outright leavened food. In any case, the practice is to sell anything that is not leavened food, as long as it does not have special kosher-for-Passover certification.