Posts Tagged ‘Adam Montefiore’
From Rothschild to Parker
3, Aug 2010Share (The following article was written by Adam Montefiore for TASTED magazine and is reprinted with permission from wines-israel.com) Israel is a ‘new world’ wine country, in one of the oldest wine regions on earth. In this Biblical land, one can find a curious combination of the new, old and ancient world of winemaking in [...]
- In: Wine industry|Wineries
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Carmel, history of Israel, Robert Parker
Adam Montefiore in the Huffington Post
29, Apr 2010Share I’ve previously written about Adam Montefiore, currently a manager at Carmel Winery. The dean of Israeli wine marketing (a topic close to my heart) and someone I’m privileged to have met and call an associate and friend, Montefiore is also known by his moniker ‘The Ambassador of Israeli Wine’ – a title well deserved. As one [...]
- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Carmel, Carmel Winery, Yatir
Adam Montefiore: The Ambassador of Israeli Wine
25, Mar 2010Share In 1884, a year before his death, Sir Moses Montefiore, then 100 years old, made his last donation to the new village of Rishon le Zion, birth place of the modern Israel wine industry. Over 100 years later a young Englishman with blue eyes made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel. The great, great grandson of Moses [...]
Make Time for Wine At Pesach (Passover)
22, Mar 2010Share The following is a guest post by Adam Montefiore, the Ambassador of Israeli Wine In most homes, Shabbat is the time to get out the finest crockery. People who look quite scruffy during the week will be dressed in their best suit and finest dresses. There is a lot of pressure on the lady [...]
- In: Kosher|Wines
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, kosher, Passover
Share Rogov’s Guide To Israeli Wines 2010 has been launched. This is the sixth edition of the book which has become a fixture in the wine libraries of wine lovers, connoisseurs and wine professionals alike. The launch party was an intimate gathering of the main wine personalities of Israel, including all the major wine writers [...]
Rogov’s Guide to 2010 Launched
7, Nov 2009Share I plan on posting more over the next week about the launch of Daniel Rogov’s Launch of the Guide to Israeli Wines 2010 and his new Guide to Kosher Wines (Disclosure: I received an invite to the launch party and copy from Toby Press, the publisher). In the meantime, however, here is a video [...]
Kosher and Proud of It
6, Jan 2009Share (This originally appeared on Wines Israel) By: Adam Montefiore Lets destroy some popular misconceptions: Not all kosher wine is made in Israel and not all Israeli wine is kosher! Nowadays nearly every wine producing country in the world produces kosher wine and in Israel, just to be confusing, many of the newer, smaller wineries [...]
- In: Kosher
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, kosher, kosher wine, Yatir
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- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Carmel, Video
JTA: Israeli wines come of age
14, Sep 2008Share A bit behind the times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the stereotypical “Israeli wines used to suck, now they are good story.” Focusing on Castel, a story I did two years ago. But, perhaps the most important as it’s the Jewish crowd that is most stuck on an image of Israeli wines from 30 [...]
- In: Kosher|Wine industry
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Daniel Rogov, Domaine du Castel, Israeli wine, JTA, Reviews
Israeli wine doesn’t suck: Bloomberg
23, Jul 2008Share Bloomberg gets the message that Israeli wine doesn’t suck. I’m a little surprised that the article used the traditional framing of “Israeli wine used to suck, now kosher wine is good” (making the association between bad kosher American wine with great Israeli wine [which wasn't always kosher, even]). This is especially surprising coming from [...]
- In: Wine industry
- Tags: Adam Montefiore, Ariel Ben-Zaken, Bloomberg, Carmel, Castel, Domaine du Castel, Eli Ben-Zaken, kosher, Yatir
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