Adam Montefiore

Adam S. Montefiore is a wine trade veteran and a winery insider turned wine writer, who has written his Wine Talk column for The Jerusalem Post since 2010. For over thirty-eight years he has contributed to the advance of Israeli wine and has been referred to as "the English voice of Israeli wine." Born in London, brought up in England, he initially worked in the English wine trade. When he made Aliyah, he devoted himself to Israeli wine, working for many years for Yarden-Golan Heights Winery, Carmel Winery and Yatir Winery. He was a founding member of The Academy of Wine Service (UK) and founder of Handcrafted Wines of Israel.  

Montefiore is a member of The Circle of Wine Writers, based in the UK. He is author of: Domaine du Castel: The Biography, Golan Heights Winery: Forty Years…, The Wine Route of Israel, and Wines of Israel.  He is also a contributor to Jancis Robinson MW’s The Oxford Companion To Wine, The World Atlas of Wine, Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book, and The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia.

Other than writing about wine, he divides his time between The Israel Wine Experience, which educates about Israeli wine and advances wine tourism, and Adam Montefiore Wine Consultancy, which advises wineries, hotels, restaurants, retailers, and private individuals.  

He is the fifth generation after Sir Moses Montefiore and the first from the family to make aliyah. His brothers include historian Simon Sebag Montefiore (author of Jerusalem: The Biography) and writer Hugh Sebag Montefiore. He lives in Ra’anana, north of Tel Aviv. His wife passed away in 2015 and he has three children and six grandchildren.

Adam is a two time winner of the Gourmand Awards, the Oscars for food and wine books, and he was recently presented with the prestigious Terravino Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his contribution to Israeli wine.