{"id":407,"date":"2020-10-04T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelb36.sg-host.com\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2024-02-19T20:56:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:56:41","slug":"wine-writer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wine-writer","title":{"rendered":"WINE WRITER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"407\" class=\"elementor elementor-407\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31a27ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31a27ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10336ae\" data-id=\"10336ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2db49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2db49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WINE WRITER\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037938f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"037938f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#0c0d0e;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(--divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(--divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:\"\";border-block-end:0;flex-grow:1;border-block-start:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-start .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-start .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-start .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-start:0}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-end .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-end .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-end .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-end:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-block-start:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern{--divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider--view-line .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider--view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(--divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(--divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing{--divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider--bg-round{--divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(--container-widget-width,100%);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f55174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f55174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CWW-logo-landscape.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-409\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e58e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c8e58e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e35619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e35619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Adam S. Montefiore is not just a great Israeli wine writer, he is a great wine writer (period!) and a great writer (period again!). His columns are stories not scores, they tell us about human experience without judgment and they encourage us to experience wine as it should be experienced.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<strong>Martin Sinkoff<\/strong><\/p><p>Adam Montefiore is a freelance wine writer, who has been writing for\u00a0 international and Israeli publications for over thirty years. Since 2010, he has been the wine writer for the Jerusalem Post. He is a\u00a0 member of The Circle of Wine Writers. This is the world&#8217;s leading international association of authors, writers, journalists and lecturers communicating about wines.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Author\/Adam-Montefiore-Wine-Talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Author\/Adam-Montefiore-Wine-Talk<\/a><\/p><p>BOOKS\/ PUBLICATIONS<br \/>Adam Montefiore is the biographer of the Domaine du Castel and the Golan Heights Winery arguably Israel&#8217;s two most famous wineries. He is author of the books <em>The Wine Route of Israel<\/em>, <em>Wines of Israel<\/em>, <em>Shvill Ha\u2019Yayin<\/em>, <em>Domaine du Castel: The Biography<\/em> (nominee for the Gourmand Awards) and <em>Golan Heights Winery: Forty Years Of Quality, Innovation and Authenticity<\/em>. He has written the booklets on behalf of the Judean Hills Quartet, The Israel Export Institute, The Ministry of Tourism and <em>120 Harvests, a<\/em> history of Carmel Winery. He contributed to <em>The Book of New Israeli Food<\/em> by Janna Gur, writing the chapters on olive oil and wine, and to <em>Time and Place, Tzora Vineyards<\/em>.<\/p><p>He has written the section on \u2018Israel\u2019 and \u2018Kosher\u2019 for <em>The Oxford Companion To Wine<\/em> by Jancis Robinson MW, the leading wine reference book, for the editions published in 2006, 2015 and 2023. For over 28 years he has contributed to <em>Hugh Johnson\u2019s Pocket Wine Book<\/em>, the world&#8217;s largest selling wine book, on Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean. He has also contributed to <em>The World Atlas of Wine<\/em>, <em>Wine Grapes<\/em>, <em>Oz Clarke\u2019s Pocket Wine A-Z<\/em> , <em>Robert Parker&#8217;s Wine Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/em>, <em>The Sotheby&#8217;s Wine Encyclopedia<\/em> and Wine Folly.<\/p><p>ARTICLES<\/p><p>Adam Montefiore was instrumental in the setting up of the first English language website about Israeli wine. He has kept the English site going for twenty years providing content, news items and articles. He writes for www.wines-israel.com\u00a0<\/p><p>He also written for the Jewish Chronicle and has had articles published in Al Hashulchan, Ish Anavim, Israel Wines, Wine &amp; Gourmet, Ynet (in Israel); Beverage Media, The New York Times, Wine Folly (USA); Enotria (France); Meininger\u2019s Wine Business International (Germany); and Drinks International, Harpers, Wine &amp; Spirit (UK).<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/winesisrael.com\/en\/\">http:\/\/www.wines-israel.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce1c09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ce1c09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam_mont_wine.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7890\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam_mont_wine.webp 645w, https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam_mont_wine-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48203ed\" data-id=\"48203ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763554f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"763554f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam_wine_writer.webp\" title=\"Wine Writer\" alt=\"Wine Writer\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb4f33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cdb4f33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8025\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam_event-2.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINE WRITER &#8220;Adam S. Montefiore is not just a great Israeli wine writer, he is a great wine writer (period!) and a great writer (period again!). His columns are stories not scores, they tell us about human experience without judgment and they encourage us to experience wine as it should be experienced.&#8221;\u00a0Martin Sinkoff Adam Montefiore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8794,"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions\/8794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adammontefiore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}