The Jerusalem Post blogger Levi Shapiro has a new post about my two favorite Israeli wine folk: Daniel Rogov, Israel’s premier wine critic, and Adam Montefiore, Israel’s premier international wine marketer, often referred to (though he humbly laughs at the claim) as “The Ambassador of Israeli Wine.” Not surprisingly, the two most important figures for promoting Israeli wine to an international audience are also olim, immigrants to Israel, from North America and the United Kingdom. As Levi writes: Unlike venture […]

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Posted at 21:30h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments There aren’t many people who understand Israeli wine better than Lewis Pasco. Born in America, he started out as a chef in the San Francisco Bay Area. He then came to Israel and became one of our most respected and prolific winemakers. After some time back in California, Lewis has returned to Israel and is making his own label – The Lewis Pasco Project. Host David Rhodes sits down with Lewis […]

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Posted at 14:17h in Events, Wine industry, Wines by Avi 0 Comments A conference on the subject of the Englishman, Sir Moses Montefiore, was held recently at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem. It was entitled: ‘Moses Montefiore: The Man Behind The Windmill’ and was attended by people from all over the world. The first lecture of the three day conference was given by Adam Montefiore, the first member of the family ever to make aliyah to Israel. He is a direct descendant of Moses Montefiore’s nephew and heir, and fifth generation after Sir Moses. Adam spoke […]

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Posted at 18:47h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments At the awards ceremony for the 2014 Eshkol Ha’Zahav wine tasting competition, there were a number of surprises. This year it was the smaller, newish, lesser known wineries that drew attention by winning some of the main prizes. Wineries such as Jezreel Valley, Kishor, Kerem Montefiore and Vortman took on and beat some of the more established and more famous wineries. The Jezreel Valley Carignan 2012, Kishor Savant 2012, Montefiore Red […]

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The Wall Street Journal published a profile about wine in the Judean Hills, near Jerusalem, in March 2010. Tzora Vineyards The vineyard of kibbutz-based Tzora. Winemaker Yaakov Berg has a recycled winery under his land. Hewn out of stone in the days of Jerusalem’s Second Holy Temple, it holds an ancient wine press now flanked by oak barrels in which Mr. Berg’s best wines are aging. Above ground stands the home vineyard of his Psagot Winery—a player in an unexpected […]

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