Adam S. Montefiore is a wine trade veteran and winery insider turned wine writer, who has contributed to the advance of Israeli wines over four decades. He is the wine writer for the Jerusalem Post, partner in the Israel Wine Experience and CEO of Adam Montefiore Wine Consultancy. He was a founder member of the Academy of Wine Service in the UK. He then worked many years for Israeli wineries, established Handcrafted Wines of Israel and became arguably the most visual champion of Israeli wine in the wider world. He is author of The Wine Route of Israel, Wines of Israel, Domaine du Castel: The Biography and Golan Heights Winery. He contributes to Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book & Jancis Robinson MW’s The Oxford Companion to Wine. He is a member of The Circle of Wine Writers, a twice time winner of the Gourmand Awards and has been presented with the prestigious Terravino Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been referred to as ‘the English voice of Israeli wines.’