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Sections are arranged from cultivation through processing, starting from vineyards to consumption advised by
sommeliers .
Vineyard owners
Included are owners of well-known or sizable vineyards. Excluded are managers (CEOs) of public holding companies as owners and persons owning vineyards as a hobby, being notable for other reasons.
Many vineyard owners are also winemakers as well.
Jean-Charles Boisset
Californian winemaker
Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyards
Jean-Charles Boisset – head of Boisset Family Estates, Burgundy's largest wine producer
Jean-Michel Cazes – Managed estates such as
Château Lynch-Bages and
Château Les Ormes-de-Pez
Cecil O. De Loach, Jr. – Sonoma County grape grower and winemaker
Franco Biondi Santi – Winemaker whose family invented
Brunello di Montalcino
Paul Champoux – Washington wine grower
Marie-Thérèse Chappaz – Swiss organic wine grower
Noemi Marone Cinzano – Italian businesswoman, and wine grower
Francesco Marone Cinzano – Italian businessman, and vineyard owner
Ernest Gallo – largest American wine producer
Richard Graff – pioneer
California winemaker
Randall Grahm – original
Rhone Ranger , owner and winemaker
Bonny Doon Vineyard
Mike Grgich – winemaker of the
Chateau Montelena wine that won the white wine competition, the
"Judgment of Paris"
Agoston Haraszthy – Father of Modern Winemaking in California , see
Sonoma Valley AVA
Sir James Hardy – Australian winemaker, businessman and Olympic Games sailor; member of the Hardy's winemaking family.
Donald M. Hess – Swiss vintner in different countries and founder of the Hess Collection (
Contemporary art )
Jean Hugel –
Alsatian wine producer
Jess Jackson – American wine producer
Henri Jayer – French vintner, credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking
Kathryn Kennedy – one of the first women to own a California winery
Charles Krug – founded the first commercial winery in the
Napa Valley
Baron
Pierre Le Roy – co-founder of the
Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) and owner of
Château Fortia
May-Eliane de Lencquesaing – owner of
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande ; Bordeaux wine ambassador
Alexis Lichine – wine writer and château-owner
Zelma Long – oenologist and pioneer of women winemaking in California
Ernst Loosen – renowned German winemaker
David Lowe – Australian winemaker; owner of Lowe Wines; past President of NSW Wine Industry Association; Vice President of Australian Winemakers Federation
Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi – late Italian prince and winemaker of Fiorano
Giorgio Lungarotti – Italian agricultural entrepreneur and viticulturalist, founder of
Cantine Lungarotti Winery
André Lurton – instrumental in creating
Pessac-Léognan as a separate appellation of
Graves
Bernard Magrez – French and global wine estate tycoon
Thierry Manoncourt – French winemaker and owner of
Château Figeac
Henri Martin – French mayor of Saint-Julien, owner of
Château Gloria and
Château Saint-Pierre
Margrit Mondavi – organizer of cultural events at vineyards in the Napa Valley (founder of
Copia (museum) )
Robert Mondavi – a leading California
vineyard owner; pioneered technical improvements and labeling and marketing wines
varietally
Bill Moularadellis – owner, winemaker and Managing Director of Kingston Estate wines
Christian Moueix – French president of
Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix and winemaker
Egon Müller – producer of fine Saar-Riesling
Gustave Niebaum – founder of
Inglenook Winery
John Patchett – first person to plant a commercial vineyard in the Napa Valley
Michel Rolland – oenologist and winery consultant
Nathaniel de Rothschild – founder of the French wine-making branch of the
Rothschild family
Philippe de Rothschild – member of the Rothschild family
Miguel A. Torres – pioneering Catalan winemaker and President of family wine company
Bodegas Torres
Bob Trinchero – inventor of White Zinfandel
Aubert de Villaine – French wine expert and co-owner of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
Robert G. Wilmers – owner of
Château Haut-Bailly , Crus Classé de Graves in Pessac Léognan, Bordeaux
Warren Winiarski – winemaker of the
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars wine that won the Cabernet Sauvignon competition at the
Paris Wine Tasting of 1976
Viticulturists
Cultivation and harvesting of grapes.
John Adlum
Oenologists
The science and study of
wine and
winemaking .
Winemakers
Wine merchants
Charles Heidsieck , notable Champagne maker known as "Champagne Charlie"
Wine critics
Included are wine professionals at an elevated level compared with Wine writers , being authorities on wine tasting, having established rating systems or written reference works.
Michael Broadbent , British wine critic, author and auctioneer
Huon Hooke at Geelong wine show
American wine critic
Robert M. Parker Jr.
Wine writers
Included are media professionals who published about wines in major newspapers, on important TV channels, wrote books or created corresponding websites. Excluded are persons who are mainly known for other reasons and might have published about wine as minor activity.
Eric Arnold – American author, former wine columnist of
Forbes.com
Eric Asimov – American wine columnist of
The New York Times
Tim Atkin – Master of Wine, journalist, broadcaster, judge
Ausonius – frequently cited by historians of winemaking, as his works give early evidence of large-scale
vineyards and
viticulture in France
Robert Lawrence Balzer – pioneering American wine writer; organizer of the
New York Wine Tasting of 1973
Nicolas Belfrage ,
MW – British wine writer, Italian wine expert
Edward Behr – publisher/editor of The Art of Eating
Jacques Berthomeau – wine writer, author of The Berthomeau Report
Michel Bettane – French wine writer
Anthony Dias Blue – American wine writer and organizer of the San Francisco International Wine Competition
Jon Bonné – American wine columnist of
San Francisco Chronicle
Tom Cannavan – Scottish wine journalist and internet wine site pioneer
Laura Catena – founder of Catena Institute of Wine, author
Oz Clarke – British wine writer and TV personality
Clive Coates ,
MW – British wine writer
Katherine Cole – American wine writer, and journalist
Tyler Colman – American author and wine blogger publishing under the pen name Dr.Vino.com
Patrick Comiskey – American wine writer of
Wine & Spirits and
Los Angeles Times
Kermit Lynch on the set of Wine Library TV
Julia Coney – Wine writer and creator of Black Wine Professionals database
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Tullio De Rosa – Italian author
Andrew Dornenburg – wine columnist of
The Washington Post
Michel Dovaz – wine teacher and writer
Len Evans – central figure in
Australian wine industry
Mary Ewing-Mulligan ,
MW – American author and wine educator
Joe Fattorini – British wine expert and television and radio personality
Alice Feiring – American wine writer and "
natural wine " advocate
Doug Frost ,
MW ,
MS – American author and wine consultant
Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher – former wine columnists of
The Wall Street Journal
Rebecca Gibb ,
MW – British journalist, editor and Master of Wine
Paul Gillette – American author and wine writer, an early host of wine show on television
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Malcolm Gluck – British wine writer
Jamie Goode – British writer and blogger
Jilly Goolden – British wine critic, journalist and television personality
Paul Gregutt – wine columnist for The Seattle Times and Pacific Northwest editor of Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl – American wine writer
James Halliday – Australian wine critic and winemaker
Anthony Hanson –
MW – British
Burgundy wine expert
Steve Heimoff – American wine critic of
Wine Enthusiast Magazine , author and wine blogger
Andrew Jefford – English author and editor of wine books
Hugh Johnson – British wine writer
Marilyn Johnson – Bordeaux wine writer
Robert Joseph – British wine writer
Richard Juhlin – Swedish writer focusing on Champagne, one of the leading Champagne connoisseurs in the world
André Jullien – French wine writer
Odette Kahn – leading wine writer and authority in France
Matt Kramer – American wine writer and columnist of
The New York Sun ,
The Oregonian and
Wine Spectator
Monica Larner – Italian reviewer for
The Wine Advocate
John Livingstone-Learmonth – British wine writer, world expert on Rhone wines
Kermit Lynch – American wine merchant, author
Peter Liem – American wine writer in Champagne, publisher of ChampagneGuide.net
Will Lyons – British wine columnist for
The Wall Street Journal
Natalie MacLean – Canadian wine writer and subscription website publisher
Karen MacNeil – American author, journalist and wine educator
Neal Martin – reviewer for
The Wine Advocate
Campbell Mattinson – Australian wine writer, editor and author
Elin McCoy – American author, Bloomberg Markets wine journalist, biographer of Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Jay McInerney – American novelist and author of A Hedonist in the Cellar
Georges J. Meekers – wine writer, educator and founder of Wine Campus
Debra Meiburg ,
MW – Hong Kong based wine educator, journalist and wine judge
Remington Norman – British wine writer
Kerin O'Keefe – American wine critic and author
Mark Oldman – author and columnist for The
Food Network
Jeremy Oliver – independent Australian wine writer
Lawrence Osborne – British journalist, novelist, and author of The Accidental Connoisseur
Karen Page – wine columnist of The Washington Post
Edmund Penning-Rowsell – British wine writer
David Peppercorn ,
MW – British wine writer
Stuart Pigott – British Germany-based wine critic of
Der Feinschmecker [
de ] and Weingourmet
Frank J. Prial – wine columnist for
The New York Times
John Radford – author of wine books, and
Spanish wine enthusiast
Daniel Rogov – Israeli wine critic
Arne Ronold ,
MW – Norwegian wine writer and educator
Anthony Rose – British wine writer for
The Independent
Frank Schoonmaker – wine writer who promoted labeling wines by grape variety
Joanna Simon – British wine writer for
The Sunday Times
Pat Simon ,
MW – British wine writer and importer
Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan ,
MW – American wine educator/lecturer
Olly Smith – British wine expert, present, author and columnist
Mike Steinberger – American wine columnist of
Slate
Kilien Stengel – author of wine books
Tom Stevenson – British wine writer and Champagne specialist
James Suckling – American wine critic formerly of
Wine Spectator
Serena Sutcliffe ,
MW – British wine writer and the head of
Sotheby's International Wine Department
George M. Taber – American wine writer
Tammie Teclemariam , American wine journalist
Anthony Terlato – American wine expert
Bob Thompson – American wine writer and California specialist
Keith Wallace American wine expert and founder of the Wine School of Philadelphia
Tom Wark – California wine PR executive and blogger of "Fermentation"
Alder Yarrow – American wine blogger of
Vinography.com
Franco Ziliani – Italian journalist and wine critic of VinoWire.com
Sommeliers
A trained and knowledgeable
wine professional, normally working in fine
restaurants , who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as
wine and food pairing . Somebody with a Master Sommelier Diploma issued by the Court of Master Sommeliers or a French Maître Sommelier can be included in this list.
Others
See also
References