List of wine personalities
The following is a list of notable people involved in winemaking and related efforts:
Californian winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyards
- John Adlum: father of American viticulture
- Benoît Allauzen: sommelier
- Ted Allen: television personality and food and wine expert
- Alberto Antonini: Italian oenologist and winery consultant
- 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
- Kristen Barnhisel: California winemaker
- Heidi Peterson Barrett: winemaker of California cult wines, called by Robert Parker "the first lady of wine"
- Gerard Basset, MW, MS: British hotelier and world sommelier championship holder
- A. W. Baxter: winemaker of Veedercrest Vineyards, which competed in the "Judgement of Paris"
- Helmut Becker: German viticulturist
- Andy Beckstoffer: California viticulturist
- Edward Behr: publisher/editor of The Art of Eating
- Nicolas Belfrage, MW: British wine writer, Italian wine expert
- Jacques Berthomeau: wine writer, author of The Berthomeau Report
- Michel Bettane: French wine writer
- Franco Biondi Santi: Winemaker whose family invented Brunello di Montalcino
- Ntsiki Biyela: first black female winemaker in South Africa
- Lalou Bize-Leroy: Burgundian wine producer and former co-manager of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
- Louis Bohne: famous sales agent of Veuve Clicquot
- Jean-Charles Boisset: head of Boisset Family Estates, Burgundy's largest wine producer
- Jon Bonné: American wine columnist of San Francisco Chronicle
- Romeo Bragato: New Zealand wine pioneer
- Pierre Brejoux: Inspector General of the Appellation d'Origine Controlee Board
- Michael Broadbent, MW: influential British wine critic and auctioneer
- Neel Burton: author of The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting
- James Busby: widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry
- Pancho Campo: Spanish/Chilean event organiser and former MW
- Tom Cannavan: Scottish wine journalist and internet wine site pioneer
- Laura Catena: founder of Catena Institute of Wine, author
- Jean-Michel Cazes: French winemaker of estates such as Château Lynch-Bages and Château Les Ormes-de-Pez
- Paul Champoux: Washington wine grower
- Marie-Thérèse Chappaz: Swiss organic wine grower
- Jules Chauvet: French négociant and chemist, considered the "father" of French natural winemaking
- Noemi Marone Cinzano: Italian businesswoman, and wine grower
- Francesco Marone Cinzano: Italian businessman, and wine producer
- Oz Clarke: British wine writer and TV personality
- Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin-Cliquot: Champagne and namesake of Veuve Cliquot
- Walter Clore: "father of Washington wine"
- 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
- Jean-Luc Colombo: Rhone producer and negociant
- Patrick Comiskey: American wine writer of Wine & Spirits and Los Angeles Times
- Julia Coney: Wine writer and creator of Black Wine Professionals database[1][2]
- Cathy Corison: winemaker and consultant
- William Vere Cruess: American food scientist who led the rebirth of California wines after the end of Prohibition in 1933
- Didier Dagueneau: Loire winemaker of Sauvignon blanc cult wine
- Cecil O. De Loach, Jr.: Sonoma County grape grower and winemaker
- Christian Delpeuch: wine official and Plan Bordeaux promoter
- Stéphane Derenoncourt: French winemaker (not oenologist) and winery consultant
- Andrew Dornenburg: wine columnist of The Washington Post
- Michel Dovaz: wine teacher and writer
- Paul Draper: winemaker of Ridge Vineyards
- Jamie Drummond: Scottish/Canadian sommelier
- Georges Duboeuf: innovative and large Beaujolais bottler
- Denis Dubourdieu: winemaker, professor of oenology at the University of Bordeaux
- Jeb Dunnuck: reviewer for The Wine Advocate and eRobertParker.com
- Gerhard Eichelmann: German wine critic
- Henri Enjalbert: French professor of geography and specialist in wine geology
- 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
- Robert Finigan: American wine and restaurant critic
- Konstantin Frank: "father" of vinifera wine growing in the Eastern United States
- Doug Frost, MW, MS: American author and wine consultant
- Peter Gago: Australian winemaker and writer
- Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher: former wine columnists of The Wall Street Journal
- Pierre Galet: French ampelographer and author
- Prince Leo Galitzine: founder of Russian wine-making industry (Massandra, Novyi Svet, Abrau-Dyurso)
- Patricia Gallagher: judge at the "Judgement of Paris" tasting
- Ernest Gallo: largest American wine producer
- Antonio Galloni: American wine critic, formerly of The Wine Advocate; founder of Vinous[3]
- 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[4]
- Malcolm Gluck: British wine writer
- Jamie Goode: British writer and blogger
- Jilly Goolden: British wine critic, journalist and television personality
- Richard Graff: pioneer California winemaker
- Randall Grahm: original Rhone Ranger, winemaker, Bonny Doon Vineyard
- Joshua Greene: American wine critic, publisher and editor-in-chief of Wine & Spirit
- Paul Gregutt: wine columnist for The Seattle Times and Pacific Northwest editor of Wine Enthusiast Magazine
- Mike Grgich: winemaker of the Chateau Montelena wine that won the white wine competition, the "Judgment of Paris"
- Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl: American wine writer
Huon Hooke at Geelong wine show
Charles Heidsieck, notable Champagne maker known as "Champagne Charlie"
American wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr.
- James Halliday: Australian wine critic and winemaker
- Anthony Hanson: MW: British Burgundy wine expert
- 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.
- Charles Heidsieck: Champagne house founder
- Steve Heimoff: American wine critic of Wine Enthusiast Magazine, author and wine blogger
- Huon Hooke: Australian wine critic
- Jean Hugel: Alsatian wine producer
- Jess Jackson: American wine producer
- Thierry Jacquillat: French wine industry CEO
- Philip J. K. James: CEO of Snooth, wine comparison shopping site
- Henri Jayer: French vintner, credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking
- 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
- Kathryn Kennedy: one of the first women to own a California winery
- Mia Klein: California winemaker
- Matt Kramer: American wine writer and columnist of The New York Sun, The Oregonian and Wine Spectator
- Charles Krug: founded the first commercial winery in the Napa Valley
- Rudy Kurniawan: collector and convicted wine counterfeiter
- Monica Larner: Italian reviewer for The Wine Advocate
- James Laube: American wine critic of Wine Spectator
- Baron Pierre Le Roy: co-founder of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) and owner of Château Fortia
- Eric LeVine: creator of the wine database software CellarTracker, now GrapeStories
- Jeannie Cho Lee: first Asian Master of Wine
- Max Léglise: French oenologist
- May-Eliane de Lencquesaing: owner of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande; Bordeaux wine ambassador
- Alexis Lichine: wine writer and château-owner
- Peter Liem: American wine writer in Champagne, publisher of ChampagneGuide.net
- Zelma Long: oenologist and pioneer of women winemaking in California
- Ernst Loosen: renowned German winemaker
- David Lowe: Australian winemaker; owner of Lowe Wines; 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
- David Lynch: American wine writer, restaurant wine director
- Kermit Lynch: American wine merchant, author
- 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
- 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
- Neal Martin: reviewer for The Wine Advocate
- Campbell Mattinson: Australian wine writer, editor and author
- Gian Luca Mazzella: international wine critic, journalist and documentarian
- Elin McCoy: American author, Bloomberg Markets wine journalist, biographer of Robert M. Parker, Jr.
- Allen Meadows: American wine critic of Burgundy and Pinot Noir wine with the Burghound.com newsletter
- Georges J. Meekers: wine writer, educator and founder of Wine Campus
- Debra Meiburg, MW: Hong Kong based wine educator, journalist and wine judge
- Carole Meredith: geneticist who discovered the parentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah and Zinfandel
- Claude Moët: Champagne house founder
- Jean-Rémy Moët: Champagne merchant
- Margrit Mondavi: organizer of cultural events at vineyards in the Napa Valley (founder of Copia (museum))
- Robert Mondavi: a leading California vineyard operator; pioneered technical improvements and labeling and marketing wines varietally
- Jasper Morris, MW: British wine expert
- 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
- Thomas Munson: his proposal saved European wine industry from extinction
- Gustave Niebaum: founder of Inglenook Winery
- Ann C. Noble: inventor of the Aroma Wheel
- Remington Norman: British wine writer
- Jonathan Nossiter: American filmmaker and sommelier, director of Mondovino
- Kerin O'Keefe: American wine critic and author
- Mark Oldman: author and columnist for The Food Network
- Jeremy Oliver: independent Australian wine writer
- Raymond Oliver: wine expert; a judge in Paris Wine Tasting of 1976
- Nello Olivo: California wine maker who brought recognition to the El Dorado AVA wine region outside of Napa Valley
- Maurice O'Shea: Australian pioneer winemaker
- Karen Page: wine columnist of The Washington Post
- Robert M. Parker, Jr.: American wine critic, referenced in the term Parkerization of wine
- John Patchett: first person to plant a commercial vineyard in the Napa Valley
- Edmund Penning-Rowsell: British wine writer
- David Peppercorn, MW: British wine writer
- Dom Perignon: Benedictine monk incorrectly credited with the invention of Champagne
- Abraham Izak Perold: developed the Pinotage grape variety
- Émile Peynaud: renowned French oenologist
- Stuart Pigott: British Germany-based wine critic of Der Feinschmecker and Weingourmet
- Frank J. Prial: wine columnist for The New York Times
- Jacques Puisais: French oenologist and taste philosopher
- John Radford: author of wine books, and Spanish wine enthusiast
- René Renou: French wine industry leader
- Oscar Renteria: Californian viticulturalist
- Patrick Ricard: CEO of Pernod Ricard
- Andrea Immer Robinson: wine expert
- Jancis Robinson, MW: wine writer and educator from the UK
- Hardy Rodenstock: wine collector and alleged wine fraud, subject of The Billionaire's Vinegar
- Daniel Rogov: Israeli wine critic
- Michel Rolland: oenologist and winery consultant
- Arne Ronold, MW: Norwegian wine writer and educator
- Anthony Rose: British wine writer for The Independent
- Nathaniel de Rothschild: founder of the French wine-making branch of the Rothschild family
- Philippe de Rothschild: member of the Rothschild family
- Jean-Claude Rouzaud: Champagne executive
- Eben Sadie: South African winemaker of the Sadie Family
- David Schildknecht: American wine critic
- Frank Schoonmaker: wine writer who promoted labeling wines by grape variety
- Ricky Schraub: California wine critic
- Max Schubert: leading winemaker and creator of Penfolds Grange
- Roger Scruton: British philosopher, wine columnist of the New Statesman and lecturer on wine philosophy
- Albert Seibel: French hybridist (1844–1936) who made "Seibel grapes", which are hybrids of Vitis vinifera and Vitis riparia
- Charles F. Shaw: wine marketing innovator
- Carol Shelton: California wine producer and pioneer
- André Simon: wine merchant, gourmet, and wine writer
- Joanna Simon: British wine writer for The Sunday Times
- Kay Simon: Washington wine producer and pioneer
- Pat Simon, MW: British wine writer and importer
- Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, MW: American wine educator/lecturer
- Alpana Singh, MS: American sommelier, youngest woman ever to achieve the Master Sommelier designation
- Dr. Richard Smart: Australian viticulturalist
- Olly Smith: British wine expert, present, author and columnist
- Steven Spurrier: British wine authority, organized the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976
- 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
- Lane Tanner: California winemaker
- Stephen Tanzer: American wine critic, editor and critic at
- Pierre Tari: Secretary General of the Association des Grands Crus Classés
- André Tchelistcheff: "Dean of American Winemakers"
- Tammie Teclemariam, American wine journalist
- Anthony Terlato: American wine expert
- Sean Thackrey: American experimental winemaker
- Bob Thompson: American wine writer and California specialist
- József Törley: founder of József Törley & Co., Hungary's most successful sparkling wine producer
- Miguel A. Torres: pioneering Catalan winemaker and President of family wine company Bodegas Torres
- Bob Trinchero: inventor of White Zinfandel
- Helen Turley: California winemaker and consultant
- Christian Vanneque: French wine expert
- Gary Vaynerchuk: vlog wine critic of Wine Library TV
- Aubert de Villaine: French wine expert and co-owner of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
- Jean-Claude Vrinat: French wine expert and owner (now deceased) of the restaurant Taillevent
- Keith Wallace American wine expert and founder of the Wine School of Philadelphia
- Tom Wark: California wine PR executive and blogger of "Fermentation"
- 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
- Jon Winroth: American wine critic and educator
- William Charles Winshaw: pioneer South African vintner
- Alder Yarrow: American wine blogger of Vinography.com
- Franco Ziliani: Italian journalist and wine critic of VinoWire.com
- Kevin Zraly: American wine educator and author
Michael Broadbent, British wine critic, author and auctioneer
References
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- "Diversity, but also inclusion – Julia Coney ⋆ ARENI Global". ARENI Global. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "Antonio Galloni presents Vinous - Explore All Things Wine". vinous.com.
- "Obituaries : Paul Gillette; Novelist, Wine Expert and Scriptwriter". LA Times.
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