List of wine professionals
The following is a partial list of people involved in winemaking and related efforts:
A–G
- John Adlum: father of American viticulture
- Ted Allen: television personality and food and wine expert
- Guy Anderson: English winemaker and entrepreneur
- 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
- 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 hotellier and world sommelier championship holder
- A. W. Baxter, winermaker 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
- 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
- Thierry Boudinaud: Innovative French winemaker and distributor
- 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
- 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, Catena Institute of Wine and author
- Jean-Michel Cazes: French winemaker of estates such as Château Lynch-Bages and Château Les Ormes-de-Pez
- Paul Champoux: Washington wine grower
- Noemi Marone Cinzano: Italian businesswoman, and wine grower
- Tim Atkin, Master of Wine, journalist, broadcaster, judge
- Marie-Thérèse Chappaz: Swiss organic wine grower
- Jules Chauvet: French négociant and chemist, considered the "father" of French natural winemaking
- 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
- 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
- Cathy Corison: Winemaker and consultant
- Lawrence Craske LLB: British leading expert on Hardy's wine; leading critic of Chardonnay
- 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 (dead)
- Kerry Damskey: Winemaker and consultant
- 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 and Karen Page: Wine columnists 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
- 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: The 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: Former American wine critic of The Wine Advocate; founder of Vinous
- Rebecca Gibb: British journalist, editor and Master of Wine
- 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
H–Z
- James Halliday: Australian wine critic and winemaker
- Anthony Hanson, MW: British Burgundy wine expert
- Anthony Nelson, FRSA: British German wine connosieur and authority of Liebfraumilch
- 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
- Philip J. K. James: CEO of Snooth – wine comparison shopping site
- Thierry Jacquillat: French wine industry CEO
- Henri Jayer: French vintner, credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking
- Andrew Jefford: English author and editor of wine books
- Richard Juhlin: Swedish writer focusing on Champagne, one of the leading Champagne connoisseurs in the world
- Hugh Johnson: British wine writer
- Marilyn Johnson Bordeaux wine writer
- Robert Joseph: British wine writer
- 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
- 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 and Bordeaux wine ambassador
- Lalou Bize-Leroy: Burgundian wine producer and former co-manager of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
- Alexis Lichine: Wine writer and château-owner
- Peter Liem: American wine writer in Champagne, publisher of ChampagneGuide.net
- Zelma Long: Enologist and pioneer of women winemaking in California
- Ernst Loosen: Renowned German winemaker
- David Lowe: Australian Winemaker and owner of Lowe Wines, President NSW Wine Industry Association, Vice President 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
- Will Lyons: British wine columnist for The Wall Street Journal
- David Lynch: American wine writer, restaurant wine director
- 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
- Robert Mondavi: A leading California vineyard operator who pioneered technical improvements and labeling and marketing wines varietally
- Claude Moet: Champagne house founder
- Jean-Rémy Moët: Champagne merchant
- Maximiliano Morales: Chilean agronomist, founder and manager of Andes Wines - a communication and marketing wine professional's network from South America, with headquarters in Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile[1][2][3]
- Jasper Morris, MW: British wine expert
- Bill Moularadellis, Owner, Winemaker & Managing Director 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 film maker and sommelier, director of Mondovino
- Mark Oldman: Author and columnist for The Food Network
- Nello Olivo: California Wine Maker who brought recognition to the El Dorado AVA wine region outside of Napa Valley
- Jeremy Oliver: Independent Australian wine writer
- Raymond Oliver: Wine expert who was a judge in Paris Wine Tasting of 1976
- Kerin O'Keefe: American wine critic and author
- Maurice O'Shea (winemaker): Australian pioneer winemaker
- Robert M. Parker, Jr.: American wine critic, referenced in the term Parkerization of wine
- Thomas Pastuszak: New York City-based sommelier[4]
- Edmund Penning-Rowsell: British wine writer
- David Peppercorn, MW: British wine writer
- Dom Perignon: A Benedictine monk incorrectly credited with the invention of Champagne
- Abraham Izak Perold: Developed the Pinotage grape variety
- Émile Peynaud: Renowned French oenologist
- Frank J. Prial: Wine columnist for The New York Times
- Stuart Pigott: British Germany-based wine critic of Feinschmecker and Weingourmet
- 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
- Andrea Immer Robinson: Wine expert
- Patrick Ricard: Wine & Spirit industry, CEO
- 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: A member of the Rothschild family
- Jean-Claude Rouzaud: Champagne executive
- Eben Sadie: South African winemaker of The Sadie
- David Schildknecht: American wine critic of The Wine Advocate
- 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: A 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
- Pierre Tari: Secretary General of the Association des Grands Crus Classés
- André Tchelistcheff: "Dean of American Winemakers"
- Anthony Terlato: American wine expert
- Sean Thackrey: American experimental winemaker
- Bob Thompson: American wine writer and California specialist
- Miguel A. Torres: Pioneering Catalan winemaker and President of family wine company Bodegas Torres
- József Törley: Founder of József Törley & Co. – Hungary's most successful sparkling wine producer
- 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
- 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
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Smith, Darren (21 September 2015). "140-year-old vines to lead Chile's Malbec revival". The Drinks Business (magazine).
- ^ Cite Editor (2003). "Young Leader's Prize". Red lideres de Chile.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Morales, Maximiliano (2008-2015). "Guest writer". Jancis Robinson.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ McKinley, Jesse (31 August 2014). "Growing Together on the Vine". The New York Times.
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