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List of wine personalities
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The following is a list of notable people involved in winemaking and related efforts: Sommeliers * Benoît Allauzen, sommelier * Gerard Basset, MW, MS: British hotelier and world sommelier championship holder * Jamie Drummond: Scottish/Canadian sommelier * Jonathan Nossiter: American filmmaker and sommelier, director of Mondovino * Alpana Singh, MS: American sommelier, youngest woman ever to achieve the Master Sommelier designation Wine writers *Eric Arnold: American author, former wine columnist of Forbes.com * Eric Asimov: American wine columnist of The New York Times *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 Other * John Adlum: father of American viticulture * Ted Allen: television personality and food and wine expert * Alberto Antonini: Italian oenologist and winery consultant * 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 * Kristen Barnhisel: California winemaker * Heidi Peterson Barrett: winemaker of California cult wines, called by Robert Parker "the first lady of wine" * A. W. Baxter: winemaker of Veedercrest Vineyards, which competed in the "Judgement of Paris" * Helmut Becker: German viticulturist * Andy Beckstoffer: California viticulturist * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * Donald M. Hess: Swiss vintner in different countries and founder of the Hess Collection (Contemporary art) * 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 ) * 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 * 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 * : 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 ' 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 * 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 
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