List of wine personalities

The following is a partial list of people involved in winemaking and related efforts:

Ted Allen: television personality and food and wine expert
Guy Anderson: Innovative winemaker and distributor.
Eric Asimov: Wine columnist for The New York Times.
Tim Atkin, MW: British wine writer.
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.
Heidi Peterson Barrett: Winemaker of California cult wines, called by Robert Parker "the first lady of wine".
Helmut Becker: German viticulturist.
Jacques Berthomeau: Wine consultant and author of The Berthomeau Report.
Michel Bettane: French wine writer.
Louis Bohne : Famous sales agent of Veuve Clicquot.
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.

Jean-Michel Cazes: French winemaker of estates such as Château Lynch-Bages and Château Les Ormes-de-Pez.
Oz Clarke: British wine writer and TV personality.
Walter Clore: Father of Washington wine.
Clive Coates, MW: Wine writer.
William Vere Cruess: American food scientist who led the rebirth of California wines after the end of Prohibition in 1933.

Christian Delpeuch:Wine official and Plan Bordeaux promoter.
Stéphane Derenoncourt: Oenologist and winery consultant.
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page: Washington Post wine columnists; won the 2006 Georges Duboeuf Wine Book of the Year Award.
Michel Dovaz: Wine teacher and writer.
Paul Draper: Winemaker of Ridge Vineyards
Georges Duboeuf: Innovative and large Beaujolais bottler.

Peter Gago: Australian winemaker and writer.
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.
Jamie Goode: British writer and blogger
Richard Graff: Pioneer California winemaker.
Mike Grgich: Winemaker of the Chateau Montelena wine that won the white wine competition, the "Judgment of Paris".

May-Eliane de Lencquesaing: Owner of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande and Bordeaux wine ambassador.
Alexis Lichine: Wine writer and château-owner.
Ernst Loosen : Renowned German winemaker.

Robert Mondavi: A leading California vineyard operator who pioneered technical improvements and marketing strategies.
Claude Moet: Champagne house founder.
Jean-Rémy Moët: Champagne merchant.
Christian Moueix French president of Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix and winemaker.
Thomas Munson: His proposal saved European wine industry from extinction.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.: An influential wine critic, referenced in the term Parkerization of wine.
David Peppercorn, MW: 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.

John Radford: Author of wine books, and Spanish wine enthusiast.
René Renou: French wine industry leader.
Andrea Immer Robinson: Wine expert.
Jancis Robinson, MW: Wine writer and educator from the UK.
Michel Rolland: Oenologist and winery consultant.
Nathaniel de Rothschild: Founder of the French wine-making branch of the Rothschild family.
Philippe de Rothschild: A member of the Rothschild family, and one of the most prolific wine producers in the world.

Frank Schoonmaker: Wine writer who promoted labeling wines by grape variety.
Max Schubert: Leading winemaker and creator of Penfolds Grange.
Albert Seibel: A French hybridist (1844-1936) who made "Seibel grapes", that are hybrids of Vitis vinifera and Vitis riparia.
Charles F. Shaw: Wine marketing innovator.
Andre Simon: Wine critic.
Pat Simon, MW: British wine writer and importer.
Steven Spurrier: British wine authority, organized the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976.
Mike Steinberger: American wine columnist of Slate.
Tom Stevenson: British wine writer and Champagne specialist.
James Suckling: American wine critic of Wine Spectator.
Serena Sutcliffe, MW: Wine writer and the head of Sotheby's International Wine Department.

George M. Taber: Wine writer.
Stephen Tanzer: American wine critic.
Pierre Tari: Secretary General of the Association des Grandes Crus Classes.
André Tchelistcheff: "Dean of American Winemakers."
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.