List of wine personalities

Michael Broadbent, British wine critic, author and auctioneer

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

A–G

Jean-Charles Boisset

Californian winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyards

• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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: 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: 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

Huon Hooke at Geeling wine show

Charles Heidseick, notable Champagne maker known as "Champagne Charlie"

American wine critic Robert Parker

• James Halliday: Australian wine critic and winemaker
• Anthony Hanson, MW: British Burgundy wine expert
• 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
• 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
• David Lynch: American wine writer, restaurant wine director
• 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 Moet: Champagne house founder
• Jean-Rémy Moët: Champagne merchant
• 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
• Anthony Nelson, FRSA: British German wine connosieur and authority of Liebfraumilch
• 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
• Liz Palmer: British/Canadian author The Ultimate Guide To Champagne, journalist, judge and educator
• Robert M. Parker, Jr.: American wine critic, referenced in the term Parkerization of wine
• 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 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 enthusiastau
• 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 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: 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
• 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
• 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

• List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards

Notes and references