List of wine professionals explained
Sections are arranged from cultivation through processing, starting from vineyards to consumption advised by sommeliers.
Vineyard owners
Included are owners of well-known or sizable vineyards. Excluded are managers (CEOs) of public holding companies as owners and persons owning vineyards as a hobby, being notable for other reasons. Many vineyard owners are also winemakers as well.
- Jean-Charles Boisset – head of Boisset Family Estates, Burgundy's largest wine producer
- Jean-Michel Cazes – Managed estates such as Château Lynch-Bages and Château Les Ormes-de-Pez
- Cecil O. De Loach, Jr. – Sonoma County grape grower and winemaker
- Franco Biondi Santi – Winemaker whose family invented Brunello di Montalcino
- Paul Champoux – Washington wine grower
- Marie-Thérèse Chappaz – Swiss organic wine grower
- Noemi Marone Cinzano – Italian businesswoman, and wine grower
- Francesco Marone Cinzano – Italian businessman, and vineyard owner
- Ernest Gallo – largest American wine producer
- Richard Graff – pioneer California winemaker
- Randall Grahm – original Rhone Ranger, owner and winemaker Bonny Doon Vineyard
- Mike Grgich – winemaker of the Chateau Montelena wine that won the white wine competition, the "Judgment of Paris"
- 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.
- Donald M. Hess – Swiss vintner in different countries and founder of the Hess Collection (Contemporary art)
- Jean Hugel – Alsatian wine producer
- Jess Jackson – American wine producer
- Henri Jayer – French vintner, credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking
- Kathryn Kennedy – one of the first women to own a California winery
- Charles Krug – founded the first commercial winery in the Napa Valley
- Baron Pierre Le Roy – co-founder of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) and owner of Château Fortia
- May-Eliane de Lencquesaing – owner of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande; Bordeaux wine ambassador
- Alexis Lichine – wine writer and château-owner
- Zelma Long – oenologist and pioneer of women winemaking in California
- Ernst Loosen – renowned German winemaker
- David Lowe – Australian winemaker; owner of Lowe Wines; past 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
- 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
- Margrit Mondavi – organizer of cultural events at vineyards in the Napa Valley (founder of Copia (museum))
- Robert Mondavi – a leading California vineyard owner; pioneered technical improvements and labeling and marketing wines varietally
- 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
- Gustave Niebaum – founder of Inglenook Winery
- John Patchett – first person to plant a commercial vineyard in the Napa Valley
- Michel Rolland – oenologist and winery consultant
- Nathaniel de Rothschild – founder of the French wine-making branch of the Rothschild family
- Philippe de Rothschild – member of the Rothschild family
- Miguel A. Torres – pioneering Catalan winemaker and President of family wine company Bodegas Torres
- Bob Trinchero – inventor of White Zinfandel
- Aubert de Villaine – French wine expert and co-owner of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
- 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
Viticulturists
Cultivation and harvesting of grapes.
Oenologists
The science and study of wine and winemaking.
Winemakers
Wine merchants
Wine critics
Included are wine professionals at an elevated level compared with Wine writers, being authorities on wine tasting, having established rating systems or written reference works.
Wine writers
Included are media professionals who published about wines in major newspapers, on important TV channels, wrote books or created corresponding websites. Excluded are persons who are mainly known for other reasons and might have published about wine as minor activity.
- 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
- 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
- Anthony Dias Blue – American wine writer and organizer of the San Francisco International Wine Competition
- Jon Bonné – American wine columnist of San Francisco Chronicle
- Tom Cannavan – Scottish wine journalist and internet wine site pioneer
- Laura Catena – founder of Catena Institute of Wine, author
- Oz Clarke – British wine writer and TV personality
- 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
- Patrick Comiskey – American wine writer of Wine & Spirits and Los Angeles Times
- Julia Coney – Wine writer and creator of Black Wine Professionals database[2] [3]
- Tullio De Rosa – Italian author
- Andrew Dornenburg – wine columnist of The Washington Post
- Michel Dovaz – wine teacher and writer
- 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
- Doug Frost, MW, MS – American author and wine consultant
- Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher – former wine columnists of The Wall Street Journal
- 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
- Paul Gregutt – wine columnist for The Seattle Times and Pacific Northwest editor of Wine Enthusiast Magazine
- Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl – American wine writer
- James Halliday – Australian wine critic and winemaker
- Anthony Hanson – MW – British Burgundy wine expert
- Steve Heimoff – American wine critic of Wine Enthusiast Magazine, author and wine blogger
- 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
- Matt Kramer – American wine writer and columnist of The New York Sun, The Oregonian and Wine Spectator
- Monica Larner – Italian reviewer for The Wine Advocate
- John Livingstone-Learmonth – British wine writer, world expert on Rhone wines
- Kermit Lynch – American wine merchant, author
- Peter Liem – American wine writer in Champagne, publisher of ChampagneGuide.net
- 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
- Neal Martin – reviewer for The Wine Advocate
- Campbell Mattinson – Australian wine writer, editor and author
- Elin McCoy – American author, Bloomberg Markets wine journalist, biographer of Robert M. Parker, Jr.
- Jay McInerney – American novelist and author of A Hedonist in the Cellar
- Georges J. Meekers – wine writer, educator and founder of Wine Campus
- Debra Meiburg, MW – Hong Kong based wine educator, journalist and wine judge
- 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
- Lawrence Osborne – British journalist, novelist, and author of The Accidental Connoisseur
- Karen Page – wine columnist of The Washington Post
- Edmund Penning-Rowsell – British wine writer
- David Peppercorn, MW – British wine writer
- Stuart Pigott – British Germany-based wine critic of and Weingourmet
- Frank J. Prial – wine columnist for The New York Times
- John Radford – author of wine books, and Spanish wine enthusiast
- Daniel Rogov – Israeli wine critic
- Arne Ronold, MW – Norwegian wine writer and educator
- Anthony Rose – British wine writer for The Independent
- Frank Schoonmaker – wine writer who promoted labeling wines by grape variety
- Joanna Simon – British wine writer for The Sunday Times
- Pat Simon, MW – British wine writer and importer
- Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, MW – American wine educator/lecturer
- Olly Smith – British wine expert, present, author and columnist
- 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
- Tammie Teclemariam, American wine journalist
- Anthony Terlato – American wine expert
- Bob Thompson – American wine writer and California specialist
- Keith Wallace American wine expert and founder of the Wine School of Philadelphia
- Tom Wark – California wine PR executive and blogger of "Fermentation"
- Alder Yarrow – American wine blogger of Vinography.com
- Franco Ziliani – Italian journalist and wine critic of VinoWire.com
Sommeliers
A trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing. Somebody with a Master Sommelier Diploma issued by the Court of Master Sommeliers or a French Maître Sommelier can be included in this list.
Others
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Antonio Galloni presents Vinous - Explore All Things Wine. vinous.com.
- News: McIntyre. Dave. 26 June 2020. The wine industry is overwhelmingly white. Now, the push for inclusivity is gaining momentum.. 2020-07-03. Washington Post. en.
- Web site: 2020-03-31. Diversity, but also inclusion – Julia Coney ⋆ ARENI Global. 2020-07-03. ARENI Global. en-US.
- News: Obituaries – Paul Gillette; Novelist, Wine Expert and Scriptwriter. LA Times.
