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This is an interesting list.
See also:
The 2013 Decanter Wine Power List
Top 100 Global Wine Tweeters - 2013
Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry – The 2013 IntoWine List,USA
The 100 Most Influential Wine Peeps on Social Media (Mid-2014)
Wikipedia List of Wine Personalities in the World (July 2014)
John Adlum: father of American viticulture
Ted Allen: television personality and food and wine expert.
Henri-Laurent Arnould: French wine expert, Publisher of The Revue des Oenologues and Director of Oenovideo International Films and Photo Festival.
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.
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.
Jeff Burch Australian vigneron & owner of Howard Park, MadFish and Marchand & Burch Wines, in Western Australia.
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.
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
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
Carol Duval-Leroy: Elected the most important woman of champagne/ Chairman Champagne Duval-Leroy.
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.
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.
Luis Guiterrez: Reviewer for The Wine Advocate and eRobertParker.com
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
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.
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 alleged wine counterfeiter.
Monica Larner: Italian Reviewer for The Wine Advocate.
James Laube: American wine critic of Wine Spectator.
Adam Lapierre MW: American Master of Wine
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.
Yvonne Lorkin: Presenter & Producer of Thirsty Work on FoodTV, Wine Editor of Dish Magazine New Zealand, syndicated weekly columnist for 9 regional New Zealand newspapers, Senior Wine Show Judge, Wine Commentator for Radio NZ National.
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 marketing strategies.
Claude Moet: Champagne house founder.
Jean-Rémy Moët: Champagne merchant.
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.
() William Allan Kritsonis)): American Wine Author
Maurice O'Shea (winemaker): Australian pioneer winemaker
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: A Benedictine monk incorrectly credited with the invention of Champagne.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, MW: Editor-in-Chief of The Wine Advocate, reviewer for Australia and New Zealand
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", that 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
Steven Spurrier: British wine authority, organized the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976.
Mark Squires: Reviewer for The Wine Advocate and founder of the Mark Squires' Bulletin Board at eRobertParker.com
Mike Steinberger: American wine columnist of Slate.
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".
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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