and Vitis riparia Dr. Richard Smart – Australian viticulturalist Gil Wahlquist – Australian pioneer organic winemaker Oenologists The science and study of wine and winemaking. Alberto Antonini – Italian oenologist and winery consultant Walter Clore – "father of Washington wine" Jean-Luc Colombo – Rhone Valley oenologist and winemaker* Denis Dubourdieu – winemaker, professor of oenology at the University of Bordeaux Max Léglise – French oenologist Thomas Munson – his proposal saved European wine industry from extinction Ann C. Noble – inventor of the Aroma Wheel Dom Perignon – Benedictine monk incorrectly credited with the invention of Champagne Émile Peynaud – renowned French oenologist Jacques Puisais – French oenologist and taste philosopher Winemakers 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" Ntsiki Biyela – first black female winemaker in South Africa Cathy Corison – winemaker and consultant Didier Dagueneau – Loire winemaker of Sauvignon blanc cult wine Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin-Cliquot – Champagne and namesake of Veuve Cliquot Stéphane Derenoncourt – French winemaker and winery consultant Paul Draper – winemaker of Ridge Vineyards Peter Gago – Australian winemaker and writer Mia Klein – California winemaker Robin and Andréa McBride – African American winemakers and founders of McBride Sisters Wine Company Justin Meyer – monk and winemaker at Christian Brothers Maurice O'Shea – Australian pioneer winemaker Eben Sadie – South African winemaker of the Sadie Family Max Schubert – leading winemaker and creator of Penfolds Grange Carol Shelton – California wine producer and pioneer Kay Simon – Washington wine producer and pioneer Lane Tanner – California winemaker André Tchelistcheff – "Dean of American Winemakers" Sean Thackrey – American experimental winemaker József Törley – founder of József Törley & Co., Hungary's most successful sparkling wine producer Helen Turley – California winemaker and consultant Wine merchants Lalou Bize-Leroy – Burgundian wine producer and former co-manager of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Louis Bohne – famous sales agent of Veuve Clicquot Pierre Castel, French wine industry leader Christian Delpeuch – wine official and Plan Bordeaux promoter Georges Duboeuf – innovative and large Beaujolais bottler Charles Heidsieck – Champagne house founder Claude Moët – Champagne house founder Jean-Rémy Moët – Champagne merchant René Renou – French wine industry leader Hardy Rodenstock – wine collector and alleged wine fraud, subject