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. John Adlum – father of American viticulture Helmut Becker – German viticulturist Andy Beckstoffer – California viticulturist Romeo Bragato – New Zealand wine pioneer James Busby – widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry Jules Chauvet – French chemist, considered the "father" of French natural winemaking Henri Enjalbert – French professor of geography and specialist in wine geology Konstantin Frank – "father" of vinifera wine growing in the Eastern United States Pierre Galet – French ampelographer and author Hermann Jaeger – Swiss-American viticulturist, created over 100 new grape varieties, notable hybrid was Jaeger 70 Carole Meredith – geneticist who discovered the parentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah and Zinfandel Hermann Müller (Thurgau) – Swiss oenologist, developed the Müller-Thurgau grape variety Abraham Izak Perold – developed the Pinotage grape variety Oscar Renteria – Californian viticulturalist Albert Seibel – French hybridist (1844–1936) who made "Seibel grapes", which are hybrids of Vitis vinifera