Instead of common selection criteria for the entire list, notability of people involved should be checked against the description of each sector. Sectors 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 – French manager of 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