Konstantin Frank

male
Cornell University, Vitis labrusca, Soviet Georgia, French Hybrid grapes, Geneva Experiment Station, Vitisvinifera
Dr. Konstantin Frank (1897-1985) was a viticulturist and winemaker in the Finger Lakes region of New York. He was born in Odessa, Ukraine and...
Carole Meredith

Carole Meredith

female
Botanist, Charbono, Primitivo, DNA typing, appellation, Mount Veeder…Vitisvinifera
Carole Meredith is the University of California, Davis geneticist who pioneered the use of DNA typing to differentiate between "Vitis vinifera"...

Albert Seibel

male
French, viticulturist, grape, wine, wein, hybrid…Vitis rupestris, Vitis lincecumii, Vitisvinifera
Albert Seibel was a French physician and hybridist who made hybrid crosses of European wine grapes ("Vitis vinifera") with native North American...
Harold Olmo

Harold Olmo

male, deceased (2006)
Viticulturalist, viticulture, American, wine, wein, Vintner…Vitisvinifera
Dr. Harold Olmo (b. July 31 1909 -June 30 2006) was a pioneering viticulturalist and professor at the University of California, Davis. In the...
Thomas Volney Munson

Thomas Volney Munson

male
Horticulturist, T.V. Munson, Cognac, France, Foundations of American Grape Culture, Vitisvinifera, phylloxera
Thomas Volney Munson (1843-1913), often referred to simply as T.V. Munson, was a horticulturist and breeder of grapes from Texas. Working in...
Adhemar de Chaunac

Adhemar de Chaunac

male, 113 years old
Concord, George Hostetter, Brights Wines, Concord grape, Hybrid grapes, Marechal Foch…Vitisvinifera
Adhemar F. de Chaunac (born 1896) was a French-born Canadian wine pioneer who helped lay the groundwork for a successful wine industry in Ontario...
Vitis vinifera

Vitisvinifera

female, 23 years old (Namibia, Angola)
farmer, in a relationship, From Benguela