Agoston Haraszthy

Agoston Haraszthy

male, deceased (1869)
Democrat, Metallurgist, Chemist, democratic party, nicaragua, viticulturist
Ágoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa (August 30, 1812 in Futak, Hungary-July 6, 1869 in Nicaragua), was one of the founders of modern viticulture in C...
Jess Jackson

Jess Jackson

male, 79 years old
American racehorse owners and breeder, University of California, Berkeley alumni, viticulturist, vineyard, from California, American
Jess Jackson (born 1930 and raised in San Francisco, California) is an American wine entrepreneur and self-made billionaire. He started the...

William Thompson

male, 170 years old
raisin, grape, yuba city, From Yorkshire, viticulturist, viticulture
William Thompson was a viticulturist. He emigrated to California (near Yuba City) in 1863 and developed the "Thompson Seedless" table grape (see...
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

male, 70 years old
Vintner, apocalypse now, film director, wine, wein, BAFTA winner…viticulturist
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Coppola is also...

Konstantin Frank

male
Cornell University, Vitis labrusca, Soviet Georgia, French Hybrid grapes, Geneva Experiment Station, Vitis vinifera…viticulturist
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...

Philippe de Rothschild

male, deceased (1988)
wein, bordeaux, poe, French, Croix de guerre recipient, de facto…viticulturist
Baron Philippe de Rothschild (13 April, 1902 - 20 January, 1988) was a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty who became a Grand Prix race-car...
Mike Grgich

Mike Grgich

male, 86 years old
wein, Wine Maker, from Napa County, California, judgment of paris, Vintner, beaulieu vineyard…viticulturist
Mike Grgich is a Croatian-American winemaker. He was born into a winemaking family in the town of Desne on Croatia's coastal Dalmatian region. He...
Carole Meredith

Carole Meredith

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

John Adlum

male, deceased (1836)
Surveyor, American, viticulturist, Viticulturalist, from Washington, D.C., from York, Pennsylvania
John Adlum (April 29, 1759 to March 1, 1836), was a pioneering American viticulturalist, a surveyor and an associate judge.
Warren Winiarski

Warren Winiarski

male, 81 years old (Napa, California, United States)
St. John's College, U.S., St. John's College, U.S. alumni, judgment of paris, from Napa County, California, Vintner, Vintners…viticulturist
Warren Winiarski (born 1928) is California winemaker. Winarski was born in a large Polish section of Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from high...