The People · Page 41
The artisans of taste.
Winemaker
Carlos Falcó
Malpica de Tajo, Spain
Carlos Falc, the Spanish wine figure born on 3 February 1937, is closely associated with the rise of Modern Spanish wine production at Dominio de Valdepusa in Malpica de Tajo. The…
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Chef
Carmine Faravolo
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cooking here is treated as a working base rather than a fixed script: first built in kitchens in Italy, then tested against Spain’s precision and techniques drawn from molecular…
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Winemaker
Caroline Lestimé
Puligny-Montrachet, France
## The Climb Training at Beaune Lycée Viticole and Dijon University gave Caroline Lestim the technical base for work that now spans the vineyard, cellar and office at Domaine…
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Cécile Dusserre
Vacqueyras, France
## The Path At Domaine de Montvac in Vacqueyras, France, the work of winemaking has been defined by Cécile Dusserre since 1991: measured, exacting, and built through close…
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Winemaker
Cendrine Faraud
Gigondas, France
Cendrine Faraud works from Domaine du Cayron in Gigondas, France, where the tempo is set by the estate rather than the market. The craft here is stewardship: keeping a family…
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Cesar Baeza
Washingtonville, New York, United States
## The Climb Cesar Baeza’s work traces a steady apprenticeship in wine, built step by step through study, research, and production. Training at University of Chile, University of…
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Winemaker
Chad Melville
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Chad Melville’s work is tied to vineyard farming in Sta. Rita Hills, where light, season, and site set the terms. At Melville Vineyards and Winery in Santa Barbara, United States,…
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Winemaker
Chantale Bara
Bouzy, France
Winemaking and management at Paul Bara in Bouzy, France sit together in Chantale Bara’s remit: the cellar decisions, the estate oversight, and the continuity of a family house…
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Winemaker
Charles Nelson
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
## At a Glance - Founder: Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, 1860–1891. In Nashville, United States, Charles Nelson built a name around Tennessee Whiskey when place, process, and…
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Winemaker
Charles Smith
Walla Walla, Washington, United States
## Coming Up Wine direction, nightlife, and band management rarely sit on the same résumé, but in Charles Smith’s case they map the range that later shows up in the cellar. At…
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Winemaker, Veuve Fourny & Fils
Charles-Henry Fourny
Blancs-Coteaux, France
## Coming Up Since 1993, Charles-Henry Fourny has co-run Veuve Fourny & Fils and made the wine, with the work split between vineyard decisions and cellar discipline. The job reads…
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Winemaker
Charlie Hopps
Benton City, Washington, United States
Early pioneer and leader on the Washington State wine scene, Charlie Hopps has long been identified with Washington State wine. The work sits inside the region’s rise, with a…
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Winemaker
Chris Upchurch
Woodinville, Washington, United States
Youthful travel through the Grand Cru wine-growing regions of Europe and the west coast of the United States gave Chris Upchurch an early education in how landscape can shape…
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Winemaker
Chrissy Wittmann
St. Helena, California, United States
Chrissy Wittmann is Vice President, Luxury Winemaking at The Prisoner Wine Company in St. Helena. The work centers on blend-making rather than formula: testing combinations,…
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Winemaker
Christophe Jaume
Orange, France
In Orange, France, the baseline work at Domaine Grand Veneur is set by Southern Rhône ground before cellar decisions begin. Raised plateaus hold heat; galets and large rounded…
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Winemaker
Christophe Perrot-Minot
Morey-Saint-Denis, France
Formation at the cellar starts earlier here, in the broker’s habit of comparison. As a courtier, Christophe Perrot-Minot learned to read wines against one another, to judge…
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Winemaker
Christy Ackerman
Philo, California, United States
Since 2019, Christy Ackerman has served as Associate Winemaker for red wines at Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery. The role sits at the intersection of continuity and return: a…
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Winemaker
Clare Halloran
Yarra Valley, Australia
Clare Halloran’s work at TarraWarra Estate sits in the discipline of cool-climate winemaking: measured cellar decisions, close reading of the vineyard, and the kind of control…
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Chef
Collin Hilton
San Francisco, California, United States
Collin Hilton’s work sits in the physical register of the kitchen: ingredient-led, seasonal, and grounded in the act of handling food. As Corporate Chef de cuisine for Cunningham…
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Winemaker
Comte de Bournazel
La Cadière-d'Azur, France
Comte de Bournazel launched the full rehabilitation of the vineyard and the Château de Malle in Bordeaux, France. The work is defined by a single premise: land and architecture…
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Winemaker
Courtney Treacher
Swan Valley, Australia
Courtney Treacher moved into the senior winemaker role at Houghton Wines in Swan Valley in 2020, a step that followed a series of named winemaking posts rather than a single short…
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Winemaker
Craig Stansborough
Barossa Valley, Australia
Craig Stansborough is Chief Winemaker at Grant Burge Wines in the Barossa Valley, and the role sits squarely within a local wine culture that was already part of the terrain…
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Winemaker
Dan Buckle
Coldstream, Australia
Dan Buckle’s work is rooted in the vineyard first: soil under the fingernails, and the repeated demands of viticulture before anything reaches bottle. In 1986, at sixteen, he…
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Winemaker
Dan Pannell
Pemberton, Australia
Vineyard work and cellar work sit on the same line at Picardy Winery in Pemberton, Western Australia, where Dan Pannell’s practice is shaped by place as much as by formal…
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Winemaker
Dan Petroski
Napa, California, United States
In Napa Valley, white wine is a tighter assignment than the regional shorthand suggests. The work at Massican in Napa Valley, California, where Dan Petroski is founder-winemaker,…
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Winemaker
Daniel E. Williams
Tullamore, Ireland
## Coming Up At the Old Tullamore Distillery, Daniel E. Williams started as a stable boy and learned the trade from the ground level up. The post was modest, but it put him inside…
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Winemaker
Danielle Cyrot
Angwin, California, United States
A little bit of technology and a little bit of tradition. Danielle Cyrot’s approach puts the vineyard ahead of the cellar and treats restraint as a working principle, not a…
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Winemaker
Dave Guffy
Napa, California, United States
## At a Glance “Making wine in the vineyard” is the frame Dave Guffy gives the work, with each site pushed to maximize flavor. At The Hess Collection in Napa, United States, his…
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Farming Winemaker, Solminer
David deLaski
Los Olivos, California, United States
## Coming Up Since 2012, the winemaking at Solminer Wine Company in Los Olivos, Santa Barbara County has been shaped by David deLaski, whose approach favors restraint, attention,…
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Winemaker
David O'Reilly
Wapato, Washington, United States
## The Path Thomas Aquinas College gave David O'Reilly a framework for thinking about craft as discipline rather than ornament. That formation shows up in the way he approaches…
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Winemaker
David Perkins
Wanship, Utah, United States
David Perkins is the founder and CEO who led High West in Wanship from 2008 to 2016, and the plainness of his own sentence only sharpens its appeal: "I really love whiskey and…
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Winemaker
Del Dotto
Napa, California, United States
Del Dotto is the founder and owner of Del Dotto Vineyards in Napa Valley, United States, and the co-owner and founder of Del Dotto Estate Winery and Caves in Napa, United States,…
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Winemaker
Dennis Bell
Napa, California, United States
## The Path Wine entered through routine first: the family dinner table, where pouring, passing, and talking over a meal gave Dennis Bell an early read on rhythm, balance, and…
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Winemaker
Dick Doré
Santa Maria, California, United States
Dick Doré has held the founding and sales side of Foxen Vineyard and Winery together since 1985. In Santa Maria, that means one hand on the shape of the house and the other on how…
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Winemaker
Didier Séguier
Chablis, France
Didier Seguier works in a narrow register: Chablis. At William Fèvre in Chablis, France, the cellar master role sits alongside winemaking and direction, and the house, the…
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Winemaker
Dieter Cronje
Santa Maria, California, United States
A South Africa native trained in enology and cellar technology, Dieter Cronje has built his reputation on measured cellar work and a disciplined approach to Pinot Noir. The…
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Winemaker
Don Julio González
Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico
With Don Julio González, that standard is anchored to three fixed coordinates — La Primavera, founded in 1942; Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico; and a name that came to stand…
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Winemaker
Eben Sadie
Swartland, South Africa
## Formation Swartland winemaking in the late 1990s was a place where vineyard decisions could define the work more than cellar correction. Eben Sadie entered that field in 1998…
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Winemaker
Ed Flaherty
Valparaiso, Chile
## Coming Up Red blends have defined Ed Flaherty’s work from the start: wines assembled for depth, structure, and layered expression rather than flash. At Viña Errázuriz in…
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Winemaker
Eduardo Jordán
Curicó, Chile
## The Climb Since 2018, the Chief Winemaker and Technical Director role at Miguel Torres Chile has put Eduardo Jord at the junction of vineyard and cellar, where day-to-day…
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Winemaker
Elizabeth McCall
Versailles, Kentucky, United States
## Coming Up Brown-Forman brought Elizabeth McCall in through sensory work in 2009, and that entry point matters: the job sits at the intersection of taste, aroma, and texture,…
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Emmanuel Fourny
Blancs-Coteaux, France
Emmanuel Fourny’s work at Veuve Fourny & Fils in Vertus sits where house continuity meets technical control. As winemaker and co-manager since 1993, he has spent decades working…
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Winemaker
Emmerich Knoll
Dürnstein, Austria
Emmerich Knoll works at the point where estate identity is set: in the handling of Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. At Weingut Emmerich Knoll in Dürnstein, those two grapes are not…
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Winemaker
Eric de Saint-Victor
Roquefort-la-Bédoule, France
Eric de Saint-Victor has owned and made wine at Château de Pibarnon in Roquefort-la-Bédoule, France, since 2000. The work there reads as both craft and administration: cellar…
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Winemaker
Erich Scheiblhofer
Andau, Austria
Erich Scheiblhofer is head winemaker at Weingut Scheiblhofer in Andau, Austria, and the role sits at the center of a career built on discipline, technical study, and a broad view…
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Winemaker
Estelle Groult
Saint-Cyr du Ronceray, France
## Coming Up Precision and structure came early through study at Université de Paris-Dauphine, France, and those habits now read through the work: measured, exacting, and…
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Winemaker
Florent Lançon
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
## Coming Up Since 2008, Florent Lan has shaped Domaine de la Solitude in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France through the work of a winemaker, winegrower and vigneron. The estate reads…
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Winemaker
Francisco Albuquerque
Funchal, Portugal
His career is tied to Madeira wine through work at Madeira Wine Company before his current post at the lodge. ## Coming Up Francisco Albuquerque began his career as a winemaker at…
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Winemaker
François Mitjavile
Bourg, France
“In a few hours we harvest a fruit in the fragile moment where the skin turns to slightly degraded, it turns to forest, let's say that.” Ripeness, in the Bordeaux register…
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Owner
François Mitjaville
Saint-Émilion, France
François Mitjaville is the proprietor of Château Le Tertre Roteboeuf in Saint-Émilion, France. The defining shift came after two years at Château Figeac, when he returned to the…
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Winemaker
Garry Crittenden
Mornington Peninsula, Australia
## The Climb Garry Crittenden came to wine through horticulture, not through restaurant culture or cellar theatrics. Before Crittenden became identified with the Mornington…
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Georges Duboeuf
Romanèche-Thorins, France
Georges Duboeuf’s formation came through Beaujolais itself: the wines of the region, the Gamay grape, and the young, fruity style that would carry his name far beyond France. In…
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Winemaker
Gérald Gabillet
Luján de Cuyo, Argentina
## The Path Cellar discipline at Château Angélus gave Gérald Gabillet an early grounding in the work: patience, precision, and the steadiness to read a wine without rushing it.…
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Winemaker
Gerard Zanzonico
Napa, California, United States
Gerard Zanzonico is the winemaker of Del Dotto Estate Winery and Caves in St. Helena, and that position sits at the end of a long Napa Valley run through cellar work, production…
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Winemaker
Gerhard Kracher
Illmitz, Austria
## Coming Up International presentation work is where the estate was carried beyond Illmitz before the succession fully settled. At Weingut Kracher in Illmitz, Austria…
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Chef
Giovanni Passerini
Paris, France
## Beginnings Bistro work gives a cook a plain test: the plate has to satisfy before it explains itself. Born in Rome, Giovanni Passerini began his career in a bistro in Rome, and…
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Winemaker
Glenn Hugo
Glen Ellen, California, United States
## Coming Up Wine work here moves across hospitality, harvest, and cellar, and Glenn Hugo was trained for that overlap at Provenance Vineyards. He then moved into the…
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Chef
Gonzalo Cuesta Martínez
Madrid, Spain
Gonzalo Cuesta Martínez is Executive Chef at Trèsde in Madrid, Spain. The kitchen works in a contemporary register through a concise, market-driven menu built on navazo garden…
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Winemaker
Guillaume Fabre
Paso Robles, California, United States
Guillaume Fabre is Owner & Winemaker at Clos Solène Winery in Paso Robles, where winemaking and farming sit inside the same brief. That pairing is the point: vineyard and cellar…
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Winemaker
Heinrich Hartl
Oberwaltersdorf, Austria
Heinrich Hartl works at the level where site, variety, and repetition define a winery’s voice. At Weingut Heinrich Hartl in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, the brief is clear: give…
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Winemaker
Henrik Poulsen
Rutherford, California, United States
Henrik Poulsen has guided the winemaking program at Alpha Omega Winery in Rutherford, California, since 2019, bringing a steady hand and a long familiarity with Napa Valley to a…
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Winemaker
Hernán Gras
Palmilla, Chile
## The Path Hernán Gras trained at Universidad Catolica de Chile, where the discipline behind his later work in wine took shape. The throughline from those studies is not just…
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Winemaker
Hervé Dantan
Tours-sur-Marne, France
He speaks about champagne through freshness: “Each year, my role is to play with freshness, enhancing it according to what nature offers us.” That is the central problem of the…
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Chef
Hiroyuki Sato
Tokyo, Japan
At a Ginza counter in Tokyo, sushi is treated as a problem of sequence and control: rice against ingredient quality, knife line against the grain of fish, and the tempo between…
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Winemaker
Hugh Davies
Calistoga, California, United States
President and CEO of Schramsberg Vineyards in Calistoga since 2005, Hugh Davies works in a role built on continuity. ## The Climb Training at Bowdoin College and University of…
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Winemaker
Iain McAlister
Campbeltown, United Kingdom
Iain McAlister’s work sits between engineering discipline and traditional whisky making: the process is managed with precision, but the aim stays rooted in the practices that…
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Winemaker
Ian Hongell
Barossa Valley, Australia
Since 2017, Ian Hongell has shaped Torbreck Vintners in Barossa Valley, Australia, as both Chief Winemaker and General Manager. The move came after his time as Chief Winemaker at…
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Winemaker
Jack Teeling
Dublin, Ireland
Jack Teeling is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Teeling Whiskey Company in Dublin, and he is also founder and Managing Director of the same company. The work reads as…
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Chef
Jacopo Mercuro
Rome, Italy
## Today At 180 Grammi Pizzeria Romana in Rome, the work sits on two levels at once: the oven and the operation. Jacopo Mercuro leads the project, serves as pizzaiolo, and owns…
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Winemaker
James Sparks
Los Olivos, California, United States
James Sparks works the cellar from the Santa Barbara County side of the ledger, where coastal light, cool evenings, and a measured winemaking culture set the terms. As winemaker…
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Winemaker
Jason Centanni
Lubbock, Texas, United States
" ## Coming Up Winemaking at Jason Centanni’s level starts with training, but it relies on repetition. At the University of Houston, Centanni built the technical base that still…
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Winemaker
Jason Gorski
Woodinville, Washington, United States
In 2024, Jason Gorski became Vice President of Winemaking and Viticulture at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville, United States, bringing winemaking and vineyard work into one…
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Winemaker
Jason Jardine
Sonoma, California, United States
Jason Jardine has served as President and Director of Winemaking at Hanzell Vineyards in Sonoma since 2014. The role puts him inside a historic estate where continuity matters,…
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Jason Lett
McMinnville, Oregon, United States
## The Climb Since 2005, Jason Lett has held the combined work of winemaker and president at The Eyrie Vineyards in McMinnville. The role sits inside a family winery, and his…
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Winemaker
Jean-Charles Boisset
St. Helena, California, United States
As proprietor of Boisset Collection in St. Helena, United States, Jean-Charles Boisset is positioned in a corner of the trade where French method meets American scale. The work…
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Managing Director, Domaines Ott
Jean-François Ott
Taradeau, France
Jean-François Ott’s remit at Domaines Ott is defined by stewardship rather than display: the three estates, with Provence rosé as the house’s central specialty. The work sits on a…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Rougier
Meyreuil, France
His work is anchored in Provence by one fixed site and one long tenure, with organic farming, old vines, and a skeptical view of the region’s rosé boom shaping how Jean-François…
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Winemaker
Jean-Hervé Chiquet
Dizy, France
## The Path Since 1988, Jean-Hervé Chiquet has held co-ownership and co-winemaking at Champagne Jacquesson in Dizy. The appointment fixes the house’s working method around two…
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Winemaker
Jean-Paul Daumen
Orange, France
His work is built around Grenache, and around the effect he gets from Les Trois Sources, a cuvée drawn from sandy parcels. In Jean-Paul Daumen’s hands, that material tends to read…
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Winemaker
Jeff Ames
Oakville, California, United States
Jeff Ames is the winemaker at TOR Wines in Oakville, and that role has shaped his public profile in Napa Valley. The work reads as site-first: the vineyard is meant to lead, and…
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Winemaker
Jeff LeBard
Santa Ynez, California, United States
Associated with Ventura, the work sits across estate winemaking and consulting leadership, with cellar practice tied to Santa Ynez Valley production. ## The Trajectory Cellar…
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Winemaker
Jeff Strekas
Paso Robles, California, United States
## Coming Up Winemaking at House of Mittal in Paso Robles became Jeff Strekas’s 2026 title, and the fit reflects a career built more on technical discipline than on romantic…
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Winemaker
Jeffrey Grosset
Clare Valley, Australia
## The Path Roseworthy College gave Jeffrey Grosset the technical base for a career built on precision. That training shows up in the way the work is framed: detail matters, and…
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Winemaker
Jeremy Weintraub
Paso Robles, California, United States
Jeremy Weintraub has made wine at Adelaida Vineyards in Paso Robles since 2012. That span matters: it suggests a practice built through repetition, continuity, and close work with…
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Winemaker
Jérôme Galeyrand
Gevrey-Chambertin, France
Jérôme Galeyrand is the winemaker of Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand in Gevrey-Chambertin, France. The name has come to stand for patient work in the vineyard and a hands-on approach to…
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Winemaker
Jimmy Russell
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, United States
His work starts at floor level: on September 10, 1954, Jimmy Russell entered the distillery by sweeping floors for the team. That kind of start tells you more than a title ever…
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Winemaker
Joe Harden
St. Helena, California, United States
In St. Helena, the work at Brand Napa Valley is built around site and Cabernet Sauvignon. Joe Harden’s role there sits inside a broader practice that includes vineyard work,…
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Winemaker
Joe Healy
Healdsburg, California, United States
## The Climb Training at Fresno State University gave Joe Healy the technical base for a career built on repetition, control, and follow-through. Since 2001, that work has been…
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Winemaker
Joe Ibrahim
Turner, Oregon, United States
## The Path University of Vermont is the training ground in this profile, and Snow Farm Vineyard and Winery in Grand Isle, Vermont is where Joe Ibrahim first entered cellar and…
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Winemaker
John Casella
Yenda, Australia
## The Path Cellar work and management run together in John Casella’s career: from 1983 to 1995 at Riverina Wines, he worked as winemaker/manager, building a practice shaped by…
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Winemaker
John Dragonette
Los Olivos, California, United States
John Dragonette makes wine at Dragonette Cellars in Los Olivos, California, United States, working with Santa Barbara County fruit, small lots, and a restrained hand in the…
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Winemaker
Jon Engelskirger
Santa Ynez, California, United States
## At a Glance - Current role: consulting winemaker. - Earlier role: head winemaker in Napa Valley. - Origin: the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Yosemite National Park. Consulting…
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Winemaker
Jordan Fiorentini
Templeton, California, United States
## The Path Winemaking at Epoch Estate Wines in Templeton, United States, has been tied to Rhône-variety wines since 2010, and Jordan Fiorentini’s role sits inside that framework…
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Winemaker
Josh Klapper
Santa Ynez, California, United States
## Coming Up Josh Klapper’s path into wine runs through service first: the sommelier floor at Sona in Los Angeles, California, where timing, judgment, and the daily calibration of…
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Winemaker
Julian Van Winkle III
Frankfort, Kentucky, United States
Julian Van Winkle III spent several years in a clothing store before joining the family whiskey business, a start that left his public profile measured rather than loud. In this…
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Winemaker
Julie Johnson
Rutherford, California, United States
## Coming Up Julie Johnson’s early training at Bowdoin College led into founding roles that shaped her work in wine: first at Frog's Leap Winery from 1981, then at Women for Wine…
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Winemaker
Justin Willett
Buellton, California, United States
Owner and winemaker Justin Willett has guided Tyler Winery in Lompoc from 2005 to the present, building the work through cellar discipline, blending decisions, and the measured…
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Winemaker
Kathleen Inman
Sebastopol, California, United States
## Coming Up At UC Santa Barbara, Kathleen Inman encountered Pinot Noir in a tasting seminar; that early exposure became the framework for the work that followed. In England, she…
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Winemaker
Kathy Joseph
Lompoc, California, United States
Kathy Joseph founded Fiddlehead Cellars in Santa Maria, United States, in 1989, and the work has stayed close to Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir: varieties that reward tension,…
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Winemaker
Kevin Sass
Paso Robles, California, United States
Vineyard and cellar practice in Paso Robles often rewards winemakers who can read both farm economics and fermentation behavior. Kevin Sass’s training at California State…
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