The People · Page 59
The artisans of taste.
Winemaker
Kevin Jussila
Paso Robles, California, United States
“I started making wine inside our basement in our Topanga Canyon home,” Kevin Jussila has said, and that basement scale still reads through the work: small-handed, direct, and…
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Kian Tavakoli
Napa, California, United States
Helena is where Kian Tavakoli has made wine since 2004, and the work there is built on a simple order of operations: smell first, then memory, then method. The first pull toward…
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Kim Abrahams
Dayton, Oregon, United States
Food can be a practical entry point into cellar culture, and in Kim Abrahams’s case it was: on the first night of picking during her first vintage, she shared a big pot of gumbo…
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Kim McPherson
Lubbock, Texas, United States
## Coming Up UC Davis gave Kim McPherson the formal base; Trefethen Vineyards in Napa Valley gave the early fieldwork. That sequence matters in winemaking: study first, then…
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Kirk Venge
Calistoga, California, United States
The lineage is explicit in Kirk Venge’s own memory: “When I was growing up, working in the vineyard and winery gave me a wonderful sense of partnership in my family’s way of life;…
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Chef
Koen Lenaerts
Antwerp, Belgium
Koen Lenaerts, chef and owner of Nage in Antwerp since 2021, has moved through kitchens in a way that reads as method rather than momentum. The route from Dôme to Veranda to…
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Koichi Inoue
Fukuoka, Japan
Koichi Inoue is Executive Chef of torila in Fukuoka, Japan, where yakitori omakase is built on timing, texture, and restraint. At torila, the grill carries the work: the point…
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Kotani
Kyoto, Japan
## The Climb Timing, restraint, and the discipline of repetition start early in this path. He then took an unusual step into a no-pay intern role at an architectural designer's…
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Kristin Belair
Rutherford, California, United States
In Rutherford, California, Kristin Belair has built a career around two grapes and the discipline they demand: Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. At Honig Vineyard & Winery,…
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Krisztina Csetvei
Mór, Hungary
From a 2006 marketing internship at Béres Vineyard and Winery to the cellar in Mór, Krisztina Csetvei’s work has moved through a series of deliberate steps: labels noticed, study…
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Larry Schaffer
Santa Ynez, California, United States
He is the owner and winemaker of Tercero Wines in Los Olivos, making small-lot, hand-crafted wines from vineyards throughout Santa Barbara County. ## The Climb The early cellar…
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Lars Bjorkman
St. Helena, California, United States
## Coming Up Technical training at the University of California, Davis gave Lars Bjorkman the base for work that depends on precision, repetition, and clean decisions in the…
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Laszlo Szilagyi
Tokaj, Hungary
## Coming Up The work behind Gizella Pince in Tokaj, Hungary, is split cleanly across vineyard, cellar, and ownership. As borász-tulajdonos, Laszlo Szilagyi holds those parts…
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Lee Hartman
Bridgewater, Virginia, United States
## The Path At Bluestone Vineyard in Bridgewater, the work is defined by Virginia wine, and Lee Hartman’s role sits squarely in that frame as Head Winemaker and General Manager.…
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Leonardo Montes Toscanini
Canelones, Uruguay
Leonardo Montes Toscanini has spent more than three decades at Bodega Toscanini Hnos, in Las Piedras, Canelones, Uruguay, and that kind of permanence is part of the work itself.…
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Leonardo Rodriguez Moreno
Pénjamo, Mexico
His work sits in stewardship: ownership of a historic hacienda, the upkeep of its character, and a close tie to tequila produced under the Corralejo name. Leonardo Rodriguez…
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Les Fils d'Emile Pernot
La Cluse-et-Mijoux, France
Absinthe is the working subject here: one spirit, one historical lane, and a body of knowledge that depends on precision. The craft does not reward loose handling. Its tradition…
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Distiller
Lincoln Henderson
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
## The Trajectory Bourbon development in Kentucky has long depended on a working mix of chemistry, maturation judgment, and production discipline. Lincoln Henderson’s formal entry…
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Lindsey Wallingford
St. Helena, California, United States
At Saint Helena Winery in St. Helena, the work starts in the rows, not the cellar. In Lindsey Wallingford’s hands, the vineyard is where intent is set: single-clone fermentations,…
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Liz Silkman
Hunter Valley, Australia
## Coming Up Training at University of Newcastle and University of Adelaide gave Liz Silkman the technical base that later supported a career built on precision and composure. The…
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Louis Glunz
Paso Robles, California, United States
## The Essentials Wine, beer, and spirits retail at Wells and Division streets in Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1888 to 1931, is the core of Louis Glunz’s record. That…
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Chef
Luc Filoé
Puligny-Montrachet, France
Executive Chef at Le Montrachet in Puligny-Montrachet, France, Luc Filoé works from a product-first register: restraint, clean selection, and close attention to what comes from…
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Luís Pato
Amoreira Da Gandara, Portugal
## At a Glance - Role: Winemaker. - Workplace: Adega Luís Pato. - Location: Amoreira da Gândara, Portugal. - Career note: The named career history is with the same adega. -…
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Lukas Krenn
Yspertal, Austria
At Wirtshausbrennerei Krenn in Yspertal, Lukas Krenn works the floor with wine as his trade. The work here is not just service, but timing, reading a room, and keeping pace…
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Luke Whittle
Pipers Brook, Australia
Since 2019, Luke Whittle has been Chief Winemaker at Pipers Brook Vineyard in Pipers Brook, a post that reflects a career built by accumulation rather than sudden rise. The route…
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Lulu Handley
Philo, California, United States
## The Climb Training at University of California, Berkeley was followed by hands-on work in food and wine: Lulu Handley spent time as a staff member at Chez Panisse and later as…
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Mac Forbes
Yarra Valley, Australia
Mac Forbes is the winemaker behind Mac Forbes Wines in Yarra Valley, and since 2004 he has also been its owner. The work is built on a patient attention to origin and a methodical…
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Madame Augier
Aigre, France
Madame Augier’s work in hospitality is defined by ownership of Le Negresco in Nice, France, from 1957 to 2019. In a field often measured by movement, that span reads differently:…
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Madden Morris
Rutherglen, Australia
## The Path Training at La Trobe University and Melbourne Polytechnic gave Madden Morris a formal base, but the craft was built season by season. Vintages at Rutherglen Estate (De…
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Manuel Filgueira
Canelones, Uruguay
## Coming Up Agronomy gave Manuel Filgueira the first tools for winemaking: reading soil, season, and weather as working materials rather than backdrop. Before he was known as the…
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Manuel Núñez
Barcelona, Spain
## The Climb Technique, repetition, and service discipline are the through-line in Manuel Núñez’s path. He trained at Superior Hostelry Center of Santiago de Compostela, where…
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Marbue Marke
Napa, California, United States
His work is centered on small lot, ultra-premium wine, with attention to detail carried from vine to bottle. ## Coming Up Training at University of California, Davis and Sonoma…
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Marc Goldberg
Paso Robles, California, United States
For more than three decades, Marc Goldberg has built a winemaking identity around constraint: one grape, one estate, one sustained set of decisions at Windward. In a trade that…
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Marc Perrin
Correns, France
Born April 25, 1970, Marc Perrin is a winemaker whose work sits on three linked disciplines: family stewardship, rosé made without fuss, and continuity treated as a working…
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Marcela Orendain Gonzalez
Tequila, Mexico
In that setting, Marcela Orendain Gonzalez is tied to the daily discipline of production, a role that depends on continuity, attention, and the steady management of process. ##…
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Marcell Bukolyi
Eger, Hungary
Marcell Bukolyi works the wines of Bukolyi Winery in Eger, Hungary through a family-scale model that keeps fruit, vineyard, and cellar under one roof. The governing idea is plain:…
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Marcelo Miras
Neuquén, Argentina
## The Climb Vineyard rhythm and seasonal repetition shaped Marcelo Miras’s early understanding of wine in Mendoza, where the work of the vine set the terms for patience, timing,…
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Marcia Torres Forno
Santa Rosa, California, United States
She is from Chile, and the first place wine took hold was the family cellar: less as romance than as early schooling in bottle, place, and the discipline of taste. For Marcia…
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Marco Sarandrea
Collepardo, Italy
Marco Sarandrea directs his family’s industry, Sarandrea, in Collepardo, Italy. Born in Collepardo, Frosinone, Italy, he works from the same village that defines the enterprise’s…
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Marco Schiavo
Costabissara, Italy
Marco Schiavo has worked at the point where family inheritance meets line-by-line correction, serving as the fifth-generation distiller at Distilleria Schiavo in Vicenza, Italy,…
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Maria Hermínia d'Oliveira Paes
Monção, Portugal
At PALÁCIO DA BREJOEIRA in Monção, Portugal, Alvarinho became estate work: ground, rows, cellar, and bottle held to one property. Maria Hermínia d'Oliveira Paes is the evidence in…
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Mariacristina Oddero
La Morra, Italy
Mariacristina Oddero works the cellar at Oddero in La Morra, where Barolo sets the terms and the Langhe shapes the day-to-day rhythm of the work. Born in Alba and living in La…
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Chef
Marie-Victorine Manoa
Paris, France
## The Path Technical discipline in this cooking was set first by Institut Paul-Bocuse, where Marie-Victorine Manoa trained with technique as the base condition rather than…
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Marisa Taylor
Napa, California, United States
Marisa Taylor’s work in wine has been built through technical training, cellar repetition, floor leadership, and the kind of operational oversight that turns a winemaker into a…
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Mark Carter
Calistoga, California, United States
## Coming Up Mark Carter’s early work in hotel-and-restaurant management in Eureka gave him a practical base in service, pacing, and how a room is shaped by small decisions. That…
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Mark Horvath
Buellton, California, United States
## The Path UC Davis Extension gave Mark Horvath the technical base that carries through the rest of the record: assistant winemaking, co-founding a label, and then back to the…
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Mark Ryan McNeilly
Woodinville, Washington, United States
## The Path Wine work often starts on the floor before it reaches the cellar, and Mark Ryan McNeilly’s path followed that route through service, sales, and production. He first…
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Mark Topel
Hopland, California, United States
## The Climb A move from courtroom work to cellar work brought the same habits with it: evidence, sequence, and a tolerance for long timelines. Mark Topel’s early work as a…
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Mark Vlossek
Jefferson, Oregon, United States
Mark Vlossek founded St. Innocent Winery in Jefferson, United States, in 1988 and has served as its winemaker and president since then. The work has been defined by continuity:…
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Mark Walpole
Beechworth, Australia
Mark Walpole runs Fighting Gully Road in Beechworth, Victoria, where vineyard work is treated as a reading of site rather than a fixed script. Across time, the property has…
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Mark Wentworth
Philo, California, United States
Mark Wentworth is the owner and winemaker of Wentworth Vineyard & Ranch in Philo, California. The work is estate-based and hands-on: it requires reading the land, working with the…
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Markus Sieben
Halbturn, Austria
## Where They Are Now ## Career ## Signature Markus Sieben’s signature wines include Pinot-noir-Abfüllungen, Cuvée Impérial, Grand Vin TBA, and Chardonnay 2012. Read together,…
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Marla Carroll
Napa, California, United States
University of California, Davis sits at the center of Marla Carroll’s technical grounding. The throughline in her work is clear: "We only get one chance each year to make the best…
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Marthe Henry
Meursault, France
Marthe Henry has been the winemaker and wine producer at Domaine Marthe Henry in Meursault, France, since 2013. The work carries a background first formed in Paris, where…
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Martin Arndorfer
Straß im Straßertale, Austria
## Where They Are Now At Weingut Arndorfer in Straß im Straßertale, the work has been led by a vineyard-first logic since Martin Arndorfer became winemaker in 2002. The house…
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Martin Croad
Paso Robles, California, United States
Martin Croad owns and makes wine at Croad Vineyards in Paso Robles, California, where dry farming and bold varietals set the terms of the work. The New Zealand background remains…
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Marty Clubb
Lowden, Washington, United States
## The Path Washington wine has long been shaped by people who can hold both the cellar and the region in view. As First President at Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance, Marty Clubb…
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Maryann Egan
Yarra Valley, Australia
Maryann Egan’s work sits on the junction of study, harvest labor, cellar practice, and long-term vineyard attention. Charles Sturt University gave the formal base; Wantirna Estate…
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Mason Revelette
Rutherford, California, United States
Mason Revelette works at Revelette Wines with a focus on source, structure, and the way Cabernet Sauvignon reads on the palate. The first decision, by his own account, is…
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Mathias Kristiansen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mathias Kristiansen holds the role of Executive Head Chef at Norrlyst in Copenhagen, with Norrlyst Koncernen forming the named line through his career record. In kitchen terms,…
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Mathieu Lapierre
Villié-Morgon, France
Mathieu Lapierre’s central role is co-manager and winemaker at Domaine Marcel Lapierre in Villié-Morgon, France, a position that places him inside a family estate where continuity…
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Mathilde Margaine
Villers-Marmery, France
Mathilde Margaine is the fifth generation and first woman to oversee Champagne A. Margaine, a family estate in Villers-Marmery, Montagne de Reims, specializing in…
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Matías Prieto
La Rioja, Argentina
He was born in Mendoza, and that point of origin sits quietly under the work rather than being staged in front of it. That sort of understatement suits a practice built on…
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Matt Brady
Goleta, California, United States
## Coming Up At the University of California, Santa Barbara, the coursework ran alongside the practical pull of Santa Barbara wine country: harvest timing, grape handling, and the…
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Matt Holmes
Geelong, Australia
## Coming Up Early work at Bannockburn Vineyards gave Matt Holmes a first pass at the site’s pace, priorities and scale. That brief stint set a practical baseline: cellar…
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Matt Kern
Brussels, Belgium
Matt Kern runs kitchens with a plainspoken rule set: buy well, use it fresh, and let the ingredient carry the plate. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania native is Executive Chef & Owner…
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Matt Meyer
Yorkville, California, United States
Matt Meyer is the owner and winemaker of Meyer Family Cellars in Yorkville, California, and the role reads as a direct continuation of family viticulture rather than a separate…
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Matt Parish
Philo, California, United States
Matt Parish’s route to Lula Cellars in Philo runs through some of the larger operating rooms of California wine: Constellation Wines US, Treasury Wine Estates, NakedWines.com, and…
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Matt Spaccarelli
Marlboro, New York, United States
Matt Spaccarelli works across vineyard and cellar at Benmarl Winery in Marlboro, New York, where winemaking is treated as a sequence of linked decisions rather than a single act.…
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Matthew Glynn
Napa, California, United States
In Napa, Matthew Glynn’s work has been built on the quiet rigor of grapes, cellar judgment, and the measured patience that wine chemistry demands. Since 2019, his role as chief…
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Mauro Dolzan
Mezzolombardo, Italy
His work sits inside grappa and distillation, but Mauro Dolzan’s remit has moved beyond a single spirit and a single still. Across Villa de Varda and inQuota, both in…
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Maximilian Hardegg
Seefeld, Austria
## Coming Up At Weingut Graf Hardegg in Seefeld-Kadolz, Austria, the work under Maximilian Hardegg is agricultural before it is proprietary: ownership here sits inside farming,…
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Maximin von Schubert
Mertesdorf, Germany
The family’s wine-growing history at Maximin Grünhaus is long-running, and the estate wears that continuity plainly: family-owned since 1882, it carries time as part of its…
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Mazzetti family
Altavilla Monferrato, Italy
Mazzetti family started its distillation business in Monferrato, and the place matters: this is a landscape that asks for patience, precision, and a steady hand with time. Grappa…
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McPrice Myers
Paso Robles, California, United States
## Career McPrice Myers built his way into wine through a first retail job, and that starting point says a lot about the kind of career that followed. Retail is where the trade is…
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Megan Gunderson
St. Helena, California, United States
## Coming Up Technical winemaking in Napa often runs through the lab before it reaches blending decisions. Megan Gunderson trained at Gustavus Adolphus College (2001), then…
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Megan McGrath Gates
Solvang, California, United States
Megan McGrath Gates built her winemaking practice through a sequence of places where each step added a different register of knowledge: soil, lab, cellar, tasting, and production.…
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Megan van der Merwe
Cape Town, South Africa
Megan van der Merwe’s work at Beau Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa, is built on range without losing line. General Manager, Winemaker, and Viticulturist is not a decorative…
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Mia Klein
Napa, California, United States
In Napa, where slopes and seasons often get sorted into arguments about Merlot, Cabernet, and ripeness, Mia Klein keeps the language plain. As consulting winemaker at Palmaz…
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Michael Andert
Pamhagen, Austria
Michael Andert is the winemaker at Andert-Wein in Pamhagen, where bio-dynamic farming and low-intervention cellar work set the terms of the wines. Raised in a large family on a…
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Michael Baldacci
Napa, California, United States
## The Climb Training at Loyola Marymount University gave Michael Baldacci the groundwork for a career built on continuity as much as technique. That early formation shows up in…
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Michael Barton
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Michael Barton is the winemaker of Hilmy Cellars in Fredericksburg, United States, where the work is grounded in Texas wines and in close reading of the land, the fruit, and the…
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Michael Burgdorf
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
## The Climb Betriebsleiter (Rheingau) at Weingüter Wegeler is a role built on coordination, timing, and a firm read on estate work, and Michael Burgdorf is currently in that…
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Michael Dhillon
Macedon Ranges, Australia
Michael Dhillon is the winemaker and vigneron at Bindi Wines in the Macedon Ranges, Australia, working from one of the country’s more exacting cool-climate sites. The brief is…
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Michael Downer
Adelaide Hills, Australia
Michael Downer’s winemaking is built around a single brief: keep the Adelaide Hills in the glass. At Murdoch Hill in Adelaide Hills, Australia, that means working with restraint,…
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Michael Dsouza
Cuncolim, India
## Coming Up Whisky apprenticeship often begins with repetition before it yields judgment, and Michael D'Souza’s start at John Distilleries in 2009 followed that line. He entered…
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Michael Keenan
St. Helena, California, United States
President and owner of Keenan Winery, Michael Keenan has kept the work close to the farm and the cellar. Wine & Spirits named the winery among its Top 100 Wineries of the Year,…
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Michael Larner
Solvang, California, United States
Michael Larner is Winemaker & Vineyard Manager at Larner Vineyard & Winery, where the work runs from vineyard observation to cellar decisions. The role keeps the fruit, site, and…
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Michael Marcus
Coonawarra, Australia
## The Climb Winemaking foundations were laid at Charles Sturt University, then tested in season work at Wynns Coonawarra Estate in Coonawarra, where Michael Marcus started as a…
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Michael Rethaller
Rohrendorf, Austria
Michael Rethaller’s 2019 appointment as new winery manager and chief winemaker at Weingut Lenz Moser in Rohrendorf, Austria, marked the end point of an internal progression built…
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Michael Shaps
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
## The Path Burgundy training is the first fixed point in Michael Shaps’s record: Lycée Viticole de Beaune. That education matters less as backdrop than as method, because it…
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Michael Wenzel
Rust, Austria
Michael Wenzel works at Weingut Wenzel in Rust, Austria, where origin is treated as a working premise rather than a label. The estate describes its line plainly: “Seit zwölf…
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Michel Bosshard
Paris, France
Michel Bosshard owns and operates Le Quincy in Paris, and the outline of his work is as compact as it is demanding: run the restaurant, serve regional specialties, and keep…
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Miguel Laffan
Berlin, Germany
## The Climb Kitchen craft is built through repetition, and Miguel Laffan’s route through Portugal and France shows that plainly. Fortaleza do Guincho, Restaurant of Roland…
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Winemaker
Mihály Figula
Balatonfüred, Hungary
Mihály Figula works as winemaker at Figula Winery in Balatonfüred, Hungary, where the wines are built around place rather than imposed style. The job, in his hands, is to keep the…
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Mikael Sigouin
Santa Ynez, California, United States
The craft line in Mikael Sigouin’s work runs through Grenache: a grape he treats as a benchmark, not just a category. In his hands, it stands for aromatic lift, structure, and a…
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Mike Brown
Robbinsdale, Minnesota, United States
Since opening the restaurant in 2011 at age 25 with fellow chefs and co-owners James Winberg and Bob Gerken, Brown made the multi-course meal the center of the room rather than a…
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Mike De Iuliis
Hunter Valley, Australia
His work sits between winemaking and judging, and he says it plainly: “I’ll never profess to be a viticulturist, I’m a winemaker.” That line sets the terms of the craft. The…
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Mike Roth
Santa Ynez, California, United States
## The Climb Winemaking in California wine country runs through Fresno State, then through cellar and vineyard-side work at Demetria in Los Olivos and Martian Ranch. Mike Roth…
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Miklós Csaba
Mór, Hungary
## The Climb Wine work starts in the vineyard, and Miklós Csaba’s early training sat close to that fact. As a szőlő- és gyümölcstermesztő mérnök hallgató (szakmai gyakorlat…
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