Edward Ward, The Delights of the Bottle; or, The Compleat Vintner
In 1988, vintner Robert Mondavi, his wife Margrit Biever Mondavi, and other leaders in the wine community began to explore the idea of establishing a small institution in the Napa County to educate, promote, and celebrate American excellence and achievements in the culinary, winemaking, and visual arts arenas.
St Vincent might also have been known in Bristol relatively early through the city’s wine trade with Portugal and Spain (he was born in Huesca, lived and worked in Zaragoza, and is patron saint of Lisbon and of vintners).
Alexis Lichine, Russian/American wine writer, vintner and négociant
Margaret Jessee Warren (born in 1921, died July 27, 2001, age 79) was an American tennis player and a Napa Valley vintner.
Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant (30 October 1917, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Vaucluse – 13 February 2005, Nîmes) was a motor racing driver and vintner from France.
Born in Kitzingen, Germany to a prominent family of vintners, Fromm was an early supporter of contemporary classical music in that country after he was exposed to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in the early 1920s.
Roland Bondonny (May 1932 – February 2005) was a wealthy vintner and conservative politician who lived in France, in Égletons in Corrèze and also in Fourmies in Nord.
Maggie Beer, an Australian cook, vintner, and food writer, began the modern resurgence of verjuice when she began commercial production in 1984, after a harvest of Rhine riesling grapes could not be sold.