meet the winemakers
There are hundreds of winemakers interviewed and featured under the 'organised tastings' and 'Features' links above, usually in the context of a big tasting report or a tour of a wine region. But now and again the
story is as much about the winemaker as the wine, so these "meet the winemakers" features were born.
It is difficult to know whether to arrange these in order of winemaker name or winery name. As many people will know a wine, but not necessarily who makes it, I have opted for the latter:
alphabetical by winery. Note that winemakers do change jobs from time to time, so some of the interviewees below will have moved on. Where possible I have noted this within the features.
I hope you enjoy getting to know this diverse bunch of character.
- Domaine A, Tasmania with Peter Althaus
- Viña Albali, Spain with Félix Solís Ramos
- d'Anguera of Montsant, Spain with Joan & Josep d'Anguera
- d'Arenberg, Australia with Chester & d'Arry Osborn
- Artadi, Rioja, Spain with Juan Carlos Lopez
- Au Bon Climat, California with Jim Clendenen
- Barbeito, Madeira with Ricardo de Freitas
- Château de Beaucastel, Rhône with François Perrin
- Bouchard-Finlayson, South Africa with Peter Finlayson
- Briego, Ribera del Duero, Spain with Gil Nunez
- Cálem Port, Portugal with Rogério Silva
- Château du Cèdre, Cahors, France with Pascal Verhaeghe
- Chave, Hermitage, Rhône with Jean-Louis Chave
- David Clark, Burgundy with David Clark
- Clos de Tart, Burgundy with Sylvain Pitiot
- Cook Wines, Roussillon, France with Andy Cook
- Concha y Toro, Chile with Marcello Papa
- Contino & CVNE Rioja, Spain with Jesús Madrazo
- Frank Cornelissen, Sicily, Italy with Frank Cornelissen
- Champagne Roger Coulon, France with Eric Coulon
- Kim Crawford, New Zealand with Kim Crawford
- Dry River, New Zealand with Neil McCallum
- Esk Valley, New Zealand with Gordon Russell
- Far Niente, Napa Valley, USA with Dirk Hampson
- Gallo of Sonoma, California with Gina Gallo
- Champagne Henri Giraud, France with Claude Giraud
- Glaetzer Wines, Australia with Ben Glaetzer
- Greywacke, Marlborough, New Zealand with Kevin Judd
- Château Haut-Bailly, Bordeaux with Veronique Sanders
- Anne Gros, Burgundy with Anne, Michel and Bernard Gros
- E.Guigal, Rhône, France with Philippe Guigal
- BRL Hardy, Australia with Bill Hardy
- Château Haut-Brion, Bordeaux with Jean Delmas
- Paul Hobbs, California with Paul Hobbs
- Hollick Estate, Australia with Ian Hollick
- Howard Park, Western Australia with Jeff and Amy Burch
- Maison Huet, Loire with Noël Pinguet
- Château des Jacques, Beaujolais with Guillaume Castelnau
- Katnook Estate, Australia with Wayne Stehbens
- Knappstein, Australia with Andrew Hardy
- Champagne Krug, France with Olivier Krug
- Casa Lapostolle, Chile with Cyril de Bournet
- Laroche, Chablis with Michel Laroche
- Dr Loosen, the Mosel, Germany with Ernie Loosen
- Longridge, South Africa with Ben Radford
- Lowe Family Wines, Australia with Jane Wilson
- Marcarini, Piedmont, Italy with Manual Marchetti
- Maximin Grünhäuser, Germany with Carl von Schubert
- Markus Molitor, Germany with Markus Molitor
- Champagne Mumm, France with Dominique Demarville
- Nepenthe Estate, Australia with Peter Leske
- Willi Opitz, Austria with Willi Opitz
- Ornellaia, Italy with Thomas Duroux
- Champagne Bruno Paillard, with Bruno Paillard
- Pendarves Estate, Australia with Phillip Norrie
- Penfolds, Australia with Peter Gago
- Pewsey Vale, Australia with Louisa Rose
- Champagne Pol Roger, France with Patrick Noyelle
- Pretterebner, Austria with Rolf Pretterebner
- Prophet's Rock, New Zealand with Paul Pujol
- Punt Road, Yarra Valley, Australia with Kate Goodman
- Château Revelette, Provence with Peter Fischer
- Sacred Hill, New Zealand with Tony Bish
- Sebastiani, California with Bob Broman
- Staete Landt, Marlborough with Ruud Maasdam
- Tardieu-Laurent, Rhône, France with Michel Tardieu
- Terras d'Alter, Portugal with Peter Bright
- Terrazes, Argentina with Roberto de la Mota
- Tramontane Wines, Roussillon, France with Andy Cook
- Trimbach, Alsace, France with Jean Trimbach
- Valli Vineyard, New Zealand with Grant Taylor
- Villa Maria, New Zealand with Michelle Richardson
- Vistamar, Chile with Eugenia Díaz
- Dinastia Vivanco, Rioja, Spain with Rafael Vivanco
- Yering Station, Australia with Tom Carson
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