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One of America's most famous comedians, Dan Aykroyd made is name in Saturday Night Live, and then went on to write, act in or direct some of the highest grossing films of the 1980s, including, of course, Ghostbusters. He has his own vineyard and vodka company.
After years of working for various large wine companies, Borg's wine label, Painted Wolf, supports the conservation of the African Painted Wolf, that adorns the bottles he produces.
Dan has spent time working for Louis Latour, Bibendum and Quinta do Noval, and then spent some time making his own wines, Adamas, in Burgundy. He also makes Oatcakes and snacks in Fife, Scotland.
Owners of Seddlescombe vineyard in East Sussex, England, Roy and his wife have been making wine in the UK for over 25 years. Initially having the dream of being self sufficient, they realised their land was good for grape growing, and the rest is history.
Bill Downie is making top quality Pinot Noir that is terroir driven from Australia. This winemaker is making wines at the top of the market, taking inspiration from Burgundy, but producing wines that are definitely Australian. Plus he owns a yellow Land Rover which makes him cool!
Paul Draper has been the winemaker at Ridge Vineyards since the late 1960s, and became co-owner. When the company was sold, one of the conditions was that Draper stayed and his name is synonymous with the company.
Emilio Estevez
Best known for his roles in The Breakfast Club and St Elmos Fire, Emilio Estevez is a critically acclaimed writer, actor and director. With his fiancé, he is a hands on producer of wine from grapes grown on his property in Malibu.
Best known for his roles in The Breakfast Club and St Elmos Fire, Emilio Estevez is a critically acclaimed writer, actor and director. With his fiancé, he is a hands on producer of wine from grapes grown on his property in Malibu.
Setting up UK wine company Bibendum in the early 1980's, Simon Farr has grown from selling wines out of a disused petrol station, to being the largest importer of wine in Britain, with a turnover of £120million plus.
Former journalist, Peter Franus was inspired by his time working at Mount Veeder winery to learn how to make wine and form his own company. He buys grapes from growers and produces high quality wines with very distinctive packaging, in Napa Valley.
One of the original Rhone Rangers, Grahm's Bonny Doon Vineyards grew and grew over the decades since he formed his company in the early eighties. In recent years, he has sold off his well known brands and is focusing purely on wines from his own vineyards.
Anthony Hamilton-Russell
Specialising in Burgundian varietals, Hamilton-Russell took over his father's vineyard in the early 1990s and focused on producing high quality wines that didn't try to mimic their French counterpart, but created an identity that was South African.
Specialising in Burgundian varietals, Hamilton-Russell took over his father's vineyard in the early 1990s and focused on producing high quality wines that didn't try to mimic their French counterpart, but created an identity that was South African.
You will know his name, as his family's company is one of Australia's most famous, but Geoff now owns the wine companies Pertaringa and K1 by Geoff Hardy. No longer making the bulk wines associated with his surname, these wines are great Australian wines.
Gary left his first career behind him in the late 1980s and went to Oregon to make wine. Now winemaker at Erath Vineyards, he is behind the wines of the company that pioneered Oregonian Pinot Noir.
After making Cloudy Bay for a quarter of a century, Judd left LVMH and started his own wine company, Greywacke. Producing a range of wines that, to an extent, mirror the styles of wines he has been producing for three decades, these are wines that are (in my view) leagues ahead of the company he used to work for.
Bill opened the first distillery on Tasmania in over a century and has established his reputation as the expert in micro-distillation. The Kingsbarns Distillery near St Andrews in Fife is just one of the projects that he is a consultant to.
Every accolade going has been given to Ernst Loosen for his work done at the company that bears his name. He not only promotes his own wines, but is an ambassador for German wines throughout the world.
The leading figure in UK Wine Blogging, Rob McIntosh is one of the founders of the Wine Bloggers Conference, and represents wineries from Rioja in the UK and is a brand ambassador for Dinastia Vivanco. He writes his blog www.wineconversation.com
Doug has worked in the wine trade for nearly 40 years, and has owned his own, family run, winery since 1990. He produces wines in California that aren't obscene alcohol bombs and have finesse and style.
Not only a producer of port, but one of the leaders in Portuguese table wine, Dirk Niepoort is constantly exploring new styles and ways of promoting his products. Not content with staying in his family's homeland, Niepoort has various international partnerships, taking his imaginative wine making to new markets.
d'Arry & Chester Osborn
Their family has been vineyard owners for a century in 2012, and these third and fourth generation men have taken the family company and made it one of the most recognisable brands in Australia - not for its size, but for the quality of the wines and attention to detail that they put into making them.
Their family has been vineyard owners for a century in 2012, and these third and fourth generation men have taken the family company and made it one of the most recognisable brands in Australia - not for its size, but for the quality of the wines and attention to detail that they put into making them.
The most famous and influential wine critic in the world. That is all.
Britain's most successful recording artist, Cliff Richard is not only a wine enthusiast but is the owner of Quinta do Moinho in the Algarve, Portugal. His wines are widely available in the UK under the name Vida Nova.
Maximilian Riedel
The latest generation in a long line of glass manufacturers, Maximilian is the CEO of the American arm of Riedel Glassware. This company is the leading producer of high quality wine glasses, with their products appearing in most of the finest restaurants all over the world.
Pascal Roblet-Monnot
Volnay producer Pascal Roblet-Monnot took over the family vineyard in the early 1990s and is one of the leading Volnay producers, embracing biodynamic viticulture and letting the grapes make the wine rather than the winemaker.
Christian Specogna
Possibly the most passionate man in the world, Christian is supremely passionate, not only about his family's vineyards in the Italian region of Friuli, but about everything! He is the perfect ambassador for not only Specogna wines, but for Friulian wine.
Jewel Staite
Canadian actress Jewel Staite is best known for her roles in Sci-Fi television series including Firefly and Stargate Atlantis. She writes a blog called Happy Opu where she describes her gastronomic journey.
The latest generation in a long line of glass manufacturers, Maximilian is the CEO of the American arm of Riedel Glassware. This company is the leading producer of high quality wine glasses, with their products appearing in most of the finest restaurants all over the world.
Volnay producer Pascal Roblet-Monnot took over the family vineyard in the early 1990s and is one of the leading Volnay producers, embracing biodynamic viticulture and letting the grapes make the wine rather than the winemaker.
Possibly the most passionate man in the world, Christian is supremely passionate, not only about his family's vineyards in the Italian region of Friuli, but about everything! He is the perfect ambassador for not only Specogna wines, but for Friulian wine.
Canadian actress Jewel Staite is best known for her roles in Sci-Fi television series including Firefly and Stargate Atlantis. She writes a blog called Happy Opu where she describes her gastronomic journey.
Cosmo works part time at Luvians Bottleshop in St Andrews, Scotland. A native of Edinburgh, and a language student at University, Cosmo's passion centres around beer and whisky. He has been in the wine trade for just over a year.
His family own some of the greatest port houses including Grahams and Dows, and unlike many businesses where the family are distant from the company, Paul and his relatives are all hands on.
A native of Abruzzo, Jarno Trulli has raced in Formula One since 1997. He has driven for some of the most famous names in the sport, including Jordan, Benetton, Renault, Toyota & Team Lotus. He owns vineyards in Abruzzo.
Emma Wellings
When thinking about wine, you think of production, distribution, retail, collection, consumption... but rarely, if ever, marketing. That is what Emma Wellings does, providing producers and distributors with the PR they need to sell their products.
When thinking about wine, you think of production, distribution, retail, collection, consumption... but rarely, if ever, marketing. That is what Emma Wellings does, providing producers and distributors with the PR they need to sell their products.
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