Prominent People Flashcards
Rudolf Steiner
1861-1925
Austrian philosopher
Biodynamics
Maria Thun
1922-2012
German Steiner disciple
Biodynamics
Book of rules for planting and sowing
Nicolas Joly
Owner of Monopole Coulee de Serrant in Loire
Biodynamic
Alain Bouquet
Genome researcher
Bouquet and Resdur
Baron Pierre Le Roy Boiseaumarie
Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Worked on delineated quality growing areas
Joseph Capus
1867-1947
Agriculturalist
Worked for AOCs
Jean Marcel Deiss and Sebastian Schoech
Producers
Co-plant in Alsace for blends not Gentil or Edelzwicker
Louis Pasteur
1822-1895
Scientist
Developed use of yeasts
Milk Pasteurisation
Jura
Don Perignon
Champagne producer
Introduced blend Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Meunier
Barbe Nicole Pondardin
Widow Veuve Cliquot
Developed riddling in champagne
Dom Perignon
Benedictine monk 17c
Worked to improve champagne quality
Clovis
King of Franks
Dukes of Burgundy
Philippe Bold
John Fearless
Philippe Good
Charles Rash
Jules Chauvet
Beaujolais
Invented Carbonic Maceration
Terra Vitis
Sustainable Certification
Beaujolais
700 Members
Charles Rouget
1828-1899
Ampleographic compendium
Alexis Arpin
1867-1946
AOC champion for Arbois in Jura
Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet
1838-1902
Studied vine disease
Developed Bordeaux mixture
Pierre Galet
1921-2019
Ampelographer
Centre de Ampelography Alpine Pierre Galet CAAPG
Savoie
Identified many varieties
Joan of Arc
1429
Chenin
Helped drive English out of France
Eleanor and Henry
Duchess of Aquitaine and Duke of Normandy (later King of England)
1152
Emile Peynaud
Professor Oenology in Bdx
Encouraged second wines
Robert Parker
Wine Advocate critic
Bdx high rating
Patrick Ducournau
Micro-oxygenation
South West Madiran
Tannat
Monks of St Hilaire
Discovered sparkling
1531
Blanquette de Limoux
John Bojanowski
Developed Carignan Renaissance
Minervois
Frederic Mistral
Provençal Poet
1904 medal
Centre de Rose
Research Centre in Provence
Climate change research
Arnaud de Villeneuve
Alchemist
Montpelier
Mutage
Jean-Antoine Chaptal
1756-1832
Chaptalisation
