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Imporant people in the US wine indusry

1934 Frank Schoonmaker was a wine writer who wrote his Complete Wine Book and later on his Frank Schoonmaker's Encyclopedia of Wine.  US History: The Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in June 18, 1934. 1966 Robert Mondavi, and his eldest son opened “The Robert Mondavi Winery” which made him the most famous winemaker in America, and one of the best known in the world. U.S. History: First operational weather satellite, ESSA-1, launched. 1968 Warren Winiarski, Helped create the Napa Valley Agriculture Preserve in 1968 which was the first of its kind in the nation and is active in Nape Valley land use conservation US History: The Beatles release their self-titled album popularly known as the “White Album” 1977 Merry Edwards, Helped to build Matanzas Creek Winery from scratch, planted 7 different clones of Chardonnay in Matanzas Creek Winery when cloning was not recognized as much. US History: Elvis Presley died 1986 Randell Grahm, Known as a Rhone Ranger, someone who promotes using grape varieties from the Rhone Valley, he made his first Cigar Volante, which is a blend of Grenach, Syrah, and Morvedre. US History: The New York Mets win their second World Series title. 1990 Helen Turley helped usher in the era    of the super-consultant in California, taking startups such as Peter Michael, Colgin and Bryant Family to fame as her winegrowing regime pushed wine quality to new heights. History Fact: Tim Berners-Lee publishes his formal proposal for the World Wide Web during November 1990. Berners-Lee’s proposal outlined a plan for a system that would use hypertext, web pages, browsers, and web servers to share documents across the internet. 1999 Robert Foley, created “Switchback Ridge” wines that is usually made from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Sirah. U.S. historical fact: Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. 2008 Nancy Irelan, Opened Red Tail Ridge Winery in the Finger Lakes, Grows obscure winle varieties. President Obama was elected President.Warren Winiarski   Merry Edwards Robert Foley Brother Timothy Cesar Chavez Andre Tchelistcheff Roger Dagorn The Gallo Brothers