Winemakers International Hall of Fame Class of 2012: Antinori, Gaja, Guigal, Jayer, Moueix, Mondavi, Torres

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Winemakers International Hall of Fame (WIHOF) announced today that seven winemakers have been elected to its first class of inductees – the "Class of 2012: Wine Legends of the Late 20th Century."           

The founding class is a stellar one – Piero Antinori, Angelo Gaja, Marcel Guigal, Christian Moueix, Miguel Torres and the late Henri Jayer and Robert Mondavi.           

"I think that our advisory board members, who nominated and elected this first class, have truly selected the 'Magnificent Seven' of winemaking," says Roger Morris, WIHOF managing director. "We wanted the first class to be a memorable one – the winemakers who led the way during the late 20th Century when the greatest strides in vineyard management, wine production, wine quality improvement and fine wine consumption in history took place."           

Formal induction ceremonies will be held at a gala winemakers' dinner on Feb. 25, 2012, as part of the MidAtlantic Food + Wine Feast at the Hotel duPont in Wilmington, DE.           

The WIHOF advisory board members are Robin Kelley O'Connor, Christie's; Emmanuel Cruse, Chateau d'Issan; Steve Smith, Craggy Range; Eileen Crane, Domaine Carneros;  Manuel Louzada, Numanthia;  Aurelio Montes, Montes;  Michael Richmond, Bouchaine;  Jean-Luc Colombo, Vins Jean-Luc Colombo;  Adrian Bridge, Fladgate Partnership, and Alois Lageder, Alois Lageder.  Ajit Mathew George, co-chairman MidAtlantic Food + Wine Feast, serves as an ex-officio and non-voting member of the board.

For more information, go to www.foodandwinefeast.com or contact Roger Morris at [email protected].

SOURCE Winemakers International Hall of Fame