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Lucian W. Dressel
Lucian W. Dressel is an American winemaker and viticulturist. Dressel wrote the application to have Augusta, Missouri, designated as America's first officially recognized wine district by the federal government. Augusta and Mt. Pleasant After earning an MBA from Columbia, Dressel initially worked at the family Aro-Dressel Dairy in Granite City, Illinois. He was also teaching at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where after a year he was promoted to be the first Assistant Dean of the Business School. Dressel then moved on to become the first Director of Development for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. In 1966, Dressel bought the property of the old Mt. Pleasant Wine Co. in Augusta, Missouri, which was forced to close in 1920 with the advent of prohibition. When he obtained his federal wine license he was the youngest person in the country to own a permit to operate a winery. During the 15 years from 1968 to 1993 when the Dressels owned the winery it won 218 gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the world. The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer only graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three main campuses: the Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area. Harvard's endowment is valued at $50.9 billion, making it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Endowment inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Olmo
Harold Olmo (July 31, 1909 – June 30, 2006) was an American viticulturist and professor at the University of California, Davis where he created many new grape varieties known today as Olmo grapes. In the 1950s, he helped to establish California's first quarantine facility on the UC Davis campus to permit California growers to import foreign vines. This led to an expansion of California's wine industry as more ''Vitis vinifera'' was introduced to the area. Career Harold Olmo studied horticulture at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his doctorate in plant genetics. His work with grapes started in 1931, during the Prohibition.Jane AnsonRemembering Harold Olmo: The ‘Indiana Jones of viticulture’ ''Decanter.com'', 16 January 2020 He became an assistant professor of viticulture at UC Davis in 1938. In 1939, he set up a research plot in the Larkmead Vineyards. In 1948, he traveled a total of 12,000 miles in Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
