John Williams (born ) is an American winemaker and the owner and winemaker at

Frog's Leap Winery Frog's Leap Winery is a California wine producer that operates from Rutherford. It was founded in 1981 on a spot along Mills Creek known as Frog Farm. Frog's Leap Winery was established by John Williams and Larry Turley. In addition to their a ...

in Rutherford, California. He is a champion of

dry farming Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with drylands, areas characterized by a cool wet season (which charges the soil with virtually ...

and an early pioneer of organic grape growing in the Napa Valley. Williams grew up on his family's dairy farm in Clymer, New York. He graduated from Cornell University and moved to

Napa Valley, California Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Napa County in California's Wine Country. It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on January 27, 1981. Napa Valley is considered one of the premier ...

in 1975 to study winemaking at

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

. He worked at

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is a winery founded by Warren Winiarski in 1970 and based in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, California. The winery achieved significant international recognition in 1976, four years after its establishment ...

and Spring Mountain Vineyard before founding Frog's Leap Winery with

Larry Turley Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone, ...

in 1981.

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American winemakers Living people People from Rutherford, California Year of birth uncertain 1950s births {{wine-bio-stub