Robert Shum of Aussino wines in China - Aussino in Chinese means 'Rich, prosperous wine business'. There's also Greg Jones, a US climatologist; Sanjay Menon, the biggest wine distributor in India, and Shin and Yoko Kibayashi, authors of the Japanese manga comic The Drops of God, in which the hero has to uncover 12 great wines in order to inherit his father's cellar. Apparently, according to Decanter, this is "arguably the most influential wine publication for the past 20 years"!

My personal list would include Robert Parker; Michel Rolland, the world's most influential winemaker and consultant; Michael Broadbent, the greatest living authority on mature fine wines; Corine Mentzelopoulos, the dynamic owner of Chateau Margaux, and, last but not least, the French and American doctors whose findings (known as the 'French Paradox') showed once and for all that drinking wine in moderation is good for us rather than bad.