Barbara Frank - winemaker
Barbara Frank is the Regional Marketing Representative and
Consulting Winemaker for Dr. Frank’s Vinifera Wine Cellars and
Chateau Frank Winery. She has over 25 years of experience in wine
production, research, instruction and marketing.
In addition to having been head winemaker at Dr. Frank’s and Chateau
Frank, Barbara has operated in various winemaking capacities at S.
Anderson, Navarro, Schramsberg and Domaine Mumm. She also
worked as National Sales Representative for Billecart-Salmon
Champagnes. Barbara has lectured on wine and wine appreciation at
various institutions including the Culinary Institute of America, Cornell
University School of Hotel Administration and the International Wine
Center (NYC).
Her educational background includes a B.S. in Viticulture from Cornell
University, guest student at the Geisenheim Institute in Germany and
an M.S. in Enology from California State University at Fresno.