# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-grgich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:21:07.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-grgich"
name: "Mike Grgich"
slug: "mike-grgich"
description: "Miljenko \"Mike\" Grgich was a Croatian-American winemaker in California. He was the winemaker behind the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that bested several white Burgundy wines in the wine tasting event that became known as the Judgment of Paris. In recognition of his contributions to the American wine industry, Grgich was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America's Vintner's Hall of Fame on March 7, 2008. The tribute came at the same time that Grgich was celebrating his 50th vintage of winemaking in the Napa Valley."
tagline: "American winemaker"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Mike_Grgich.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1923-04-01"
deathDate: "2023-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.85
  momentum:             3.858954041204438
  historical:           5.529630666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miljenko_Grgi%C4%87"
    title: "Miljenko Grgić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grgich"
    title: "Mike Grgich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grgich"
    title: "Mike Grgich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miljenko_Grgi%C4%87"
    title: "Miljenko Grgić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grgich"
    title: "Mike Grgich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grgich"
    title: "Mike Grgich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q344580"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump