Dorota Pospíšilová

Dorota Pospíšilová (born 13 February 1930) is a Slovak winemaker, viticulturist and writer. She has developed 24 new varieties of grape that are grown in Slovakia.

Biography Pospíšilová was born on 13 February 1930 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Her father was Moravian and her mother was Viennese.

Pospíšilová studied at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Košice. After graduating, Pospíšilová worked at the Research Institute for Viticulture in Bratislava and at the Plant Production Research Institute in Borovce near Piešťany.

Pospíšilová has developed 24 new varieties of grape that are grown in Slovakia, including Breslava, Děvín, Diamant, Dunaj, Helios, Hetera, Hron, Mars, Nitranka, Rimava, Rosa, Rubanka, Rudava, Torysa, and Váh.

Awards Order of Ľudovít Štúr 2nd class (1998) Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV)'s commemorative medal (2023)

Publications Ampelography of Czechoslovakia (1981) New Vine Breeding in Slovakia (1998) Ampelography of Slovakia (2005) Wild Grape: Vitis vinifera ssp and its occurrence in Slovakia (2019)