Jack Konowalchuk, PhD

Founder and Inventor (deceased)

In the 1970s, Dr. Jack Konowalchuk, head of Food Virology for the government of Canada, developed the first practical test for the E. coli endotoxin that still threatens food sources around the world. In 1976, Jack co-wrote a paper in the American Society for Microbiology’s peer-reviewed scientific journal. It was titled “Virus Inactivation by Grapes and Wines”. The paper was so groundbreaking the New York Times reported it as news.

When Jack retired, he moved to Oregon to live with his son, Thomas. They continued researching wine’s properties and discovered a previously unknown compound in grape seed that evidenced highly potent antiviral properties. They assigned it the name “Galahad”. (Jack died in 2009 and Tom continued the research.)