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Father of Amarone Giuseppe Quintarelli passes

ITALY (Negrar) - Giuseppe (Bepi) Quintarelli, the „father of Amorane“ passed away at the age of 84. According to Italian newspapers, Quintarellis death was announced by his grandson Francesco Grigoli and it is said that his grandfather had been suffering from Parkinsons disease for a while now, which ultimately killed him. The social media is mourning about Quintarellis death. He is described as a scrupulous perfectionist and his Amarones are called „legendary“ - there is no doubt about the latter of course.

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Giulio Gambelli, grand seigneur of sangiovese wine, dead

ITALY (Florence) - Giulio Gambelli, one of the most gifted of Tuscany’s wine makers, died at the age of 86. During his lifetime already, Mr. Gambelli - who had been given the nickname “Bicchierino”...

Wolf-Dietrich Salwey fatally injured

GERMANY (Upper Rottweil) - For the German wine scene, it was a similar shock and loss as it was for the film industry when producer Bernd Eichinger died the day before. Wolf-Dietrich Salwey Oberrotweil from Oberrotweil at...

Burgenland Winemaker Josef Pöckl died

AUSTRIA (Mönchhof) - He was one of Austria’s most renowned and successful winemakers. His red wine cuvees, including “Admiral”, “Rêve de Jeunesse” and “Mystique”, which are among...

Even angels do not spare wine – They left the wine scene

GERMANY (Würzburg) - In the field of winemaking, they were considered pioneers, they were the hope of their families, they lived through a turbulent business life, they wrote history, they broke structures and they...

Pascal Leclerc – The largest producer of organic Champagne has died

FRANCE (Epernay) - A moon, playing hide & seek with the sun, is the central emblem of the Champagnes produced by the domain Leclerc Briant. “Our logo is to symbolize the effects of the moon phases and the sunny days...

Marcel Lapierre, the pioneer of French natural winemaking, died

FRANCE (Villié Morgon) – After losing Pascal Leclerc (we reported), wine lovers and winemakers colleagues now have to say goodbye to Marcel Lapierre. Lapierre, a respected citizen of Morgon, Beaujolais winemaker and...

Cognac patriarch Kilian Hennessy died

FRANCE (Bordeaux) - Kilian Hennessy, a descendant of the founder of the Irish Cognac-dynasty, has died in Switzerland on Friday evening at the age of 103, reported the mayor of the French town of Saint-Brice in southwest...

Tragic death in the vineyard - Winemaker Heinz Schmitt is killed on a steep slope

GERMANY (Klüsserath/ Leiwen) - Already in June, winemaker Ulrich Franzen (54) from Bremm was killed while driving his tractor in the vineyards (we reported). And in May 2009, Hans Reinisch of the Johannishof Reinisch...

Thierry Manoncout, owner of Château Figeac in St Emilion passed away

FRANCE (Saint-Emilion) - “With his 90 years he is still on top of the prime Grand Cru Classé Château Figeac in Saint- Emillion and he makes world-class wines”, Serena Sutcliff, Master of Wine at...

Franzen wine estate: To be continued

GERMANY (Bremm) - The message quickly made the rounds a few weeks ago. Ulrich Franzen from Bremm at the Mosel Mosel River was killed in the vineyard on June 22nd, but not in the extreme steep slopes of Calmont, but on the...

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