Robert Gerald Mondavi was born in Hibbing, Minn., on June 18, 1913. His father, Cesare, and his mother, Rosa Grasso Mondavi, were natives of Sassoferrato, in the Marches region of Italy. Cesare first worked in iron mines, then opened a grocery store and saloon in Virginia, Minn., and finally became a grape buyer, traveling to California to buy fruit for his winemaking neighbors in Minnesota.
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Jamie Davies, “was one of the great pioneers in the Napa Valley and probably in all of American wine,” said Mary Novak, owner of Spottswoode Winery and a longtime friend. “She and her husband, Jack, accomplished a lot and she kept going until the end.”
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Ernest Gallo
1909 - 2007
Winery Co-Founder and Family Patriarch Dies
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The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation joins many others in paying tribute to Maurice de Rohan, South Australia’s Agent General in London, who died last week from cancer at the age of 70.
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The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) has paid tribute to Len Evans, one of the founding fathers of the modern Australian wine industry who died on August 17th, 2006. Continue reading ‘Mr Len Evans AO OBE’
René Renou has died.
The President of the INAO has been one of the few responsible for viticulture in France in recent decades who acted with conviction to reinvigorate the system of Appellation Controlée and reform the production of wines in France.
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RODNEY STRONG (1927 - 2006)
Rodney D. Strong, 78, died from complications of a stroke on March 5th in Healdsburg, California. He had been in failing health for four years. His wife, Charlotte Strong, died in 2003; they leave no children.
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On 30th January, 2006 Denis Mortet died from self-inflicted wounds. For the last fifteen years Mortet was one of the most brilliant producers of Gevrey-Chambertin. He was a perfectionist and committed idealist in the spirit of great wine-making and he symbolised the extreme passion which inspires the great winemakers earning worldwide respect for his work, the culture he represented, and the talent he expressed in interpreting his exceptional terroirs. Mortet made one realise, more than most, that wine is not just a product like any other, but a real element of civilisation. This is a heavy responsibility for anyone to carry. He leaves a wife, son and daughter — everyone at Wine Industry Report extends their deepest sympathy and condolences.
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