Parting ways: Michelin three-star chef Fredy Girardet puts his famous restaurant's wine collection up for auction
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Fredy Girardet is a chef and restaurateur from Crissier, near Lausanne, Switzerland. Girardet plans to put the wine collection from his acclaimed restaurant up for auction. Girardet collected fine wine for over 30 years and the collection is rumored to be worth two million dollars.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 1998
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Swiss watches & sweet wine
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Swiss watchmaker Jean-Claude Biver is discussed with emphasis on his collection of wine. Biver has a passion for collecting the sweet wine of Chateau d'Yquem and has numerous rare, but expensive vintages of this wine.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2000
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The secret world of wine
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Issues are discussed concerning the experiences of new wine collector attending pre-auction sampling and of the decision of a wine collector to begin collecting wines.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2000
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