Bordeaux vintners die on hiking trip

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Chateau Chasse-Spleen co-owner Bernadette Villars died in the Pyrenees Mountain while hiking, either from a fall or hypothermia. Her husband, Philippe, is still missing and presumed dead. Bernadette was known for the distinctive wines she made.

Biography, Villars, Bernadette, Villars, Philippe, Chateau Chasse-Spleen

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Grande Dame of Bordeaux dies

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An obituary of wine merchant Jeanne Descaves is presented. She was well known throughout the Bordeaux region of France for her stocks of older vintages from the top wine producing chateaus.

Descaves, Jeanne

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Passing of an era at Mouton

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Raoul Blondin died at 80-years-old on Nov 30. He kept the famed Bordeaux vintner cellar, beginning work there in 1926 as an apprentice cooper. Biographical information is included.

France, Wine and wine making, Wine making, Blondin, Raoul, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild

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