Obituaries

Wine world legend Gerard Basset OBE MW MS dies

Tributes pour in for a 'great gentleman of wine'...

Celebrated winemaker and consultant Patrick Léon dies

He worked on many of the top estates' wines and spent two decades at Mouton...

Cheval Blanc co-owner Albert Frère dies

Belgian billionaire dies aged 92...

DRC co-director Henry-Frédéric Roch dies aged 56

Barolo winemaker Giuseppe Rinaldi dies

Barolo loses one of its stars...

Cornas pioneer Pierre-Auguste Clape dies

One of the pioneers of the Cornas appellation...

Soave wine pioneer Leonildo 'Nino' Pieropan dies

Tributes have been paid to Leonildo 'Nino' Pieropan...

Château Haut-Bailly owner Bob Wilmers dies

Remembering Haut-Bailly owner Bob Wilmers...

Portuguese cork chief Americo Amorim dies

Has passed away at the age of 82.

Barolo giant Domenico Clerico dies

Piedmont has lost one of its 'elder statesmen'...

Natural wine pioneer Stanko Radikon dies

We have lost a 'giant' of the natural wine movement...

Margrit Mondavi: California wine and food pioneer dies

She made California wine relevant to food and art lovers...

Wine professor Denis Dubourdieu dies

He will be remembered as one of the wine greats...

Tributes to Champagne Gosset cellar master Jean-Pierre Mareigner

Tributes have been paid to the late Jean-Pierre Mareigner...

Burgundy wine ambassador Charles Rousseau dies

Obituary: Etienne Hugel, Alsace wine ambassador

Alsace wine champion Etienne Hugel dies

Obituary: Paul Pontallier of Château Margaux - 1956 to 2016

An 'extraordinary talent' who will be sorely missed...

Obituary: Henri Bonneau of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

One of the most renowned Châteauneuf winemakers...

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 'great' Henri Bonneau dies

Henri Bonneau has died at the age of 78...

California wine veteran Peter Mondavi dies

One of the most significant individuals in California wine