{"id":3851,"date":"2016-07-28T19:06:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pompeigiftbaskets.com\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2017-03-28T20:32:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T20:32:52","slug":"rest-peace-legend-denis-dubourdieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pompeigiftbaskets.com\/rest-peace-legend-denis-dubourdieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest in Peace to a Legend: Denis Dubourdieu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rest in Peace to a Legend: Denis Dubourdieu<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone who is a wine connoisseur or works in the business knows Denis Dubourdieu. His name rings bells across vineyards and homes alike. Denis passed away July 26th, 2016 at the age of 67 after a prolonged battle with brain cancer. He leaves behind his wife, Florence, and their two children, Jean-Jacques and Fabrice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/c7.alamy.com\/comp\/B75J72\/denis-dubourdieu-and-his-wife-florence-bordeaux-france-B75J72.jpg\" alt=\"Denis Dubourdieu and his wife Florence bordeaux france Stock Photo\" width=\"289\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">He and his wife built a vineyard in the 1980s in Pujols sur Ciron, a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France \u2013 just south of the infamous Bordeaux region. This yineyard, Clos Florid\u00e8ne, is the first of several vineyards that they would own and manage throughout life. He owned, managed, and co-managed numerous properties in the Bordeaux region including Ch\u00e2teau Haura, Ch\u00e2teau Reynon, Ch\u00e2teau Cantegril, and Ch\u00e2teau Doisy Da\u00ebne. On top of being a winemaker, Dubourdieu was a wine researcher and consultant. Denis previously consulted at Ch\u00e2teau Cheval Blanc, or \u201cWhite Horse Castle,\u201d in Saint-Emilion. He was a man of many wine trades. He doubled as a director of <em>l&#8217;Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin de l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 de Bordeaux<\/em>, or the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences of the University of Bordeaux \u2013 a multi-disciplinary research center where experts assist wine producers in the technique, technology, and economic molding of wines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-denis-dubourdieu-and-his-wife-florence-bordeaux-france-21637030.html\">Alamy.Com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Denis\u2019 father and grandfather were both winemakers who specialized in white wines. So it was only right that he followed in their footsteps. He has certainly created a name for himself, being dubbed \u201cwine\u2019s most famous scientist.\u201d Since the 1960s, Bordeaux wines were known for being sweet and low quality. Denis Dubourdieu helped the improvement of white Bordeaux wines to become \u201cserious, potentially profound dry white wines.\u201d He helped improve bottling techniques, innovated oak barrel fermentation with extended skin contact, and organic farming.<\/p>\n<p>Decanter Magazine named Dubourdieu \u201cMan of the Year\u201d in June 2016. He was also awarded Knight of the Legion of Honor in March. Robert Parker, a leading United States wine critic with an international influence, once referred to Dubourdieu as \u201cthe famous professor from Bordeaux.\u201d Denis has written and co-written several books during his time. They can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8&amp;page=1&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADenis%20Dubourdieu\">here<\/a>. During one of his interviews, Dubourdieu shared his love for wines by speaking about them as living beings, incapable of being divorced from emotion. \u201cWhen one speaks about one\u2019s own wines, like when one speaks about one\u2019s children or one\u2019s loved ones, there is always a lack of objectivity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rest in Peace to a Legend: Denis Dubourdieu Anyone who is a wine connoisseur or works in the business knows\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[466],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rest in Peace to a Legend: Denis Dubourdieu from Pompei Baskets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A memoir to the King of White Bordeaux Wines: Denis Dubourdieu; 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