Ernest Gallo, 97, Founder of Winery, Dies
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Ernest Gallo parlayed $5,900 and a wine recipe from a public library into the worldâs largest winemaking empire.
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J. Irwin Miller, 95, the industrialist and philanthropist who guided Cummins Engine Co. to international prominence and helped shape his home town of Columbus, Ind., into an architectural gem, died Aug. 16 at his home in Columbus. No cause of death was ...
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David Bronstein, a chess grandmaster who nearly became world champion, has died at age 82, the World Chess Federation announced.
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Ahmet Ertegun, the music magnate who founded Atlantic Records and shaped the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others, died yesterday in Manhattan. He was 83.
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Coffee legend Alfred Peet, creator  of Peet&#39;s Coffee & Tea Inc., a forerunner to Starbucks Corp.,  has died at his home in Ashland, Oregon, his company said. He  was 87.
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PARIS - Henri Jayer, a master of supremely concentrated, immaculately balanced pinot noir who was viewed by connoisseurs to be the finest Burgundy winemaker of his generation, has died, his daughter said Thursday. He was 84.
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In the beginning, Enrico Bernardo set out to be a cook. But a fragrant 1985 vintage Gewurztraminer he sipped nine years ago during a trip to Alsace in eastern France, helped the young Italian discover his talent for wine.
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he Mondavi family, who just a year ago gave up control of the corporation that bears its name, could be a long-shot bidder for its most famous winery.
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The winemaker has an interesting future ahead.
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Herbert H. Haft, 84, the Washington area discount retailer whose drive to sell drugs at cut-rate prices made him a multimillionaire and whose empire dissolved in a nasty and very public family feud in the 1990s, died Thursday at Sibley Memorial Hospital.
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California&#39;s premier Napa Valley wine region on Thursday became the first US terroir to have its name protected in the European Union.
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Luciano Pavarotti, perhaps the most famous opera singer ever, died on Thursday morning, aged 71.
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Robert Mondavi Corporation has laid off 360 Napa Valley employees, about a third of the company&#39;s total workforce. Most of the layoffs are centered at the company&#39;s flagship winery in Oakville
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Michael Jackson, a leading world beer critic who praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as famous as "that Michael Jackson," has died. He was 65.
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The man who created 'haute coiffure', elevating hairdressing among the elite of the fashion world, has died aged 85, his family announced Saturday in Le Figaro's society pages.
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Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who made stars of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, dies, aged 83.
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Moe Norman, the eccentric Canadian golf star whose amazingly accurate swing dazzled tour stars for many years, died Saturday. He was 75.