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Mitch Frank

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As seen in: Wine Spectator, CorranCast, News.com.au, Flipboard, Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja, Cigar Aficionado, Wine Business Monthly, Wine, We The Italians, Festival Napa Valley
I drink for a living. News Editor at Wine Spectator, based in New Orleans, former political reporter for Time and children's book author.
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Eileen Crane, Trailblazing California Sparkling Winemaker, Dies at 77

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By Tim Fish Verified, Mitch Frank Verified, Ron Geraci
| Wine Business Monthly Verified
Eileen Crane, the trailblazing winemaker who established two of California’s leading sparkling wine houses, Gloria Ferrer and Domaine Carneros, died May 29. The cause of death was not disclosed. She was 77. “She was one of the sparkling pioneers that brought a higher level of knowledge and focus to the craft of making sparkling wine in California,” said Roederer Estate winemaker Arnaud Weyrich.
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The Last Spy brings wine's most interesting man to life

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By Mitch Frank Verified
| Wine Verified
Peter M.F. Sichel was the world’s most interesting man to sell wine. As a young German Jew, he escaped the Nazis and emigrated to America, where he signed up with the predecessor to the CIA. After working as a spy during World War II and the Cold War, he returned to his family’s wine business, where he helped build Blue Nun into one of America’s favorite wines. He won Wine Spectator's Distinguished Service Award in 1989. Sichel passed away Feb.
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Daniel Cathiard, Co-Owner of Bordeaux's Ch√Ęteau Smith-Haut-Lafitte, Has Died

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By Mitch Frank Verified
| Wine Spectator Verified
"Until the very end, he remained true to himself," said his wife, Florence Cathiard, in a statement. "He was the love of my life, and I don't know anyone who didn't love him." A Competitor on the Slopes and in the Boardroom Daniel was born in Uriage les Bains, a mountain resort town not far from Grenoble in the French Alps. His grandfather owned a grocery and also functioned as a neighborhood négociant, buying fresh wine from farmers, then aging and selling it.
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