Eight Spanish bodegas are among the world’s one hundred best
of 2013 in a ranking by Wine and Spirit Magazine’s tenth “Top 100 Tasting Event”.
Prizes will be awarded in San Francisco on the 15th October.
Naturally, bodegas from Jerez were included, notably Osborne, Pedro Romero and
Valdespino.
The death has been announced of Mauricio Gonzalez Gordon y
Diez in Jerez at the age of 89. Born at Hampton Hill, England in 1923, he was
president of Gonzalez Byass till he handed over the reins to his son, also
Mauricio Gonzalez Gordon.
Mauricio was the son of the legendary Manuel Maria Gonzalez
Gordon, who, among other things, wrote the best ever book about Sherry.
Milagros Lopez de Carrizosa y Eizaguirre, Mauricio’s wife died just recently.
They had two children, Bibiana and Mauricio.
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Mauricio was a well-educated man, respected in the Sherry
trade, and had diverse interests, especially Nature and its conservation. He
donated land for the establishment of the Coto Doñana National Park, where he
liked to indulge in ornithology.
He was a Hijo Predilecto de Jerez, a member of the Gran Orden
de los Caballeros del Vino, and held a gold medal for Oenological Merit, among
many other awards.
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