Marcel Lapierre, 60, Maker of Fine Beaujolais Wines – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com

Posted by Organic Wine Journal on Oct 12, 2010 in Features

Marcel Lapierre, a Beaujolais grower and producer who played a leading role in rejuvenating the diminished reputation of the region’s wines, died Sunday in Lyon, France. He was 60.

The cause of death was melanoma, said Kermit Lynch, the American importer of his wines. Mr. Lapierre was a rigorous, relentlessly experimental winemaker. He and a group of three other producers were instrumental in demonstrating to the world that Beaujolais had far more to offer than its often insipid mass-market nouveau wines.

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