Georges Duboeuf (known as the ‘Pope of Beaujolais’) has died at the age of 86. Hear more about the man and his wine, that led to the promotion of this wine worldwide, from the 1950s onwards. He would have turned 87 in April.
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Georges Duboeuf was a French wine merchant, and the founder of Les Vins Georges Duboeuf, one of the largest wine merchants in France. The company is known especially for its popularization and production of Beaujolais wines, leading to Duboeuf’s nicknames of le roi du Beaujolais or sometimes pape du Beaujolais.