Bruce Duncan Guimaraens
Bruce Duncan Guimaraens | |
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| Born | 27 October 1935 |
| Died | 22 August 2002 (aged 66) |
Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (27 October 1935 – 22 August 2002) was a port wine maker.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal on 27 October 1935, Bruce Guimaraens was the great-great-grandson of Manuel Pedro Guimaraens founder of the London house of the famous Fonseca Port firm in 1822. His father was Charles Guimaraens, Managing Director of W&J Graham Ltd.
Guimaraens was educated at Abingdon School from 1946 until 1953 [2] and his elder brother John 'Gordon' Guimaraens also attended Abingdon School from 1946-1952.
Career
In 1949 the family-owned house of Fonseca was purchased by Taylor, Fladgate, and Yeatman.[3] Bruce served in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, from 1953 to 1956 as a lieutenant in the Royal West African Frontier Force. In 1956 he joined Taylor-Fonseca and trained under Dick and Stanley Yeatman. Guimaraens became a full partner in the firm in 1961, assuming responsibility for Fonseca winemaking and vineyard management for the Taylor-Fonseca group.[1] His brother Gordon was Production Director of Cockburn's Port House.
See also
References
- ^ a b LLC (2010). List of Old Abingdonians, pages 1-2. Books LLC, Memphis, Tennessee. ISBN 978-1-155-75-088-0.
- ^ "Valete Et Salve" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Looking back". Decanter.
The Fonseca Working Document - Comprehensive historical research commissioned for the Fladgate Partnership by Andrew Jones fwm@clara.net
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