oenophile

Today’s oenophiles who revel in a pinot noir from Patagonia, a chardonnay from Tasmania, a riesling from Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula, even the traditional qvevri wines of Georgia now in vogue, should raise a glass and toast Spurrier.

Like her parents, Bedford rarely economized and, being a gourmet as well as an oenophile, always insisted on the best food and wine.

For wine novices and self-described oenophiles alike, there could be no better time to start, grow, and improve one’s wine collection.