This week the world's greatest winemakers will gather in New York for an annual bacchanal of tasting and feasting. Sophie Menin speaks to Daniel Johnnes who organizes the event.
Daniel Johnnes' office looks out onto the intersection of West Broadway and Canal Street at the mouth of the Holland Tunnel. Yet for Johnnes, the view is far less important than the gallery of photos on the wall to the right of his desk, where black-and-white headshots of Burgundy's greatest winemakers peer over his shoulder like patron saints: Christophe Roumier of Domaine Georges Roumier in Chambolle-Musigny; Jean-Marie Fourrier of Domaine Fourrier in Gevry Chambertin; Dominique Lafon of Domaine Comtes Lafon in Meursault; and Frédéric Mugnier of Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier also in Chambolle-Musigny, to name a few. All have the pensive eyes and deeply etched skin of men who spend their life in the vineyard and the cellar.
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Daniel Johnnes' office looks out onto the intersection of West Broadway and Canal Street at the mouth of the Holland Tunnel. Yet for Johnnes, the view is far less important than the gallery of photos on the wall to the right of his desk, where black-and-white headshots of Burgundy's greatest winemakers peer over his shoulder like patron saints: Christophe Roumier of Domaine Georges Roumier in Chambolle-Musigny; Jean-Marie Fourrier of Domaine Fourrier in Gevry Chambertin; Dominique Lafon of Domaine Comtes Lafon in Meursault; and Frédéric Mugnier of Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier also in Chambolle-Musigny, to name a few. All have the pensive eyes and deeply etched skin of men who spend their life in the vineyard and the cellar.
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- 2/7/2011
- by Sophie Menin
- The Daily Beast
U.S. television producer, advertising executive and Broadway composer Werner Michel has died. He was 100.
Michel passed away in New York on 27 August, reports Daily Variety.
A native of the Alsace region of France, Michel spent most his youth in Vienna, Austria studying music. His family fled the country as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler began to assert Germany's power over the region, and they arrived in the U.S. in 1938.
Within his first year on American soil, he wrote and composed music for two Broadway revues, From Vienna and Reunion.
In the 1940s, he began his career in U.S. television producing news shows for the CBS network, and went on to produce soap opera The Edge of Night.
As an advertising executive he secured sponsorship for a variety of programming, and also helped to develop hit TV shows ChiPs and Fame.
In 1997, he was awarded with the Advertising Age Media Maven Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding accomplishment throughout his decades-long career.
Michel is survived by his wife of 41 years, Rosemary.
Michel passed away in New York on 27 August, reports Daily Variety.
A native of the Alsace region of France, Michel spent most his youth in Vienna, Austria studying music. His family fled the country as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler began to assert Germany's power over the region, and they arrived in the U.S. in 1938.
Within his first year on American soil, he wrote and composed music for two Broadway revues, From Vienna and Reunion.
In the 1940s, he began his career in U.S. television producing news shows for the CBS network, and went on to produce soap opera The Edge of Night.
As an advertising executive he secured sponsorship for a variety of programming, and also helped to develop hit TV shows ChiPs and Fame.
In 1997, he was awarded with the Advertising Age Media Maven Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding accomplishment throughout his decades-long career.
Michel is survived by his wife of 41 years, Rosemary.
- 9/9/2010
- WENN
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