Setting a Standard for Quality

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Giuseppe Quintarelli, died on Sunday. He was 84 years old at the time

of his death, and he died at home in Negrar, in the Veneto region in

northeastern Italy.

Guiseppe Quintarelli was a winemaker.He

made glorious wines, rich, complex wines

infused with the sense of where they were

made.

Bepi, as he was known, followed his father

and grandfather into the winemaking

business. He started in the family business

in the 1950s and was still making wine in

the early 21^st century. He respected and

adhered to traditional techniques for making

wine and but also experimented with new

techniques to try to improve the quality and

consistency of the wine that came out of his

vineyards.

His interest in quality didn’t stop at the wine

making – he also used high quality corks,

bottles and labels. The labels on his wine

bottles are hand written and have his

signature on each one.

So the point of all this is that here was a man who spent his life focused on making the best wines he could, paying attention to the big things as well as the small things that made a difference. He tried new things but also respected the traditions of his industry. He understood that quality comes from skill and patience, seeing the big picture as well as the details. Good lessons for us all.

For the record, I had a bottle of his wine back in the fall – and it was everything it was promised to be. Maybe the best bottle of wine I’ve ever had. So if you come across one on a wine list somewhere, and you don’t mind dropping a couple of hundred bucks on it, order it up and think about Bepi and what quality means.

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