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'''Denis Dubourdieu''' (July 1, 1949 – 26 July 26, 2016)<ref name="manoftheyear">{{cite web|url=http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/bordeaux-wine-professor-denis-dubourdieu-named-decanter-man-of-the-year-2016-294573/|title=Bordeaux wine professor Denis Dubourdieu named Decanter Man of the Year 2016|website=Decanter|date=3 March 2016|accessdateaccess-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> was a French [[winemaker]] and professor of [[oenology]] at the [[University of Bordeaux]]. He managed or co-managed several properties in [[Bordeaux]], including Château Reynon, [[Château Doisy Daëne]], Château Cantegril, Château Haura, and Clos Floridène.<ref name=PRGrisley>{{cite web |title=Denis Dubourdieu Domaines (Bordeaux) |url=http://prgrisley.com/france/denis-dubourdieu-domaines/ |accessdateaccess-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020053830/http://prgrisley.com/france/denis-dubourdieu-domaines/ |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref> He also consulted at [[Château Cheval Blanc]] and 4G Wines.<ref name=NewBordeaux>{{cite web|title=Denis Dubourdieu|url=http://www.newbordeaux.com/documents/denis_dubordieu.html|publisherwebsite=NewBordeaux.com|accessdateaccess-date=6 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418223335/http://www.newbordeaux.com/documents/denis_dubordieu.html|archive-date=18 April 2012}}</ref>

As part of his academic responsibilities, Dubourdieu was the director of ''l'Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin de l'Université de Bordeaux'' (English: Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences of the University of Bordeaux). The Institute is a multi-disciplinary research center where experts from the University of Bordeaux, l’Institutl'Institut National de la Recherche

Agronomique (English: The National Institute of Agronomic Research) and l’Ecolel'[[École nationale supérieure des sciences agronomiques de Bordeaux Aquitaine|Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs des travaux agricoles]] (English: The National School of Engineers of Agricultural Work) work together to assist wine producers with the state of the art in technology, technique and economic modeling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Création d'un Institut des sciences de la vigne et du vin au sein des universités bordelaises |url=http://www.cebatrama.org/download/CATALOGUE_PDF/UNIVERSITES_SCOLAIRES/VIGNES_VINS.pdf |accessdateaccess-date=4 August 2012 |language=fr }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:White Bordeaux from Graves.jpg|thumb|White wine from Clos Floridene owned by Denisthe Dubourdieu and his wife,family Florencewinery.|268x268px]]

Dubourdieu specialized in winemaking processes for white wines,<ref>{{citation|newspaper=[[The Star (South Africa)]]|title=A toast to fine French wines, food|date=July 28, 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-297921162.html|subscriptionarchive-url=yeshttps://web.archive.org/web/20150329110239/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-297921162.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-access=subscription |quote=Denis Dubourdieu, an agro-scientist and a professor ofOenology at the University of Bordeaux, owns the chateau. He is considered one of the top specialists in the winemaking process and the ageing of white wines.}}</ref> and has been called "wine’swine's most famous scientist".<ref name="decanter">{{citation|title=Denis Dubourdieu - Decanter interview|journal=Decanter|date=November 17, 2004|first=Stephen|last=Brook|url=http://www.decanter.com/people-and-places/wine-articles/487934/denis-dubourdieu-decanter-interview|quote=As a world-leading expert on white wine vinification, professor and director of general oenology at the university in Bordeaux, and manager of four family properties in Bordeaux, Denis Dubourdieu is called upon for winemaking advice by leading producers all over the world. Stephen Brook meets wine’swine's most famous scientist.}}</ref> He played a leading role in the improvement of white [[Bordeaux wine]]s, which as late as the 1960s were sweet and of low quality, to become "serious, potentially profound dry whites".<ref name="iht">{{citation|title=Make way for the white Bordeaux|date=August 1, 2008|first=Eric|last=Asimov|newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]]|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-154790255.html|subscriptionarchive-url=yeshttps://web.archive.org/web/20150329110215/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-154790255.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-access=subscription |quote=Denis Dubourdieu, a winemaker in Graves who has played a leading role in the improvement of the region's white wines}}</ref> He was hired by [[Ernest Singer]] to oversee the creation of a dry [[Koshu (grape)|Koshu]] wine.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Corie, [[The New York Times]] |date=October 26, 2010 |title=Japanese Wineries Betting on a Reviled Grape |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/dining/27koshu.html%20Japanese%20Wineries%20Betting%20on%20a%20Reviled%20Grape |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215011450/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/dining/27koshu.html |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Innovations proposed by Dubourdieu include organic farming, oak barrel fermentation with extended skin contact and improved bottling techniques.<ref>{{citation|title=Bordeaux white wines complement French region's seafood|date=June 16, 2009|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]|first=Dave|last=DeSimone|url=httphttps://www.highbeamquestia.com/docread/1P2-20418282.html|url-access=subscription=yes |quote=the likes of consulting winemaker and oenology professor Denis Dubourdieu have led a revolution in quality over the past 15 years}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Wine Talk. A Case of Neglect: White Bordeaux|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Frank J.|last=Prial|date=October 18, 2000|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/18/dining/wine-talk-a-case-of-neglect-white-bordeaux.html|quote=The lighter, fresher style of so many Bordeaux whites owes much to the work of the oenologist Denis Dubourdieu, who also owns Clos Floridene in the Graves. Mr. Dubourdieu was among the first to ferment white wines in new oak barrels and to extend skin contact with the wines while they fermented. Today almost all the chateaus producing white wine in the Graves use methods devised by Mr. Dubourdieu.}}</ref>

His father and grandfather were winemakers, specializing in white wines.<ref name="decanter"/> He died on 26 July 2016 in [[Bordeaux]] of [[brain cancer]] at the age of 67.<ref name="dies">{{Cite web|url=http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/professor-denis-dubourdieu-dies-320918-320918/|title=Wine professor Denis Dubourdieu dies - Decanter|last=Mercer|first=Chris|date=July 26, 2016|website=www.decanter.com|publisher=Decanter|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://www.forbes.com/sites/tmullen/2016/07/26/the-passing-of-denis-dubourdieu-a-titan-in-the-world-of-wine/#32eecc4a5b4b|title=The Passing Of Denis Dubourdieu, A Titan In The World Of Wine|last=Mullen|first=Tom|date=July 26, 2016|website=www.forbes.com|publisherwork=Forbes|access-date=2016-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Bordeauxs-Denis-Dubourdieu-Dies-at-67|title=Denis Dubourdieu, Legendary Bordeaux Consulting Winemaker, Professor and Vigneron, Dies at 67|last1=Molesworth|first1=James|last2=Balter|first2=Emma|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807110237/https://www.winespectator.com/articles/bordeauxs-denis-dubourdieu-dies-at-67|date=July 26, 2016|archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

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