Bruce Duncan Guimaraens

Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (27 October 1935 – 22 August 2002) was a port wine maker.

Bruce Duncan Guimaraens
Born(1935-10-27)27 October 1935
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Died22 August 2002(2002-08-22) (aged 66)
Vila Nova de Cerveira

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 [1] 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.[2] 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. His brother Gordon was Production Director of Cockburn's Port House.

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See also

List of Old Abingdonians

References
  1. "Valete Et Salve" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
  2. "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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