Sad reports on chateauroux.maville and on VICVL that Arnaud Malbète, a 34 year old producer in Reuilly was killed when his car left the road around 5.15am on Saturday morning (6th February). He was returning after a night out in Bourges when his car left the road and hit a lamppost. Domaine Malbète has ten hectares of vines.
http://www.chateauroux.maville.com/actu/actudet_-Un-viticulteur-de-Reuilly-se-tue-dans-un-accident-_dep-1255594_actu.Htm
The VICVL site also reports on a series of recent robberies on producers in eastern Touraine in Sambin, Pontlevoy, St Julien de Chédon, Faverolles...
2 comments:
Very sad. Did you know his wines Jim?
Alberta Bob.
Bob. I don't remember ever tasting wines from this estate, although it possible I tasted a red or so as part of the big tasting I did in Sancerre in mid-December 2008.
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