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  • Brother Timothy in a traditional black Christian Brother habit holding a glass of red wine in a monastery vineyard, illustrating the story behind his contribution to winemaking.
    Celebrity Winery Wine and People

    Meet the Christian Brother Who Made Wine

    Millions of Americans knew his face. Almost nobody today knows his name. For decades, one man’s warm, easy grin was the face of one of the biggest wine and brandy brands in the country, splashed across advertisements from coast to coast, in full black robe and white collar, looking every…

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