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Remembering 2 California Wine Pioneers

Remembering 2 California Wine Pioneers
Jim Clendenen and Dr. David Bruce were iconic figures in California's world of fine wine. Gary Saxe/shutterstock
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Recently, the world lost two of the most important figures in California’s wine history when Jim Clendenen and Dr. David Bruce passed away.

Clendenen was 68. Bruce was 89.

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