索诺玛昆德葡萄酒厂创始人鲍勃·昆德去世（原）

加州索诺玛著名家族葡萄酒企业昆德葡萄酒厂创始人鲍勃·昆德上周五（7月18日）因肺癌去世，享年80岁。

昆德葡萄酒厂位于索诺玛Kenwood中心位置，该葡萄酒厂的前身是昆德庄园，由鲍勃·昆德的父亲管理，种植葡萄的历史迄今已有百余年。1990年，在他62岁时，鲍勃·昆德和他已故兄长佛瑞德在庄园基础之上建起了昆德葡萄酒厂，由种植葡萄转向生产葡萄酒。

Winery trailblazer Kunde dies

Source: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 4:23 p.m.

Arthur "Bob" Kunde , who founded Kunde Estate & Winery in the heart of Kenwood where his family grew grapes for more than a century, died Friday. He was 80.
Kunde, a stocky man with a perpetual smile, founded the winery that bears the family name with his late brother, Fred, in 1990. The brothers made the transition from grape growers to vintners because they believed in the quality of their grapes.
Although retired, Bob Kunde was still very much involved in the business, said his daughter, Marcia Mickelson, the company's marketing communications manager.
"He cherished in his success of the winery," Mickelson said. "He was our chairman emeritus. He would still come in once or twice a week."
Mickelson said her father died Friday afternoon of complications from surgery following a bad fall last Sunday. Kunde was watering his garden when he fell, she said.
"Basically, his 80-year-old body just shut down," Mickelson said. "It couldn't handle the stress of complication of surgery."