Pierre Galet

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Pierre Galet (28 January 1921 – 30 December 2019) was a French

École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier
.

Biography

Pierre Galet was born in

German authorities at the University of Montpellier. There he spent extensive amounts of time among the Department of Viticulture's Vitis
collection which included samples of grapevines from across the globe. While there he was able to study the differences and learn about the different varieties.

After the war, Galet would accept a teaching position at the University where from 1946-1989, he was at the forefront of advances in ampelography and was the mentor to several of the leading ampelographers of the late 20th century. Among his students was

Cyprus, North Africa, Asia and throughout Europe identifying grape varieties and settling legal disputes involving them.[2]

One such legal dispute involved the

anachronistic.[3]

Discoveries and findings

Through the course of his work, Galet has identified over 100 distinct grape varieties belonging to the

University of California at Davis who mislabeled them.[4] For more on this error, see also "Melon de Bourgogne - History" at MelonDeBourgogne.com.[5]

Writings

Between 1956 and 1964, Galet published Cépages et vignoble de France, a four volume catalog of

grape diseases was released and followed by the fifth edition of his handbook Précis de viticulture in 1988. In 2000, Galet released Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages, a comprehensive catalog of grape varieties from across the globe including their international synonyms. His student, ampelographer Lucie Morton, was influential in having much of Galet's work translated into English.[2]

Death and recognition

Galet died on 31 December 2019 at the age of 98.[6]

For his work in the advancement of viticulture and ampelography, Galet was made an Officier de l'

Ordre du Mérite Agricole. In 1983, he was given a prize of special recognition by the L'Office national interprofessionnel des vins (OIV), the association of French vintners, for the collective body of his work.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wine News Magazine: Ampelography - Vine Identification – A Botanist's View by Jeff Cox & Gina Gigl Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-19-860990-6
  3. ^ T. Fuller "Winemakers protect outlawed vines: The grapes of wrath" International Herald Tribune, September 25th, 2004
  4. ^ F. Prial "Speaking of Pinots, Exploring the Blanc" The New York Times, September 20th, 2000
  5. ^ Mike Lempriere "Melon de Bourgogne - History" MelonDeBourgogne.com
  6. ^ Disparition de Pierre Galet
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