Obituary: Becky Wassermann

On my first trip to Beaune along with a few introductions to some noteworthy producers I had been given the advice to call Becky. And so I did, without quite knowing what to expect. Becky answered my call, listened to my self-introduction, and promptly invited me and the friend I was travelling with to come to lunch, at her office, that same day. Lunch with Becky was a lengthy affair. That time it was on the ground floor of her office in a beautiful 18^th century château in the centre of Beaune, Burgundy. On future visits it was at her home, a converted barn in the nearby village of Bouilland.