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Remembering Jean-Mari Peltier
This time of year, the sponsoring organizations of the Rich Smith Distinguished Service Award meet with Claudia Smith and Jason Smith, wife and son of Rich Smith, to plan the annual award honoring his legacy.
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It’s always a welcome opportunity for us to recall a remarkable leader and his positive impact on our industry, and invite others to do the same.
Rich helped to form NGRA (as well as WineAmerica and Winegrape Growers of America, co-sponsors of the award), reaching out to growers he knew who, like him, believed in science as a means to advance the industry.
Most of those he inspired to join and shape NGRA (then the National Grape and Wine Initiative, or NGWI) are still active members of the organization. But we’ve just lost the executive he helped to hire, who spoke at his memorial service and who set the template for what remains a vibrant national research organization.
Jean-Mari Peltier (shown here) passed away on September 24, 2021.
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