Leider erreichte uns Anfang dieser Woche die traurige Mitteilung, dass Rudy Buratti, Chef-Winzer von Castello Banfi, im Alter von 56 Jahren verstorben ist. In einem liebevollen Nachruf erinnert das Weingut an seinen langjährigen Mitarbeiter und Freund:
Im Norden Italiens geboren, graduierte Rudy Buratti 1981 an der renommierten Agricultural University in San Michele all´Adige. Schon zwei Jahre nach seinem Abschluss begann seine Karriere bei Castello Banfi – eine Entscheidung, die den weiteren Verlauf seines Lebens prägte. Rudy Buratti verliebte sich sofort in das Terroir und Unternehmen Banfi, sodass sein beruflicher Erfolg hier seinen Lauf nahm und er 1999 zum Chef-Winzer der Kellerei wurde.
Sein Wissen und seine Leidenschaft für Weine konnte er im Laufe der Jahre an sein hervorragendes Team von jungen Önologen weitergeben. Zu Ehren Ihres geschätzten Lehrers möchten diese nun mit derselben Liebe und Hingabe Rudy Burattis Werk bei Castello Banfi weiterleben.
In einem Nachruf an Rudy Buratti, brachte auch Cristina Mariani-May den großen Verlust zum Ausdruck:
„The premature passing of our dear friend and colleague Rudy is a huge loss for the entire wine world. For this wine world that Rudy loved until his last hours and to which he gave 35 years of his life with passion, humility and courage.
The first to enter the winery, the last to leave, after checking that every single detail was in its place, that every wine was evolving in the best way, that every man and every woman of his great team worked with the same passion, accuracy and punctuality.
He did it every day, uninterrupted until his last day, until a week ago when, already gravely proven by his illness, for the last time he left his beloved winery and his people, his second family.
Rudy leaves a huge emptiness in all of us, a gaping hole for his wife Ursula and for Alexandra and Carlotta, his young and beloved daughters. However, he also leaves so much hope in those who stay behind and many beautiful and indelible memories.
Ciao Rudy, it was an honor having you with us for all these years. We will remember you in every wine we drink, in every glass that we raise to heaven and in all the battles that we will win together.
Thank you.“