But, by a miracle, the family wine cellar was left intact – about 1,333,000 bottles of Blue Nun contained in bulk barrels. They were declared off-limits to US troops, a vintage treasure which to ...

Peter Sichel, a fourth-generation vintner, was best known as the man who popularized Blue Nun, the easygoing, semisweet German wine that became an international success in the 1960s. At its ...

He played a crucial role in the early days of the C.I.A., as a station chief in Cold War Berlin and Hong Kong, before shifting gears to popularize Blue Nun wine. By Eric Asimov Refugee ...