In Memoriam

Remembering Harvey Chaplin of Southern Glazer’s and Stag’s Leap founder Warren Winiarski

Harvey Chaplin and his wife, Roberta, at the 43rd Annual Impact Marketing Seminar in 2019
Harvey Chaplin and his wife, Roberta, at the 43rd Annual Impact Marketing Seminar in 2019 (Jonathan Smith)

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits chairman Harvey Chaplin, a self-made entrepreneur who turned a modest Florida spirits and wine distributorship into a national, multibillion-dollar powerhouse, passed away Sunday, June 9, of natural causes at the age of 95. Winemaker Warren Winiarski, founder of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and owner of Arcadia Vineyards, died peacefully at home June 7 at the age of 95. Read both of their tributes in the August 31, 2024, issue of Wine Spectator here. 

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