Gerard Basset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerard Basset

Sommelier MS MW MBA MSc OBE

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1957

Place of Birth: Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 16-Jan-2019

Profession: sommelier, hotel manager

Nationality: France, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gerard Francis Claude Basset OBE, MS, MW, MBA, OIV MSc (7 March 1957 – 16 January 2019) was the owner of Hotel TerraVina, a New Forest Hotel near Southampton in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
At the time of his death, he was the only person in the world to hold the combined titles of Master of Wine, Master Sommelier, Wine MBA, OIV MSc in Wine Management and World's Best Sommelier.