Bruce Duncan Guimaraens

Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (27 October 1935 – 22 August 2002) was a Portuguese-British port wine maker.

Early life and education Guimaraens was born on 27 October, 1935 He was educated at Abingdon School from 1946 until 1953 and his elder brother John 'Gordon' Guimaraens also attended Abingdon School from 1946 to 1952. He served in the British Army as a Lieutenant with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Royal West African Frontier Force in Ghana. which had earlier merged with Taylor, Fladgate, & Yeatman in 1948 to form the Taylor Fonseca Group. and the Fonseca 1977, which also received high praise. He retired in 1989.

Personal life Guimaraens died of a heart attack on 22 August 2002. He was survived by his wife Magdalena and four children. At the time of his death his son David, who joined Taylor Fonseca in 1990, was the company's head winemaker.