Valeriu Cotea

Valeriu Cotea
Born(1926-05-11)May 11, 1926
Vidra, Vrancea County, Kingdom of Romania
DiedApril 21, 2016(2016-04-21) (aged 89)
Iași, Romania
OccupationOenologist
ChildrenValeriu V. Cotea [de]

Valeriu D. Cotea (May 11, 1926–April 21, 2016) was a Romanian oenologist. From 1976 to 2000, Cotea represented Romania at the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, based in Paris. He founded and led the Iași-based Oenology Research Centre of the Romanian Academy, based in Iași. He was elected a titular member of the academy in 1993. Cotea died in Iași in 2016 following cardiac arrest provoked by choking on a slice of orange.[1][2] He was 89.

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