Paul David "Ted" Reimer
Sept. 17, 1954-Oct. 6, 2018
San Rafael, California
Paul David Reimer, known by most as Ted, a resident of San Rafael at the time of his passing, was active in the fine wine business for many years, Ted reached his 64th birthday in September 2018. He is survived by his daughters, Natalie and Audrey, ex-wife, Jennifer, siblings, Mark and Kristie, and father, Paul. Ted’s mother, Kay, passed away in 2005. Ted was fortunate to be born in Reno, Nevada, but quickly became a true Northern Californian when the family moved to the Bay Area when he was 3.
Ted graduated from Gunn High School in Palo Alto, then attended University of California at Santa Barbara, and obtained his degree from San Francisco State. While at UCSB, Ted was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity where he made friends for life including Johnny, Steve, Tom, David, Rich, Joe, and many more fraternity brothers.
Ted was in the wine business for more than 30 years beginning at Joseph Phelps tasting room, then started his first business WineSpell. He owned, managed or worked for some of the country’s top distributors and wine sellers including The Sorting Table, Wilson Daniels, Sherbrook Cellars, and The Henry Wine Group, Benchmark Wine Group, and Big Bang Wines. He represented a collection of iconic wineries including Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Domaine Dujac, Henri Boillot, Marc Kreydenwiess, Domaine Faiveley, Aldo Conterno, Domaine LeFlaive, Salon Champagne, Val di Suga, Royal Tokaji Wine Company, Saintsbury, Snowden and Hyde de Villaine. Ted was an outdoorsman and loved hiking, mountain biking, hunting, and fishing. His early years included duck hunting in Los Banos and fly fishing on the Madison River with his Dad. His love of fly fishing continued for more than 55 years, fishing rivers throughout California and in Montana with his Dad and dear family friends The Wallaces.
In 2015, Ted had a stroke which required a 2 ½ month hospital stay followed by significant rehab. For those who knew him, he was not the same Ted after the stroke which impacted his life and his work. These complications eventually led to the end of his life from natural causes on October 6, 2018.
A memorial event will be planned for Spring of 2019. Memorial donations may be made in Ted’s name to the One Tam organization (http://www.onetam.org/) that is dedicated to preserving Mt. Tamalpais, a place that was cherished by Ted.
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