He was taught how to pick a lock and hot-wire a car and was sent to Algiers ... something,” he said — with a focus on Blue Nun, a white wine that the company had been making since the 1920s.

But, by a miracle, the family wine cellar was left intact – about 1,333,000 bottles of Blue Nun contained in bulk barrels. They were declared off-limits to US troops, a vintage treasure which to ...

He played a crucial role in the early days of the C.I.A., as a station chief in Cold War Berlin and Hong Kong, before shifting gears to popularize Blue Nun wine. By Eric Asimov Refugee ...

After working as a spy during World War II and the Cold War, he returned to his family’s wine business, where he helped build Blue Nun into one of America’s favorite wines. Sichel passed away Feb. 24.