Lucio Tasca

Lucio Tasca
Born	Lucio Mastrogiovanni Tasca d’Almerita (1940-01-09)9 January 1940 Palermo, Italy
Died	25 July 2022(2022-07-25) (aged 82) Palermo, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Winemaker
Known for	Tasca d'Almerita

Lucio Tasca d'Almerita (9 January 1940 – 25 July 2022) was an Italian winemaker and equestrian.[1] He was known by many in his native Sicily as "Conte Lucio".[2]

Early life

Tasca was born in Palermo, Sicily into a winemaking family. He attended high school in Lausanne, Switzerland, before attending the University of Palermo, where he graduated in Economics and Commerce.[3]

Winemaking

In 1961, Tasca founded Regaleali, the company that later became Conte Tasca d'Almerita.[4] In 2002, he founded Assovini Sicilia, an association of Sicilian winemakers. He was a founding member of the Istituto Grandi Marchi, and was president of Associazione Grandi Cru d’Italia from 2016 to 2018. He died in Palermo, aged 82.[2]

Equestrian

Tasca competed in the team and individual eventing events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

References

1. "Lucio Tasca". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
2. Aldo Fiordelli (27 July 2022). "Lucio Tasca d'Almerita dies". Decanter. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
3. Virga, Federica (25 July 2022). "Addio al re del vino siciliano nel mondo, è morto il conte Lucio Tasca D'Almerita" [Farewell to the king of Sicilian wine in the world, Count Lucio Tasca D'Almerita has died]. Palermo Today (in Italian). Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
4. Filippo Bartolotta (27 July 2022). "Obituary: Lucio Tasca d'Almerita". The Drinks Business. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

External links

• Lucio Tasca at Olympics.com