Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (27 October 1935 – 22 August 2002) was a Portuguese-British port wine maker.
[1] Guimaraens was born on 27 October, 1935[1] to parents Charles Bruce and Cathleen May in Vila Nova de Gaia.
[2] After leaving the army in 1956 Guimaraens joined Fonseca Guimaraens, the company his great-great grandfather Manuel Pedro Guimaraens had created in 1822,[5] which had earlier merged with Taylor, Fladgate, & Yeatman in 1948 to form the Taylor Fonseca Group.
[1] In 1961 he was promoted to the position of director of winemaking and vineyard management at Taylor Fonseca, and was credited by The Telegraph as playing an instrumental role in expanding the number of vineyards owned by the firm.
At the time of his death his son David, who joined Taylor Fonseca in 1990, was the company's head winemaker.