Michel Dovaz (14 August 1928 – 8 December 2023) was a Swiss wine critic and food writer.

[3] He subsequently wrote several books on French wine as well as the chapter on Champagne for the Guide Hachette des Vins.

The collection consisted of prewar and postwar cars of the most luxurious brands (among them are nine Bugattis, nine Lancias, four Alfa Romeos, four Lincolns, two Ferraris, two Lotuses, two Rolls-Royces and two Bentleys).

The collection became famous when a German photographer was allowed to take photos of the neglected cars in 1983 in Dovaz's garden south of Paris.

The second book 'The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties' (published in 2008 in Dutch, 2009 in English, 2011 in French and 2015 in German) gives additional information about Michel Dovaz and how the collection came to be.