San Rafael, California, November 12, 2018 – 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 born in Reno, Nevada, but became a true Northern Californian after the family moved to the Bay Area when he was three.
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. At UCSB, Ted joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity where made friends for life including Johnny, Steve, Tom, David, Rich and many more fraternity brothers.
For more than 30 years, Ted was in the wine business. His early career began with Joseph Phelps, which led to establishing his first company WineSpell. He owned, managed or worked for some of the country’s top wine importers and distributors including: The Sorting Table, Wilson Daniels, Sherbrook Cellars, 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, Royal Tokaji Wine Company, Val di Suga, Domaine LeFlaive, Salon Champagne, Saintsbury, Morgan, McIntyre, Snowden and Hyde de Villaine.
Ted was an outdoorsman who 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 56 years, fishing rivers throughout California and Montana with his Dad and dear family friends, the Wallaces.
In 2015, Ted had a stroke and required a 2½ 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.
The Reimer Family is thankful for the sympathy notes, cards, flowers and calls. A memorial event will be planned for Spring of 2019. If you would like to be included, please contact Kristie, Ted’s sister, via email at kristie146@outlook.com. Memorial donations may be made in Ted’s name to One Tam, an organization dedicated to preserving Mt. Tamalpais, a place that was cherished by Ted. www.onetam.org
