. . . "Asher, Gerald"@en . "1932Z"^^ . . "Gerald Albert Asher (born 18 August 1932) is an English wine personality, based since 1974 in San Francisco, California. Initially a wine merchant and importer, today he is a wine writer.Born in London and raised partly in rural Essex because of the Blitz, Asher's career in wine began in 1950, when he took a part-time job at a wine retailer in London's Shepherd Market. He founded his own merchant house, Asher, Storey and Co, in 1955, to import rare and lesser-known French wines to Britain."@en . . "1932-08-18Z"^^ . "Gerald Albert Asher"@en . "Gerald Asher"@en . . "Initially wine merchant/importer/San Francisco/California/now wine writer" . "1950Z"^^ .