Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
- Todd F r e n c h
- Site Admin
- Posts: 40406
- Joined: January 27th, 2009, 8:46 am
- Location: San Clemente, CA
- Has thanked: 10 times
- Been thanked: 101 times
Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Frank Drew was murdered, as a passing motorist, in this horrible murder-suicide. Another member sent this to me, and I share it with great regret.
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news ... f16c2.html
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news ... f16c2.html
Apparently I'm lazy, have a narrow agenda, and offer little in the way of content and substance (RMP) (and have a "penchant for gossip" -KBI)
- C. Mc Cart
- GCC Member
- Posts: 2127
- Joined: December 22nd, 2009, 8:44 am
- Location: Ontario
- Been thanked: 2 times
- alan weinberg
- GCC Member
- Posts: 13577
- Joined: April 25th, 2009, 1:23 pm
- Has thanked: 19 times
- Been thanked: 25 times
- Dennis Atick
- Posts: 8874
- Joined: January 27th, 2009, 6:48 pm
- Location: East Atlanta
- Has thanked: 29 times
- Been thanked: 15 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Holy shit. So sad. RIP Frank.
@decaturwinedude
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 3504
- Joined: November 8th, 2009, 8:59 pm
- Has thanked: 13 times
- Been thanked: 6 times
- Tomás Costa
- Posts: 525
- Joined: April 22nd, 2020, 11:43 am
- Has thanked: 10 times
- Been thanked: 19 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
What a cruel, horrifying, senseless, stupid death. RIP.
IG: tomascosta6524
- Victor Hong
- Posts: 19663
- Joined: May 30th, 2009, 1:34 pm
- Location: Banana Republic of ‘Merica
- Been thanked: 9 times
- Brian S t o t t e r
- GCC Member
- Posts: 2521
- Joined: April 21st, 2015, 6:05 am
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Has thanked: 39 times
- Been thanked: 55 times
- Contact:
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
This is awful, I’m speechless.
CT: rieslinghoarder
2020 WOTY: 2001 Joh. Jos. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
2021 WOTY Candidates:
2020 WOTY: 2001 Joh. Jos. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
2021 WOTY Candidates:
- Jim Anderson
- BerserkerBusiness
- Posts: 6933
- Joined: October 20th, 2010, 1:18 pm
- Location: Portland/Newberg, Oregon
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 46 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
That is insane. Horrifying.
Co-owner, Patricia Green Cellars
- Cris Whetstone
- GCC Member
- Posts: 11277
- Joined: January 27th, 2009, 1:09 pm
- Location: OC, CA
- Has thanked: 16 times
- Been thanked: 28 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
That's awful. A very familiar name around here. Be at peace.
WetRock
"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true." - Francis Bacon
"I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true." - Francis Bacon
"I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- Jim Brennan
- Posts: 5212
- Joined: April 17th, 2009, 6:10 pm
- Location: People's Republic of Illinois
- Has thanked: 1 time
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
I haven't even read the story yet, but my god is that awful! Frank seemed like a very cordial nice guy. Damn
- David Wright
- GCC Member
- Posts: 3825
- Joined: February 15th, 2009, 12:31 pm
- Location: Sonoran Desert
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 2 times
- larry schaffer
- BerserkerBusiness
- Posts: 8597
- Joined: January 28th, 2009, 9:26 am
- Location: Santa Ynez Valley, CA
- Has thanked: 4 times
- Been thanked: 32 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
This is such terrible news. Wondering if there's something our community can do for his family . . .
larry schaffer
tercero wines
tercero wines
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 6547
- Joined: March 31st, 2017, 9:57 pm
- Has thanked: 6 times
- Been thanked: 36 times
- B. Buzzini
- GCC Member
- Posts: 4563
- Joined: April 20th, 2009, 7:08 pm
- Location: Calif.
- Has thanked: 12 times
- Been thanked: 24 times
- Jay Miller
- GCC Member
- Posts: 15452
- Joined: June 19th, 2009, 5:18 pm
- Location: Jersey City
- Has thanked: 18 times
- Been thanked: 46 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
OMG. My condolences to everyone who knew him. This is terrible.
Ripe fruit isn't necessarily a flaw.
- Al Osterheld
- GCC Member
- Posts: 7436
- Joined: March 15th, 2009, 5:47 am
- Location: SF Bay
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 14 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Wow, that's horrible. Simply in the wrong place.
-Al
-Al
- Kevin Porter
- GCC Member
- Posts: 2821
- Joined: April 29th, 2009, 11:17 am
- Location: Near Philadelphia
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 6 times
- R M Kriete
- GCC Member
- Posts: 655
- Joined: April 27th, 2010, 8:07 am
- Location: Indialantic, Florida
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 2 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Worst part is that he probably had stopped to help. Awful!
- Paul Miller
- GCC Member
- Posts: 8656
- Joined: April 28th, 2010, 2:56 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Has thanked: 14 times
- Been thanked: 10 times
- Brian G r a f s t r o m
- GCC Member
- Posts: 19333
- Joined: February 3rd, 2009, 12:54 am
- Location: westside
- Has thanked: 61 times
- Been thanked: 41 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
WTF?!? My gosh ... that is terrible and sad. R.I.P., Frank.
“All these characters spend their time explaining themselves, and happily recognizing that they hold the same opinions … how important they consider it to think the same things all together.” --- A.R.
CT: grafstrb
CT: grafstrb
- Jay $$ Winton
- GCC Member
- Posts: 3072
- Joined: June 1st, 2009, 5:21 pm
- Location: University Park, MD
- Has thanked: 2 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Terrible news.
Immaturity-my life, not my wine.
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 8242
- Joined: April 26th, 2010, 10:30 pm
- Location: Bordeaux
- Been thanked: 3 times
- D@vid Bu3ker
- GCC Member
- Posts: 39157
- Joined: February 14th, 2009, 8:06 am
- Location: Connecticut
- Has thanked: 31 times
- Been thanked: 129 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Horrifying and sad. Rest In Peace Frank.
David Bueker - Rieslingfan
- Mattstolz
- GCC Member
- Posts: 2531
- Joined: June 26th, 2017, 7:46 pm
- Location: South Carolina
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 28 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
so incredibly tragic. if there is an opportunity for us to help in this situation I hope it will be shared!
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 1069
- Joined: May 2nd, 2010, 11:08 am
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 9 times
- Scott Brunson
- GCC Member
- Posts: 10935
- Joined: November 15th, 2011, 2:55 am
- Location: in between coastal SC and south FL
- Has thanked: 4 times
- Been thanked: 9 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Horrible
RIP Framk
RIP Framk
Tous les chemins mènent à la Bourgogne!
On CT, I'm S1
On CT, I'm S1
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 1791
- Joined: May 14th, 2016, 9:22 am
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Has thanked: 62 times
- Been thanked: 24 times
- Jeremy C
- GCC Member
- Posts: 1403
- Joined: November 11th, 2013, 11:16 am
- Location: El Paso
- Been thanked: 1 time
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Absolutely horrible. Rest in peace, Frank.
Cuth.bert.son
- Nola Palomar
- BerserkerDay MVP
- Posts: 4819
- Joined: April 19th, 2009, 2:34 am
- Location: Ugijar (GRANADA) Spain and Dayton, Ohio
- Has thanked: 3 times
- Been thanked: 16 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
OMG, this is horrible, just awful news. R.I.P., Frank. I am so sorry this happened to you.Condolences to his family.
Nola
ITB
Veleta
Bodega Dominio Buenavista
D.O.P. Granada, Spain
Juan Manuel Palomar MD - 1948-2018 Husband, Father, Surgeon, Mentor, Winery owner & Winemaker, my everything...RIP
Bob Wood - 1949-2013 Berserker for eternity! RIP
ITB
Veleta
Bodega Dominio Buenavista
D.O.P. Granada, Spain
Juan Manuel Palomar MD - 1948-2018 Husband, Father, Surgeon, Mentor, Winery owner & Winemaker, my everything...RIP
Bob Wood - 1949-2013 Berserker for eternity! RIP
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 135
- Joined: November 17th, 2019, 6:55 pm
- Has thanked: 6 times
- Been thanked: 2 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Didn't have the pleasure of interacting with him, but this is beyond horrible, condolences to his family and friends, RIP.
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 6268
- Joined: June 4th, 2012, 9:02 am
- Has thanked: 19 times
- Been thanked: 20 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
So very sad. Please let us know if there is any way to express our condolences or help family.
- Tim McCracken
- GCC Member
- Posts: 2446
- Joined: February 8th, 2012, 3:24 am
- Location: Kirkland, WA
- Been thanked: 1 time
- Rich K0rz€nk0
- GCC Member
- Posts: 1244
- Joined: January 27th, 2009, 5:41 pm
- Location: Charlotte, NC
- Has thanked: 20 times
- Been thanked: 14 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Horrible news and just tragic.
RIP Frank
RIP Frank
Time Person of the Year - 2006
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 3684
- Joined: September 20th, 2010, 11:53 am
- Has thanked: 19 times
- Been thanked: 64 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
My heart aches to think of this happening to him and his family just as it seemed the world was lifting a little bit out of darkness. There's never a good time, but this seems especially cruel of fate.
Sort of ITB - my husband imports a small amount of sake and I help out
- Andrew Demaree
- GCC Member
- Posts: 3174
- Joined: January 23rd, 2011, 7:33 am
- Location: Saratoga Springs, NY
- Been thanked: 4 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Good lord, how shocking and terrible. I feel for his poor family.
- Jim Stewart
- GCC Member
- Posts: 1946
- Joined: July 31st, 2018, 9:49 am
- Location: MA / FL
- Has thanked: 8 times
- Been thanked: 20 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
"Law-enforcement officers have speculated that Drew might have stopped to try to help Asa Mitchell after he crashed his vehicle . . ." 

Age merely shows what children we remain.
-Goethe
But I've just noticed that my mind is asleep.
-Rimbaud
-Goethe
But I've just noticed that my mind is asleep.
-Rimbaud
- Terry H a r r i s
- GCC Member
- Posts: 20735
- Joined: January 27th, 2009, 12:47 pm
- Location: On a good day, the Sweetwater
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
How incredibly sad. I suspect the speculation Frank stopped to help is right, as it seems so much in line with the Frank we all got to see and know, here. So tragic.
His wife told a 911 operator that she used a pruner "good for pruning roses" and that James's bleeding wasn't enough to create the "sign of the cross, or write sinner" . . . .
Oh, and I pay money to those ITB
Oh, and I pay money to those ITB
-
- GCC Member
- Posts: 8167
- Joined: February 19th, 2010, 2:01 pm
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 5 times
-
- Posts: 6458
- Joined: April 26th, 2010, 4:18 pm
- Has thanked: 4 times
- Been thanked: 4 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Sad and terribly wrong. RIP
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realise half of them are stupider than that." George Carlin (1937-2008)
-
- Posts: 23
- Joined: December 30th, 2018, 9:38 am
- Been thanked: 2 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Tragic. A good samaritan acting on his humanity and compassion. Condolences
- Warren Taranow
- GCC Member
- Posts: 2790
- Joined: June 30th, 2009, 8:24 pm
- Location: Pacific Northwest
- Has thanked: 21 times
- Been thanked: 13 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
So tragic. He stopped to help a stranger. Rest in Peace.
"If the only prayer you ever uttered was thank you, it would suffice."
Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
CT - WST
Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
CT - WST
- Peter Kleban
- GCC Member
- Posts: 13814
- Joined: February 14th, 2010, 8:21 pm
- Location: Vacationland (AKA Maine, USA)
- Has thanked: 2 times
- Been thanked: 2 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
How awful. RIP, Frank and condolences to your family.
Bob Wood:
"Peter..your well-reasoned words were a waste of time."
WsOTY:
Felettig Morey St. Denis VV '14
Felettig Chamb-Mus VV '14
Pépière Muscadet Briords '09
Volpaia Chianti Class '18
Lignier Morey St Denis 1er Ormes '14
Collestefano Verdicchio di M '19
Pépière Muscadet Briords '19
Bêcheur PN '14
Virage '07
Ampeau Volnay 1er Santenots '99
"Peter..your well-reasoned words were a waste of time."
WsOTY:
Felettig Morey St. Denis VV '14
Felettig Chamb-Mus VV '14
Pépière Muscadet Briords '09
Volpaia Chianti Class '18
Lignier Morey St Denis 1er Ormes '14
Collestefano Verdicchio di M '19
Pépière Muscadet Briords '19
Bêcheur PN '14
Virage '07
Ampeau Volnay 1er Santenots '99
- Matt Mauldin
- GCC Member
- Posts: 1431
- Joined: May 26th, 2010, 3:32 pm
- Location: Goleta, CA
- Has thanked: 22 times
- Been thanked: 12 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
What a terrible tragedy. Very sorry to hear this news.
ITB
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Profound condolences to Frank’s family and community. So very sorry to hear this.
- John Preston
- GCC Member
- Posts: 407
- Joined: April 27th, 2010, 5:54 pm
- Br1an Th0rne
- GCC Member
- Posts: 522
- Joined: May 28th, 2009, 9:37 pm
- Location: Just outside of Philly
- Has thanked: 2 times
- Been thanked: 4 times
Re: Horrible news about a Berserker - Frank Drew, RIP
Such awful news; it sounds as though Frank was trying to offer assistance to someone who had crashed their vehicle, and was murdered for it. RIP