Well, no. But supposedly he is modeled after a soldier named Hubert. When he came to town a little more than 200 years ago (1805), he fell in love with a local girl. And stayed to marry her.
And went into the wine business.
Still, he's never too busy to say hello to visitors and pose with tourists. There's a line for him to do that to people constantly during the day.
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