Word: freixenet
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...Antonio are dressing for the '50s rock-'n'-roll night. On Deck 5, Liz Scheetz from Chapel Hill, N.C., is slamming quarters into a Dynamite Jackpot slot machine, while around the corner in the Carousel Pub Mary Ann Brower of Pleasantville, N.J., is celebrating with a bottle of Freixenet champagne. In the dining room, with its two-deck-high wall of windows, the crew is getting ready to serve a dinner of lobster tail and prime sirloin to a sequined and tuxedoed crowd...
...behavior in the past. As Master Pfister's letter points out, these may well be isolated incidents, but they also color our perceptions and inform our concerns. Would anyone among us argue that it is reasonable or appropriate, for example, to demand a blow job for a bottle of Freixenet, or to call someone a "faggot" because he or she refuses to have sex? These concerns stem not from a desire to impose puritanical standards, but from a desire that a genuine sense of community and respect prevail at all times...
Wine makers across Europe and America are helping to quench demand for the real thing by duplicating la méthode champenoise. Two Spanish brands, Freixenet and Codorniu, have been produced according to the French technique since the 19th century. Freixenet's Cordon Negro, known for its distinctive black bottle, and Codorniu's Brut Classico both sell for about $6, yet critics have compared them favorably with French brands costing twice as much. Freixenet's shipments to the U.S. have grown from 540,000 bottles in 1979 to an estimated 9 million this year...
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