Word: vineyard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...harder to find as well. In regions thick with monuments, such as France's Loire valley, many hoteliers close in the off-season because they work so hard during the peak. In Italy winter travelers may find themselves staying in smaller towns or private homes, at a vineyard, a farm, in flavorful places where the local economy survives without a constant stream of tour buses. For those seeking greater amenities, the grand hotels rarely shut and are more likely to have a room at a humane price...
Brustein has also been able to draw well-known celebrities to the theater. Simon and Wallace both said they knew Brustein from Martha's Vineyard. "I beat him at tennis all summer long," said Wallace. And Simon said she met him when she was a child, darting between grownups' legs at a cocktail party...
Brountas called Sasso at Martha's Vineyard, where he had just begun a holiday with his wife. Could Sasso come to Boston immediately? Around Dukakis' kitchen table in Brookline, Dukakis asked Sasso to return and "run" the campaign. He "could kick himself," Dukakis said, that he hadn't done this earlier...
...Under pressure from state agriculture officials, the chemical's manufacturer, Rhone-Poulenc, stopped selling the substance to grape growers. This year Rhone-Poulenc is carrying out a controversial test in which it paid 25 college students as much as $1,500 for one week to harvest a central California vineyard that had been sprayed with Zolone. Since the picking was concluded two weeks ago, none of the students have become...
...crop was quite small, which could mean higher prices. Beyond that, the Australians are $ struggling to cope with 7% inflation, which raises the cost of such necessary imports as corks and aging barrels. Nonetheless, predicts Bernard Portet, the French-born winemaker at California's respected Clos du Val vineyard, "they're definitely here to stay." Portet should know: his brother Dominique was a founder of Taltarni in Victoria, one of Australia's best boutique wineries...