Word: vineyard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lower quality of life for whom? People with second homes on Martha's Vineyard? Do they really deserve a multi-billion dollar government handout...
Meanwhile, some vintners are searching for distinction in a different way by assigning their top wines proprietary names (the Clos du Bois vineyard's Marlstone, for example). Despite Heitz's Napa Valley pride, his lush, minty Cabernet Sauvignons (typical price: $40) are best known by the names of two farms where the grapes are grown, Martha's Vineyard and Bella Oaks. But for many growers whose wines lack the cachet of Heitz's, new AVAs represent profits and prestige...
...southern part of the valley, the modest (49 acres) S. Anderson winery spent nearly $40,000 to make the case that it belongs inside the boundaries. "Appellations like Stag's Leap are going to have more meaning in the future," says marketing director John Anderson. P.S.: his vineyard made the district...
...their spiritual good works by producing California brandy and table wines. Last week, after months of soul searching, the Brothers announced that bottled spirits no longer fit into their plans. The company will sell its $100 million-a-year wine-and-brandy business and 1,160 acres of prime vineyards to Heublein, a subsidiary of London-based Grand Metropolitan, for an undisclosed amount, perhaps as much as $150 million. Heublein, which owns California's Inglenook vineyard but has no major brandy label of its own, would thus become the largest vintner (1,940 acres) in the Napa Valley...
...gung-ho scouting reports, it was only a matter of time before the big leaguers moved in. After two years of negotiations, Les Domaines des Barons de Rothschild, the firm that manages France's prestigious Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, has purchased a half interest in Los Vascos, a 500-acre vineyard located some 90 miles southwest of Santiago. French experts are already working on this year's vintage, and Christophe Salin, deputy managing director of Les Domaines, promises that "1989, which is currently being harvested, should be better...