Word: wined
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...during the Microsoft trial, as a covey of reporters gathered around Boies, one of the chief opposing lawyers, John Warden, wandered by and cracked, "Ask him about his wine cellar." Warden might have suggested the reporters also ask about the gorgeous Georgian home that sits above those 8,000 bottles in Westchester County, N.Y., or about the oceangoing yacht, the Northern California ranch, the high-stakes poker games, the nearly annual chateau-to-chateau bike trips in Burgundy and Bordeaux. If Boies doesn't dress in the usual plumage of a flamboyant trial lawyer, it's only because he doesn...
...candidates, they were looking elsewhere for comfort. After the Florida Supreme Court threw them a lifeline, Joe and Hadassah Lieberman arrived at the Vice President's mansion Friday night bearing wine, a salt shaker, a wineglass and a cloth that is a family heirloom. Tipper had already set out candles, and the two couples slipped away for a private moment of prayer and reflection, later celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, and savoring rebirth, for however long it lasted...
Fleury is the house champagne at Alice Waters' famed Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., and grower-champagne sections have been appearing on top restaurant wine lists around the country. Paul Grieco, beverage director of New York City's Gramercy Tavern, says, "The public's thirst for uniquely great products allows the smaller estates to flourish. They add luster to the polished sheen the Champagne region already wears...
...this is available at excellent prices, frequently no more (and sometimes less) than famous-label champagnes. Says Robert Rogness, general manager of Wine Expo in Santa Monica, Calif., which sells more than 200 grower champagnes: "The best champagnes often cost much less than the most famous champagnes because the price of fame is so high...
...They come too for the ubiquitous art in the famous cities of Florence and Siena, as well as in such gems as Arezzo and Lucca. Retirees won't be playing much golf, but they may well sign up for classes to learn how to cook Italian-style, start a wine collection or try to paint like Giotto...