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The vintner is the winery's wizard, responsible for deciding what grapes to plant where, when to harvest, how long to age a wine and in what kind of container. The names and reputations of California's star vintners are as well known to oenophiles as those of celebrity chefs...
Led by Robert Mondavi, California's winemakers have banded together to promote table wine as a liquid form of food and as "the beverage of moderation." Yet the industry remains on the defensive, in part because some major members have divided loyalties. Despite its increased production of varietals, E. & J...
Staff members are a good mix of native speakers and young American graduate students. Campers come from all over, for all reasons. "Chrystelle" at Lac du Bois is Pouneh Yasai, 16, from Iran by way of Milwaukee, who wants to be able to talk with her French cousins and plans...
Last year Minnetonka, the parent company of Calvin Klein cosmetics, was sold, and Burns found herself more responsive to Leonard Lauder's five-year professional courtship to join the family-owned, $2 billion-a-year business. The wooing had been fun on an international scale -- the occasional lunch in the...
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...