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...plane en route to a labor-union congress in Bordeaux, Jean-Louis Borloo leans out of his seat and jabs a finger at a cluster of suburban housing projects below. "The very design of neighborhoods like that was meant to create zones that no one exits and no one enters," barks Borloo, who as France's Employment and Social Cohesion Minister has made revamping the country's blighted banlieues a personal crusade. Borloo insists that demolishing the "invisible but impenetrable walls" separating project residents from suitable housing, functioning public services and jobs is the only way for France to avert...
Uncorked Inventor: Gérard Michel, Laurent Villaume Availability: Now, $59.95 To Learn More: tasting-international.com Have you ever popped the cork on a fine Bordeaux or Chardonnay only to encounter a bitter taste and noxious aroma? About 5% of all bottled wine is tainted by a molecule in some corks known as trichloroanisole (TCA). Now a French company has devised a way to extract the TCA and restore the wine's bouquet. Pour the wine into the Dream Taste glass pitcher and insert a bunch of white plastic grapes, included in the kit. The faux fruit acts as a filter...
...MALBEC This is a traditional Bordeaux varietal that long ago lost favor among French growers because of its sensitivity to frost. But the grape has taken off in the milder weather of Argentina, and single-vineyard Malbec, in particular, is destined for great things. Rich and intensely flavored with well-balanced fruit, acidity and tannin, it's a perfect match for game or red meat. The Finca Altamire Malbec from Achaval Ferrer is the highest-rated Argentinean wine to date. Look out for the 2001 bottling. It's big, smooth and deep red, with a brilliant purple rim and aromas...
...drinkers, an increasingly common industry tactic is the revival of old varieties. In fact, it could be time to put down that modern, unoaked Sauvignon Blanc. Here are some blasts from the past that you may soon be seeing on a shelf near you: MALBEC This is a traditional Bordeaux varietal that long ago lost favor among French growers because of its sensitivity to frost. But the grape has taken off in the milder weather of Argentina, and single-vineyard Malbec in particular is destined for great things. Rich and intensely flavored with well-balanced fruit, acidity and tannin...
...minute drive from Cape Town. tel: (27-21) 875 8100; www.santewellness.co.za. Another option for those with a craving for full-bodied treatments is Les Sources de Caudalie, which set up the first Vinoth?rapie Spa in 1999 at the Ch?teau Smith Haut Lafitte vineyard, a 20-minute drive from Bordeaux in France. tel: (33-5) 57-83-82-82; www.sources-caudalie.com. And if the thought of bathing in wine doesn't immediately make sense, ask yourself: Could it really be worse than...