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...effects of a low-calorie diet, which can extend life span, at least in rodents, 30% to 50%. Scientists don't know whether resveratrol will turn out to be the fountain of youth for humans, but in the meantime, what better excuse to raise a glass or two of Bordeaux...
Long before grapes grew on Trellises in Napa and Sonoma, long before vineyards flourished in Bordeaux and Bourgogne, a sophisticated wine industry arose along the banks of the Nile. From tombs, temples and palaces that date as far back as 5,000 years ago, archaeologists have uncovered clay amphorae stamped with seals that name not only the contents (irp, or wine) but also the region in which the grapes were grown, the year in which the wine was produced, the owner of the estate and often some indication of quality, such as "good" and "very, very good...
...first records are broken in the southwest, where temperatures reach 41C in the Bordeaux region and on the Atlantic coast. AUG. 10 Patrick Pelloux, head of France's emergency physicians' association, announces that some 50 people have died of heat-related illnesses in the Paris region in the past four days. He criticizes the General Directorate for Health for characterizing the deaths as natural. AUG. 12 Pelloux says some 100 people across France have died from the heat. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, vacationing in Combloux, a village in Haute-Savoie, dismisses criticism of his handling of the crisis...
After immersing themselves in the subject, the couple determined that the climate of Long Island was similar to that of Bordeaux, France, where a grape known as Vitis vinifera had long flourished. "We had done extensive research; we understood what the limitations were," says Louisa. The Hargraves raised both of their children on the vineyard and eventually sold the business in 1999. "We studied the situation and we felt it was a risk worth taking. If it didn't work out, we were young, and could go do something else...
...work owned by Pinault that went for $5.3 million. A week earlier, a Degas statue of a 14-year-old dancer from his collection fetched $10.3 million. A week later, Christie's in London raised €1.3 million from an unprecedented clearance sale of vintage wine from his legendary Bordeaux vineyard, Château Latour, including bottles dating back to 1863. And those are just the auctions. On the same day the wine went under the hammer, Artémis - the Pinault family's holding company - issued j520 million in bonds that it said was to be used to refinance...