Word: bordeaux
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...sloshing around Port Gentil's streets lends them an unreal atmosphere. At the dump on the edge of town, Gabonese boys sort through trash in search of something to eat. But walk into any downtown cafe, and $400 will get you a bottle of 1999 St Emilion Premier Cru Bordeaux. The handful of paved streets are scarred with potholes the size of small swimming pools, but they are jammed with new top-of-the-range SUVs. Excursions on offer include tours of the jungle on giant-engine trail bikes or tours of the coast in giant-engine speedboats. And money...
...cooled, putting a chill on the rest of the domestic economy. U.S. GDP growth dropped to 2% in the third quarter, less than half the blistering 5.6% rate of the first three months of 2006. The prospect of a continuing slowdown has sent shivers of concern from Bangkok to Bordeaux...
...school in New York City to a tasting of Idaho's best wines at the 8th Street Wine Company, a shop in Boise. Because its coverage is worldwide--this is, after all, the World Wide Web--the listings include such events as a tour of the great estates of Bordeaux and a wine fair in Beijing...
...much of a good thing" [Oct. 30]: Soon the whole inflated and severely overheated Bordeaux market will burst like a soap bubble. Is there any human being who can truly appreciate the difference between an exorbitantly expensive bottle of Bordeaux and an excellent, modestly priced wine from California or Australia? Can one be 20 times happier with a glass of Bordeaux than with a glass of American Cabernet Sauvignon? Only very few wine experts could discern the country of origin, and none of them could taste the prices. The wines of Bordeaux will fall in value when consumers' tastes turn...
...shortly before 11 p.m. on a mid-September Monday, and Arnaud Mirey is preparing for the grand opening of VIN, a high-end wine shop featuring the finest offerings from Bordeaux. On the second floor of the shop, against the wall in a big glass display case, sit 40 of the great wines from the region, including a 1985 Château Margaux[an error occurred while processing this directive] that's on sale for a mere $1,487.50. Asked if wine is now certifiably hot in China, Mirey, the former sommelier at Petrus, a splashy French restaurant in Hong...