Word: brion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Alcoholic beverages are given more than any other gift, but tastes are becoming sophisticated. Where once the gift was a predictably expensive bottle of Scotch or bourbon, this year it is more likely to be a bottle or case of Chateau Haut-Brion or -Chateau La-fite-Rothschild. Wines have increased in a decade from 10% of Christmas orders to 35%, according to Samuel...
VENICE, THE MASQUE OF ITALY, by Marcel Brlon (223 pp.; Crown; $10). It takes impressive hubris to tackle Venice; Ruskin, after, all, got there first, and almost every writer with the price of a ticket has followed him. Author Brion attempts not only a gloss of Venice's history, but also a presentation of the glittering array of its art, and has come respectably close to achieving his goal...
...other three: Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Margaux and Chateau Haut-Brion, which is owned by the family of U.S. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon...
CANDACE O'BRION...
...many, he did not seem an auspicious choice. Despite his love of France and his connection with Chateau Haut-Brion, Dillon spoke schoolbook French. He also seemed too young (43) and inexperienced to handle a post made all the more touchy by the growing troubles of France's Fourth Republic...