Word: chardonnay
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...York plant) and is at the forefront of nearly every new-coffee frontier: espresso-delivery technology, international partnerships and generally changing the idea of coffee from a staple commodity, like corn or sugar, to something closer to wine, with seasons and terroir and varietals as different as Burgundy chardonnay and Austrian riesling. But most of all, Stumptown has Duane Sorenson, its charismatic founder and the most visible (and polarizing) figure in contemporary coffee...
...World influence can also be seen in the "critter labels" on other nouveau French wines, such as Thierry Boudinaud's Fat Bastard Chardonnay, with its trademark hippo, and Domaine Font Mars' Cabernet Sauvignon, whose labels feature dinosaurs, a nod to the vineyard's fossil-rich soils. And the owner of the Lacheteau vineyard, Les Grands Chais de France, whose wines represent a fifth of the country's total exports, launched a line in 2005 with labels showing cartoon farm animals to indicate the types of meats that best complement the wines...
...Whole Foods and Wegmans and taste every fruit you've never had before. How are you going to pick up the nuances of pomegranate if you've never had it? The other thing is, try a different varietal of wine every day for 365 days. Never order chardonnay from California twice...
Hong Kong may be better known for its char siu bao than its chardonnay, but the wealthy city is making a surprising bid to become one of the world's most important markets for fine wines. Last weekend marked another milestone: In the second of its two major wine auctions held this year in Hong Kong, Sotheby's on Oct. 3 and 4 sold $7.9 million worth of vintage wines, taking the house's total wines sales in Hong Kong to $14.3 million in 2009 - eclipsing its sales totals of $10.5 million in New York and $8 million in London...
...womanizing with girls in their 20s. The story recounted a number of embarrassing incidents, including one in which Kennedy was allegedly discovered by a restaurant waitress having sex with a female lobbyist on the floor of a private dining room. The check showed they had ordered two bottles of chardonnay for lunch...