Word: chardonnay
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...make only one New Year's resolution, this should be it: ring in 2004 with a single-vineyard champagne. Ninety percent of all French bubbly is a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir that the top brands carefully mix to ensure consistency from year to year. Single-vineyard champagnes, however, are made from just one type of grape from a single plot of land - and they're fast becoming the toast of champagne lovers everywhere. Krug Clos Du Mesnil, for instance, comes from the first pressing of Chardonnay grapes picked from a single, walled-in vineyard...
...their grape-stained footsteps. The eastern end of Long Island--which includes the North Fork and South Fork (better known as the Hamptons)--is now a burgeoning community of vintners and wine sellers. It's home to about 30 wineries, producing more than 20 European varietals, mostly Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. Compared with Napa Valley, Calif., the East End is a blip in terms of wine production--500,000 cases annually, a small fraction of California's 155 million cases, most of it from Northern California. But for a summertime excursion, Long Island offers visitors...
...Merlot and a tasty raspberry dessert wine, can be sampled in a newly renovated room that features a rotating exhibit of works from Lynne's personal collection of contemporary art. A few miles down the road is Corey Creek Vineyards, also a Lynne property, which offers premium Chardonnay...
...home. To attract upscale, first-time buyers, RV makers are offering new levels of luxury and size (think of a 225-sq.-ft. hotel suite with a kitchen and a surround-sound theater). "The average RV owner isn't Joe Six-Pack anymore. It's Joe Chardonnay," says Mike Duncan, investor-relations chief for high-end-RV maker Monaco Coach. The industry has also been winning over the sporty set with vehicles that include not only living quarters but also loading ramps and cargo space for Jet Skis, kayaks, ATVs and dune buggies. As for gas mileage, some new motor...
...greatest collection of intellect at the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined there by himself. You got that same heady feeling when a galaxy of scientists, academics, artists and business innovators gathered here Wednesday for the start of a three-day summit, hosted by TIME, to sip chardonnay and mull over the future of life. As one might expect from such a powerhouse crowd pondering so cosmic a theme, there were fireworks from the outset as participants debated stem cell research, discussed the upswing in anti-evolutionary fervor, examined the promise of nanotechnology in medicine and considered whether anyone would...