Word: chardonnays
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...Manhattan at the dawning of the new age of avarice, I felt like John Reed in Moscow in 1917. A revolution in human consumption patterns was under way, and I was on the barricades, ordering grilled tuna with sun-dried tomatoes, an arugula-and-radicchio salad, an insouciant Chardonnay and cappuccino...
...buying public, white wine basically means Chardonnay and red is Cabernet Sauvignon, so it makes economic sense for winemakers to concentrate on those two grapes. But not to Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard near Santa Cruz. "To limit yourself to two flavors is boring," he says. Grahm, Bob Lindquist of Qupe and John Buechsenstein of McDowell Valley are among the most prominent of the so-called Rhone Rangers, who are producing wines from such southern French varietals as Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre and Roussanne. The names of Grahm's fruity blends slyly honor their links to Provence. Old Telegram...
...wines to accompany a festive dinner. For aperitifs, the A.O. and his companion want a sparkling wine -- and what could be livelier than the 1986 Ste. Chapelle Blanc de Noir brut? With the appetizer, a glass of white wine would be appropriate: the A.O. selects a 1986 Anderson Valley Chardonnay. Since the diners have chosen meat entrees, the A.O. requests a bottle of Llano Estacado's 1986 Cellar Select Cabernet Sauvignon. And a non-vintage Johannisberg Riesling from Chaddsford Winery will set off dessert nicely. The sommelier takes the order with an approving smile...
Also high on her agenda is bringing more ethnic and cultural diversity to a network whose audience is often stereotyped as "the Chardonnay and Brie crowd." Lawson objects to that characterization. "It's as if opera were only for the elite," she says. "But Leontyne Price came from Mississippi, and we don't know about all the other Leontyne Prices who are out there, who can't afford to get to the Metropolitan Opera but can see it on Great Performances...
Jennifer Lawson, public TV's first programming czar, wants to appeal to more than just the "Chardonnay and Brie crowd." But first she will have to tame the unruly PBS bureaucracy...