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There are more than 550 wineries in Australia, and roughly half of them are less than ten years old. Some of the Aussie brand names have an exotic charm (Koala Ridge, Wirra Wirra), but the principal varietals, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, are familiar to U.S. buyers. Nonetheless, winemakers Down Under are carefree about tradition, and some of their practices are downright heretical by American or French standards: for example, blending Cabernet Sauvignon, a red grape from the Bordeaux area, with Shiraz, a Rhone Valley varietal known in France as the Syrah. Labels can be confusing as well...
...moderation, as a socializing accompaniment to food" -- with hard liquor as an enemy of sobriety. Since wine's variety is its glory, he deplores what he calls the "internationalization" of styles, particularly the trend in California and elsewhere to concentrate on the production of two "supergrapes," Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. "There ought to be more experimentation with wines made from Syrah ((a Rhone varietal)) or Nebbiolo ((from northern Italy))," he says...
...robust News published weekday editions averaging 102 pages last week. Meanwhile 400 news and business staffers hoisted glasses of Chardonnay earlier this month to toast the opening of a new $28 million headquarters. The News's circulation now stands at 53,000, making it the state's largest paper. The Times, forced to remove its masthead boast eight months ago, has slipped to 40,000 and has hired its seventh managing editor in seven years. Observes Frank McCulloch, managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner: "If you had asked newspaper analysts seven years ago if it could be done, they...
...nonnuclear issues, Reagan raised the subject of human rights; Gromyko replied simply that it was not an appropriate topic on this occasion. There was a bit of small talk at lunch, Gromyko chatting about his hobby of hunting, Reagan commenting that Americans are drinking more wine (a 1981 California Chardonnay was served, along with Russian vodka). Then the conversation returned to arms control and other serious subjects. Reagan described the meeting in his Saturday radio address as "useful" and aides said that despite the lack of concrete accomplishment, the President "felt it had gone about as well as he could...
Villa Banfi's most arduous wine-making challenge, though, is still to come. Following the lead of other vintners, the company is going to try to make wine on New York's Long Island. It has already planted 15 acres on its Old Brookville estate with Chardonnay grapes, and company officials hope to put in more vines during the next two years. Although isolated vineyards have been cultivated on Long Island for 300 years, no famous wine labels have emerged from the area. Villa Banfi wants to change that by bottling a world-class Nassau bianco...