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When David Andrew was growing up on the west coast of Scotland, sipping fine wine was about as popular as polo. Real men preferred an amber shot of Glen something. But Andrew's parents introduced him to French wine at age 10, and he tasted his first Chateau Margaux as a teenager, liking it so much, he wrote to the vineyard asking for a grape-picking job--which he landed. After a career that included a stint as an actor in TV ads, Andrew, 40, is now a celebrity in the wine trade: he is the top buyer for Costco...
When Andrew joined the company in 1998, Costco sold no top-flight Bordeaux; today, with a wide selection, it sells more than any other U.S. retailer. At the same time, Andrew catered to Costco's bargain hunters, introducing boutique wines at attractive prices--for example, Chateau Salitis, a French blend of Grenache and Syrah with dollops of Cabernet and Merlot. The vintner produces just 5,000 cases a year, nearly all of which Andrew snaps up. "It's a wonderful little wine," he says. Price: $6 a bottle. Costco's maximum markup is 14% above its wholesale cost, compared with...
Traveling from Tuscan villages to the valleys of New Zealand, Andrew searches for bargains and little-known gems. Vintners often treat him like royalty. He tastes 5,000 wines a year and purchases offerings that range from Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1998 ($165) to $10 Merlots from Chile...
...TRIFFON: Chateau de Segries Lirac Rouge Cuvee Reservee...
...work of seamless art and broken heart. And for a retreat into luminous, ageless film craft, queue now for Patrice Leconte's L'homme du train, a bittersweet fable about a chatty old schoolteacher (Jean Rochefort) who invites a mysterious gunman (Johnny Hallyday) to stay in his decaying chateau. It's rare to see a film so at ease with its diminutive size, so effortless in its charm and poignancy. Toronto had lots of celebs on display - There's Dustin! There's Denzel!! Sarandon and Sophia!!! But Rochefort, the wily veteran of 100 movies, and Hallyday, a rock star...