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Meanwhile, some vintners are searching for distinction in a different way by assigning their top wines proprietary names (the Clos du Bois vineyard's Marlstone, for example). Despite Heitz's Napa Valley pride, his lush, minty Cabernet Sauvignons (typical price: $40) are best known by the names of two farms where the grapes are grown, Martha's Vineyard and Bella Oaks. But for many growers whose wines lack the cachet of Heitz's, new AVAs represent profits and prestige...
...weather, the 1987 crop was quite small, which could mean higher prices. Beyond that, the Australians are $ struggling to cope with 7% inflation, which raises the cost of such necessary imports as corks and aging barrels. Nonetheless, predicts Bernard Portet, the French-born winemaker at California's respected Clos du Val vineyard, "they're definitely here to stay." Portet should know: his brother Dominique was a founder of Taltarni in Victoria, one of Australia's best boutique wineries...
...unflattering reputation of being abrasive and arrogant. Sovi ets quip that the imperial manner comes with his surname, the same as that of the Russian royal family, which was deposed in 1917. According to a widely told anecdote, Romanov ordered Leningrad's Hermitage museum to open its china clos ets so that guests at his daughter's wedding reception could eat in grand style. Several priceless items from Catherine the Great's dinner service were broken during the revelry. One U.S. diplomat who met with Romanov was taken aback when he rudely interrupted his interpreter to correct the translation...
Jean-Paul Sartre's "Huis Clos" ("No Exit") opened last night in Canaday B-12. Dryansky's suite, and will run at least until Sunday. "Canaday B-12 is well-suited to the play because there's the same chaos in Canaday as there is in Sartre's Hell," Dryansky, who is co-directing the play with fellow Canaday B resident Edward R. Weiner '87, said yesterday...
...producers of "Huis Clos" intend to follow in this tradition. "We want to try to keep this going," said Joshua S. Kurtzberg '87, who plays the valet. "We've progressed into a really fine acting troupe...