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...cash sloshing around Port Gentil's streets lends them an unreal atmosphere. At the dump on the edge of town, Gabonese boys sort through trash in search of something to eat. But walk into any downtown cafe, and $400 will get you a bottle of 1999 St Emilion Premier Cru Bordeaux. The handful of paved streets are scarred with potholes the size of small swimming pools, but they are jammed with new top-of-the-range SUVs. Excursions on offer include tours of the jungle on giant-engine trail bikes or tours of the coast in giant-engine speedboats...
...wife, Isabelle, and a decanter of his house 1996. In the Bordeaux hierarchy, Pontet-Canet isn't one of the very top châteaus, but it's still a name, thanks to an official classification dating back 150 years that listed it as a cinquième grand cru classé. Tesseron is acutely aware that historic status alone isn't enough. "I'm in a privileged situation, but it's not a given," he says. "I must continue to aspire to be the best." That means investment, investment and more investment - as well as a lot of savvy...
...biggest French fine-wine region and perhaps the most prestigious. The place is suddenly rife with division: between winemakers and the merchants who traditionally sold their vintages; the top-name châteaux that enjoy worldwide fame--and that are making money faster than you can say premier grand cru classé--and the 9,000 others, about 500 of whom are estimated to be in dire straits; traditionalists and reformers."We thought we were the king of carrots. We just didn't see the others coming," admits Jean-François Bruere, who heads a 220-member regional cooperative. "We never bothered...
...hierarchy, Pontet-Canet isn't one of the very top châteaux, but it's still a name, thanks to an official classification dating to 1855, when the French got the jump on market segmentation. Wine merchants that year carved out the top wines, awarding Pontet-Canet 5th grand cru classé. With it came brand equity and pricing power that have lasted more than 150 years...
...Indiana, there are five main fellowship groups for evangelical students. The distinctions tend to be stylistic rather than substantive--the religious equivalent of J. Crew vs. American Eagle vs. Abercrombie. Campus Crusade is the largest, drawing as many as 350 students to "Cru," its weekly meetings, which, like those of all the groups, feature singing, Bible study and prayer. (Students say it's the best for dating opportunities as well.) The Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) is set apart by its house on Greek Row in which students of faith can live together. The Navigators, known for rigorous Bible study...