Word: crus
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...wine, so the Aussies clearly have a long way to go. But there are good reasons why experts see a promising future. For one thing, the declining value of the U.S. dollar has pushed the prices of quality French wines -- most red Burgundies, for example, and the top-rated crus of Bordeaux -- beyond the reach of all but the wealthy. Meanwhile, thanks to the relative weakness of the Australian dollar (worth 77 cents in U.S. currency), virtually all Down Under wines available in the U.S. are in the moderate-price range (between $4 and $15 per 750-ml bottle...
...merely bare bulbs. In place of lighting changes, Drury ingeniously uses an ironic recording of a public relations tape for Mount Holyoke. The monotone on the tape describes the college with all the functional appeal of a vacuum cleaner salesman and the pretentiousness of a sommelier enumerating his finest crus...