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...FRANCO-CHINESE EXOTICS China is a newcomer to the wine world, and while much of its produce has yet to make par, there are three wonderfully unusual varietals that show promise?French Wild, Rose Honey and Crystal Dry. Old records show that missionaries originally brought these vines to China's Yunnan province from France some 200 years ago (an origin confirmed by DNA testing)?and it's believed that they may be extinct in the home country itself. So far, Chinese winemakers have obtained best results with French Wild (try it with salty hams, like Parma ham or pancetta), which...
...find, even at $80 a bottle. Send your carefully worded pleas to ventas@achaval-ferrer.com. FRANCO-CHINESE EXOTICS China is a newcomer to the wine world, and while much of its produce has yet to make par, there are three wonderfully unusual varietals that show promise - French Wild, Rose Honey and Crystal Dry. Old records show that missionaries originally brought these vines to China's Yunnan province from France some 200 years ago (an origin confirmed by dna testing) - and it's believed that they may be extinct in the home country itself. So far, Chinese winemakers have obtained best results with...
...meetings and layovers, a posh 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel should take care of your needs. It's not all business, however: to enliven the commodious space beneath the building's almost 25-m ceilings, the airport has added paintings, multimedia displays, mosaics and such large sculptures as Crystal Mountain, above. But to many, the real work of art is Terminal D itself...
...coincidentally, Bret Easton Ellis. The fictional Bret has written the same novels the real one has. The fictional Bret cavorts with celebrities ("Jean-Michel Basquiat, Molly Ringwald, John McEnroe, Ronald Reagan Jr. ..."), has numerous affairs with both sexes and is perpetually strung out on coke, tequila, heroin, cosmopolitans and crystal meth. He even has a novelist pal named Jay McInerney. (According to Ellis, McInerney was not thrilled with his cameo appearance. "Really, out of all the s_____ things that have been written about him, this is the lowest? I guess he's very sensitive." McInerney could not be reached...
...summer getaway, but anyone still hoping to snatch a late break will find it as sumptuous in summer as it is in ski season. Blessed with majestic views over the lush Alpine slopes of Switzerland's Upper Engadine valley, St. Moritz is thoroughly civilized: yachting and water sports on crystal-blue lakes; hiking in the dry, sparkling champagne climate; long cycle rides or drives along winding mountain roads. "People don't want to bake on the beach the whole time," says Rahal Bigger-Morf of St. Moritz's landmark Badrutt's Palace hotel (tel: [41-81] 837 1000; www.badruttspalace.com...