Word: desplat
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...overwhelmed for a very different reason when she was urgently called to Lascaux in August 2001 by France's Research Laboratory for Historical Monuments (LRMH). "It was as if it had snowed in the cave. Everything was covered in white," she says. Two of the cave's caretakers, Bruno Desplat and Sandrine van Solinge, had raised the alarm when they discovered that white filaments, first spotted in isolated parts of the cave months before, had spread over much of the interior in a matter of days. Desplat, who lives next to Lascaux and has devoted more than 15 years...
...paintings but also noticed a grayish tinge to formerly black surfaces where growths had been removed. When the quicklime was removed from the cave over the course of last year, so too was what was left of the soil--which could affect the cave's climate and humidity. Desplat, the Lascaux caretaker who first discovered the outbreak, says that in the course of restoration work in the Great Hall of the Bull, a large stone flake painted with a horse's head sustained three cracks; Geneste says the cracks aren't new. Some believe that a ridge around part...
...spores or other biological agents might contaminate the cave had been foreseen. Jean-François Nicolas, director of contractor Forclim Sud-Ouest Alary Vimard, says his workers were under instructions to wash their feet, limit their working hours, and stay out of the painted chambers of the cave; Desplat himself installed a padlock to insure they did so. "We worked under the rules we were given," says Nicolas. Geneste, responsible for monitoring the work once a week with Oudin's representative, contends that wasn't always the case. "The workers often ignored us and the architect's representative...
...INDONESIA: When Hatten Wines (www.hattenwines.com) started production at Sanur, Bali with Alphonse Lavelle grapes in 1994, experts scoffed, claiming that the table variety was unsuitable for winemaking. They were wrong. Hatten's Rosé is medium dry, fresh and pleasantly fruity. Winemaker Vincent Desplat also produces an award-winning, semi-sweet wine, Pino de Bali...
...Here are three names to watch: INDONESIA: When Hatten Wines, www.hattenwines.com, started production at Sanur, Bali, with Alphonse Lavelle grapes in 1994, experts scoffed, claiming that the table variety was unsuitable for winemaking. They were wrong. Hatten's Rosé is medium dry, fresh and pleasantly fruity. Winemaker Vincent Desplat also produces an award-winning, semisweet wine, Pino de Bali. THAILAND: Siam Winery, www.siamwinery.com, began life producing blended wine and juice coolers, but lifted its game in recent years with the help of French winemaker Laurent Metge-Toppin. Siam's Chatemp label took a bronze medal at the International Wine...