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...with late frosts and mild winters. Chardonnays and Merlots from such vineyards as Hargrave, Palmer and Bedell Cellars have stunned French vintners with their style and breeding. So have Pinot Noirs from Adelsheim, Eyrie and Knudsen- Erath of Oregon -- to the point that one major Burgundy producer, Maison Joseph Drouhin, has begun planting this temperamental grape in the Willamette Valley. "We're in the limbo between national and regional wines," says Oregon-proud David Adelsheim. Texas has 26 wineries and 4,000 acres under cultivation -- and no one is making jokes these days about "Chateau Bubba" or "Vin de Lone...
...devoted wine drinker may pale on finding that his favorite 1962 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, which just a year ago cost $5.95, is now $12.75; or that a 1967 Lynch-Bages, which was $4 in May 1971, is now $13.75. Traveling from Bordeaux to Burgundy, a 1971 Joseph Drouhin Pouilly-Fuissé, $4.80 last December, is up to $6.65. As for German wines: a 1971 Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese, $6.50 a year ago, is today...
Frenchmen were ill-pleased with this explanation and stormed in the newspapers that Pilot Drouhin should have carried out his plans with his countrymen. The Farman Motor & Airplane Co. published a bitter letter about its pilot having been "purchased" and sped its preparations to beat Mr. Levine anyway. The Aero Club of France said it would enter the race too, to insure a French victory...
...Levine was jubilant. "He [Drouhin] held a long distance record before Chamberlin and I broke it," he said...
Clarence D. Chamberlin, contradicting dark rumors that he bore Mr. Levine ill will, flew with Maurice Drouhin to London in the Levine-owned Columbia, to show the Frenchman its tricks and abilities. From London, Maurice Drouhin and the Columbia conveyed Mr. Levine back to Paris, where Mr. Levine rejoined his attorney and press agent...