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...wine village of Pauillac. He has talked proudly about how his father bought the château 30 years ago. He has driven his electric cart along the neat rows of vines and pointed out some of his big recent investments: the state-of-the-art water recycling[an error occurred while processing this directive] system, the new storage and bottling barn and the twin rows of conical fermentation vats. Now comes the moment of truth. Standing in his refurbished tasting room, he picks up a glass of the 2005 vintage, sniffs, sips and sucks the wine noisily through...
...grand opening of VIN, a high-end wine shop featuring the finest offerings from Bordeaux. On the second floor of the shop, against the wall in a big glass display case, sit 40 of the great wines from the region, including a 1985 Château Margaux[an error occurred while processing this directive] that's on sale for a mere $1,487.50. Asked if wine is now certifiably hot in China, Mirey, the former sommelier at Petrus, a splashy French restaurant in Hong Kong's Island Shangri-La hotel, grins and says, "Oh yeah." Well, maybe - or maybe...
...every bit as strict as those in France. But in the last decade and a half, the industry has been essentially reborn as it has rushed to embrace the global market. The old monopoly has gone, and producers have replaced over 40% of the nation's vines - ripping[an error occurred while processing this directive] out the white grapes long favored for domestic consumption and planting a wide range of reds for export. And they've learned the hard way how to improve marketing and respond to changing world demand. At the Simonsig winery in Stellenbosch, the Malan family...
...Crimson regrets the error...
Once a haven for hippies, Marrakech has outgrown that phase along with its visitors. Today, it's a showcase of high design, mixing Euro cool with the medina's rich colors. The "new Marrakech" look is keeping local craftsmen busy: if you spy a piece[an error occurred while processing this directive] of furniture you like during your stay, most places will sell it to you and ship it back home...