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...traditional Bordeaux varietal that long ago lost favor among French growers because of its sensitivity to frost. But the grape has taken off in the milder weather of Argentina, and single-vineyard Malbec in particular is destined for great things. Rich and intensely flavored with well-balanced fruit, acidity and tannin, it's a perfect match for game or red meat. The Finca Altamire Malbec from Achaval Ferrer is the highest-rated Argentinean wine to date. Look out for the 2001 bottling. It's big, smooth and deep red, with a brilliant purple rim and aromas of dark chocolate, ripe...
...seething center of the angry Crescent City was the Superdome, refuge of utterly last resort for 25,000 people who had waited out the worst of the storm while the sheet-metal roof peeled like fruit, letting the rains pour in. Soon there was no light, no air, no working toilets. Reports came that four of the weakest died that first night. An elderly man, playing cards and seemingly fine, threw himself over a railing inside the stadium and committed suicide, witnesses told TV reporters. Members of the city's EMS team made their way there only to find anarchy...
...down in the sleepy town of Colrain, Mass., near the Vermont border. It was beautiful. They stayed. Terry Maloney, an emergency-room physician, explains that in California, where they had previously lived, they made wine for home consumption. Looking to continue the practice, they soon realized that the local fruit was not grape but apple. So they did as the saying--slightly paraphrased--goes: When life hands you an apple, make cider. The Maloneys cleared acreage, planted trees, plunked fermenting tanks in the cellar and entered the market in 1984 with West County Cider. Judith was the marketer, Terry...
Today production is up to 2,000 cases, and Terry is retired from medicine. The 1,400 trees on their property produce the fruit of traditional cider varieties like Kingston Black, Redfield and Dabinett. Cider apples can be gorgeously ugly and highly tannic, with a blistering bitterness. In fermentation, those qualities help make a complex, food-friendly thirst quencher. In fact, cider is so food friendly that you'll find it on some pretty flashy wine lists, such as those of Gramercy Tavern in New York City and Wildwood Restaurant in Portland, Ore., as well as at more casual spots...
...solution was to go upmarket and try to make Rwanda more famous for fabulous coffee than for murder. Rwanda has the ideal climate for growing quality beans, and its coffee has "notes of fruit and pecan," says David Griswold, president of Sustainable Harvest, a coffee importer. "It has a taste you can't find anywhere else in the world...