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...time with bread in between. As with other substances, it takes a while to build up a tolerance.RED WINEPeople have devoted their lives and writing careers to Bacchus’s favorite beverage. We’re not going to attempt to teach you about the subtleties of different grape varieties or origins d’appellation, but we will point out that consuming red wine is one of the few ways to pass your drinking habit off as both a health benefit and a cultural affectation. Try taking a wine class or visiting a vineyard if you find yourself...
What's legally defined as "champagne" in most of the world comes only from a specific 84,000-acre (34,000 hectares) region. An 80-year-old French law carefully maps where the grapes--pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay--can be grown. The Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) determines exactly how much the winegrowers can produce--this year's harvest is expected to bring in 400 million bottles. With a steadily increasing demand, winemakers have asked French regulators to commit what would once have been considered heresy: to redefine or even expand the boundaries...
...Hedges, a novelist turned screenwriter, wrote What's Eating Gilbert Grape, about a normal guy (Johnny Depp) and his wildly dependent mom and brother, and made his directing debut with the 2003 Pieces of April, about a normal gal (Katie Holmes) trying to prepare Thanksgiving dinner for her weird, disapproving family. That should explain why Hedges was attracted to Pierce Gardner's original script about a normal guy who finds love with the wrong woman while spending a weekend with his eccentric family...
...that market--wines costing $25 a bottle and up--is on a tear, with sales growth averaging more than 30% over the past three years. Bill Stevens, wine-division manager at Silicon Valley Bank, expects pricey wine to continue to grow at a double-digit pace, with grape shortages in all premium areas except Merlot...
There's also a supply-cycle risk in the industry, which tends to overproduce, often related to the timing of newly planted vines. New plantings generally take three to five years to bear enough fruit to turn a profit, and demand for a particular grape can dry up in that time. Investors are betting that high-end wine is less susceptible to oversupply, primarily because there are only limited areas in the U.S. and Europe where land and climate conditions are right for growing high-quality grapes...