Word: korbel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MOST DEPRESSING TASTE TEST Gathering ten trained tasters to do a blind sampling of foods meant to go with Korbel California champagne, the Palatex company came up with the following amazing results: fried fish sticks beat out caviar, Oreos were preferred to strawberries, taco filling to foie gras and Oriental pepper steak to escargots, while Kentucky Fried Chicken won over duck a l'orange...
...Hennessy two weeks ago flew an additional 24,000 bottles of its prestige brand Dom Pérignon (retail price: about $40) to New York City. "Business has always been good, but lately it is exploding," says Gary Heck, chairman of California's F. Korbel & Bros., an industry leader. "Americans are all buying bubbles...
...legal prohibitions against calling their product champagne, U.S. wine makers, mostly in California, have for many years been producing sparkling wines that compare well with some of the good French vintages; some are made by the French methode champenoise. Last October, for example, Sonoma County's venerable F. Korbel & Bros, introduced a dry, delicate, straw-colored Blanc de Blancs that drew critical raves at blind tastings. It costs around $16-no steal, but less than the price of a comparable imported bottle...