Word: lehmann
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what makes them bad: that they are already adults but can't accept the fact. "Why are you such a megabitch?" Veronica asks a surviving Heather, and the reply is, "Because I can be." Heathers locates the emotional totalitarianism lurking in a prom queen's heart. If Michael Lehmann's direction were a bit more astute, the movie could be the classic genre mutation it aims to be: Andy Hardy meets Badlands...
...buyers, however, do not exactly ration their funds. In a wild auction at the Chicago office of Christie's in 1981, one exuberant connoisseur paid $13,000 for a jeroboam (equal to six bottles) of Petrus 1961. Such princely prices have prompted Aaron of Sherry-Lehmann to call Petrus "the Rolls-Royce of all wines." Unfortunately, it is not possible to open a bottle just for a test drive...
Despite the price, there are those who actually drink Petrus, and do so regularly. The French monthly food review Sel et Poivre (Salt and Pepper) calls Petrus "the most sought-after wine in the world." At New York City's Sherry-Lehmann Wines, President Michael Aaron says that Petrus is Actor Burgess Meredith's favorite wine, as well as a frequent pick of Herbert A. Allen, a Manhattan investment banker who used to own Columbia Pictures. Vogue Magazine Critic Martin Gersh describes a Petrus taste-testing session as "unquestionably one of the supreme wine experiences of my life." Wine experts...
Heavy American demand for the 1982 wines is responsible in large part for the inflated prices. Sherry-Lehmann, a leading New York City wine merchant, charged $400 for a case of Lafite-Rothschild '82 when it first went on the market in June of 1983. The price is now $699, and it will go up to $768 on April 15. Spurrier, though, thinks that the speculative bubble will eventually burst and that 1982 prices will fall. Says he: "The public simply won't pay this. I think that a crash is inevitable...
...Burgundies, as well as vintages from lesser-known petits chateaux that have never exported before. In fact, the top vintages, such as a 1978 Chateau Petrus and a 1975 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, have resisted price-cutting. Even these are good buys at $82.95 and $79.95 respectively. As Sherry-Lehmann notes, "They will outlive most of us." -By Michael Demarest...