Word: maison
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...Garouste, inspired by the symbols of alchemy: air, water, earth and fire. Throughout the museum, Starck contrasts the sumptuous and the simple. In the tableware showroom, for instance, bare concrete walls surround a 13-m-long display table full of crystalline astonishments. The only thing missing? A glass slipper. Maison Baccarat, 11 Place des Etats-Unis...
...doubled since 1995, with vine acreage up more than 50% in the past four years. Over the same period, the number of wine-drinkers worldwide has stagnated. "There are more and more of us fighting for the same-sized pie," says Charles Maurisset-Latour of the venerable Burgundian firm Maison Latour. The traditional major producers - France, Spain and Italy - have found themselves squeezed by state-of-the-art competitors from Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa. When French exports started to fall after a bumper year in 1998, growers wondered if they'd got something wrong. "We used...
...relationship flourished over the next year, with letters, free Goulet CDs and voice-mail critiques of my columns: "Armpit smelling? There's something wrong with you, kid." Last month I called to tell him I was coming to Vegas, and he invited me to dinner and drinks at the maison de Goulet. After passing the guard at his gated community, I had trouble locating his house, until I spotted Robert Goulet running down a circular driveway toward my car. He grabbed my shoulder, slapped me across the face and yelled...