Word: maurel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cafes. "People used to drink wine with their meals as a matter of course," Claude Vilain, of France's Committee for Health Education, says. "Now it's something for weekends and guests." Perhaps, but whiskey drinking is on the rise, as are sales in higher-priced vintages. Alain Maurel of Alexis Lichine & Cie, a Bordeaux wine firm, says, "The French are more aware of quality. There has been so much specialist wine coverage in the press. Wine is a star now." When asked if Moet-Hennessy, famed for its champagnes and cognacs, would produce soft drinks, a spokesman cried, "Absolutely...