Word: merlot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Patricia had agreed to find 25 people to buy $1,000 tickets to this week's dinner. With less than a month to go, the Barkers were still shy of their quota, so instead they invited 40 friends over to hear Alexander give a sneak preview at no charge. Merlot and asparagus canapas were passed among the mix of Republicans, Democrats and independents. As usual, the candidate didn't ask for the cash. After speaking, Alexander turned the floor over to Joe Rodgers, his finance co-chair, to turn the screws. "For you in the room," said Rodgers, who raised...
Other vintners are taking their cues from Italy. Iron Horse's Tancer and Dominic Martin of San Luis Obispo's Martin Bros. are among winemakers who have planted such Italian varietals as Nebbiolo and Sangiovese; Tancer intends to blend his Sangiovese with Cabernet or Merlot in new proprietary wines similar to ones being produced in Tuscany. There is a certain irony here. Investment banker William Hambrecht, who sells the Zinfandel grapes from his Sonoma ranch to Ridge Vineyards, notes that many of these newly fashionable varietals were first planted in California at the century's turn by Italian immigrants...
...that many of the wines produced in the South and Northeast will never be more than marginal in quality. To make a profit, however, vintners must charge premium prices for what, realistically, is vin ordinaire. But for the Adventurous Oenophile and his ilk, the discovery of a promising little Merlot from North Carolina (try Biltmore's) or a delicate Eiswein from Michigan (taste one from Chateau Grand Traverse) will always be worth the cost...