Word: metropolitane
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...foreign, has moved into the wine country. Napa's Raymond Vineyard, Sonoma's Chateau St. Jean and Firestone (near Santa Barbara) -- all premium labels -- are owned in whole or part by Japanese interests. Beaulieu, Inglenook and Christian Bros. in Napa County are subsidiaries of the British conglomerate Grand Metropolitan. Most of the major French champagne producers, including Moet & Chandon, Mumm, Louis Roederer and Piper Heidsieck, have subsidiaries turning out California sparklers...
...some major members have divided loyalties. Despite its increased production of varietals, E. & J. Gallo, the nation's largest wine producer by far, earns considerable profit from Thunderbird, a cheap, fortified beverage that winos call "sneaky pete." And some corporate proprietors of prestigious wineries -- such as Britain's Grand Metropolitan or Hiram Walker, which owns Clos du Bois -- have major investments in hard liquor...
...Brie crowd." Lawson objects to that characterization. "It's as if opera were only for the elite," she says. "But Leontyne Price came from Mississippi, and we don't know about all the other Leontyne Prices who are out there, who can't afford to get to the Metropolitan Opera but can see it on Great Performances...
...owners in rural France. In the late 1970s, another era of spiraling oil costs and Middle East tension, a handful of automakers developed midget voitures sans permis (no-license cars) to meet the needs of older consumers in a countryside poorly served by public transportation. Now, as metropolitan streets clog with traffic, savvy businessmen, fashion models and young professionals have seized upon the VSP as a practical, low-hassle alternative to conventional cars for darting around France's major cities...
...libertarian intellectuals; liberals need not apply. Anywhere from 20 to 60 or more of these best and rightest meet for cocktails once a month at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, to schmooze, network and, above all, exchange ideas and witticisms. The name of the group, proposed by Metropolitan's writer-director Whit Stillman, echoes the title of a brittle comedy by Evelyn Waugh, an author much admired by many Vile Body regulars. Says Terry Teachout, 34, who writes editorials for the New York Daily News: "Waugh was effective in imposing himself on a hostile ethos -- very much...