Word: montrachet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...following this needling, Frost set aside his favorite white wines (Montrachet and Pouilly Fuissé) and began closeting himself with his staff and reading far into the nights in his suite atop the Beverly Hilton Hotel. He was still in a mood for cramming, fortunately, as his rented blue Mercedes rolled toward the final Watergate taping. En route, he read the statute on obstruction of justice that was to prove so helpful...
...some judges were instantly able to separate an imported upstart from an aristocrat. More often, the panel was confused. "Ah, back to France!" exclaimed Oliver after sipping a 1972 Chardonnay from the Napa Valley. "That is definitely California. It has no nose," said another judge-after downing a Batard Montrachet '73. Other comments included such Gallic gems as "this is nervous and agreeable," "a good nose but not too much in the mouth," and "this soars out of the ordinary...
...proud ** in the Michelin guide. Finally, a representative of the literary ladies and gentlemen who had been deliberating over a luncheon that included foie gras des Landes en gelée au porto, faisan rôti au pommes en liard fromages and profiteroles (enhanced by Bâtard-Montrachet 1970 and Château Nenin 1967) emerged from a private dining room on the third floor, stepped before the microphones and pronounced the verdict. The 1974 Prix Goncourt, the most illustrious of the 2,000 awards that France annually bestows on its writers, went to Pascal Laine...
...Puligny-Montrachet 1968 (Burgundy...