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What's legally defined as "champagne" in most of the world comes only from a specific 84,000-acre (34,000 hectares) region. An 80-year-old French law carefully maps where the grapes--pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay--can be grown. The Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) determines exactly how much the winegrowers can produce--this year's harvest is expected to bring in 400 million bottles. With a steadily increasing demand, winemakers have asked French regulators to commit what would once have been considered heresy: to redefine or even expand the boundaries...
Some observers in the U.S. and Pakistan are still holding out the possibility that Musharraf's main reason for imposing martial law was to rid himself of his bête noir, the "literalist" Supreme Court led by chief justice Iftikar Chaudhry, who is now under house arrest. That tribunal not only posed a danger to the validity of Musharraf's election as president in early October but also to the U.S. deal forged with opposition leader Benazir Bhutto that allowed her to return to Pakistan from exile as a symbol of resurgent democracy. With the persnickety high court "cleansed...
Investors are drinking it in. Bill Sweat and his wife Donna Morris quit their day jobs at Fidelity Investments in Boston, and last year moved to Dundee, Ore., where they bought a 20-acre vineyard, now called Winderlea, in a Pinot Noir region. The couple had long been collectors and felt the time was right to jump in. "We come from a business where you make money every day, so we didn't get into this solely because of our passion," Sweat says. "We definitely got into it because we thought we could make some money...
...ineligible for Medicare, but still wear a bowtie regularly? +1 2) Do you claim it’s ironic? +4 3) Have you ever tipped a fedora at a rakish angle over your left eye anywhere but in a ’50s noir film? +3 4) Was it, in fact, on the way to Expos? +10 5) Do you own a shirt that claims your preferred political party or social justice issue is “sexy,” “hot,” or “for lovers?” +6 6) Socks...
...contemporary maestros like Govind Nihalani and Shyam Benegal. Critic Chakravorty says the new brand of cinema caters to the viewer who is exposed to art house but also enjoys Bollywood. The budgets are typically small, the cast are good actors but not necessarily stars, and the audience is select. "Noir, comedy, sports - new genres are being explored," says film critic Rajeev Masand of TV channel CNN-IBN. "Filmmakers have finally realized that they need to stop seeing the audience as one giant mouth to feed, and that different mouths have different tastes. There's room for all cuisines...