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...famous French bubbly, who do most of their annual business in the last few weeks of December.[an error occurred while processing this directive] Big houses such as Moët & Chandon, Bollinger, Piper-Heidsieck and G.H. Mumm account for the majority of exports. They buy Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes from the region's growers and assemble their Champagnes to ensure consistency from year to year. But the last few years have also seen the rise of smaller-scale producers, who take pride in doing things differently from their big rivals, and often make a Champagne that...
...Arrowood, Byron and Freemark Abbey. (The group was sold last month to a rival producer, Kendall-Jackson.) In South Africa, grape prices have dropped about 30% over the past two years, prompting a hunt by producers for new markets. In the Friuli region of Northern Italy, which specializes in Pinot Grigio and other whites, winemakers' cellars are filling up with unsold bottles. Most dramatic of all is the situation in Australia. Output there doubled in a decade, but now the country is swimming in unsold wine. And unlike France, Australia has no safety net of subsidized distillation. Mark McKenzie, executive...
...Group that owned prestigious brands, including Arrowood, Byron and Freemark Abbey. (The group was sold last month to Kendall-Jackson.) In South Africa grape prices have dropped about 30% this year, prompting a hunt by producers for new markets. In the Friuli region of northern Italy, which specializes in Pinot Grigio and other whites, winemakers' cellars are filling with unsold bottles...
DIED. Henri Jayer, 84, retired vintner whose crisply balanced, intensely flavorful Pinot Noirs influenced and inspired connoisseurs, who pronounced him the best ever Burgundy maker; in Dijon, France. Blessed with a keen viticultural instinct and reluctant to intervene too heavily for fear of hiding a grape's flavor, the unpretentious Jayer never cultivated more than 17 acres at a time. Of critics' impassioned, intellectual analyses of his bottles, he said, "That's all fine and good. But do you like...
...slurping of homemade pasta, the soft pop of a cork from a bottle of Pinot Grigio and the lilt of Italian conversation are not typically heard off the coast of West Sumatra. But then the coast of West Sumatra is not, as a rule, home to people like Nanni Casalegno. The 62-year-old Italian quit his job and left his home in Turin in 1991, after finding his heaven on earth in Indonesia. In the 15 years since, the former insurance broker and his wife, Federica, have turned 0.9 km of pristine beach on the remote island of Cubadak...