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...cover his plate with his notebook, so Raffarin wouldn't notice he wasn't eating. Occasionally, he'd face the prejudice of exceptionalism: colleagues would refer to him as "a good Muslim," adding that "not all of them are like him." Now an investment banker at the Rothschild banking group in Paris, he finds his current work culture reassuringly cosmopolitan. "Since the Rothschild family is Jewish, they know better than anyone about respect for minorities," he says. "Diversity is a given for them...
...Bordeaux double over the past two years, driven in part by wealthy foreigners. "These guys all aspire for the rich man's toys, which doesn't just mean having boats and fast cars, but also having a great cellar," he says. A 12-bottle case of 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild that sold for $8,800 in 2005 cost $20,000 last year, while a case of Chateau Petrus that went for $23,000 two years ago sells for $47,000 now. Most foreign clients buy fine wine as an investment, but some aren't thinking quite so long-term. Miles...
...FAMILY HAD A RICH HIStory: owners of banks, economic advisers to royalty, Popes and political VIPs. But during the Nazi occupation of France, the Jewish family saw its business all but ruined. As head of the powerful Paris office after World War II, Baron Guy de Rothschild built shiny new headquarters, diversified investments (IBM, oil digs in the Sahara), nurtured political connections and modernized and revived the empire...
...brings out menus from some of these dinners, filled with names that strike sharp pangs of envy into other oenophiles’ hearts: mature Château Montrose, Château Mouton Rothschild (each bottle now worth more than $1,000), and Château d’Yquem (which Thomas Jefferson liked so much that he bought 250 bottles for himself, plus a few more for George Washington). And these were only a part of a single dinner. Membership is limited to 14 because there are exactly 14 tasting portions in an ordinary bottle of wine...
...Government (KSG), which once owned its own cellar. After the school was founded, it received a gift of a collection of “first growth” bordeaux—including some of the world’s most famous wines, like the famous Chateau Latour and Lafite-Rothschild, said Dillon Professor of Government Graham T. Allison ’62, then dean of KSG. According to the story, a Harvard alum was looking to get rid of his cellar...