Word: vineyard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Post story did not bear directly on the tragedy; it was an account of previous parties that Kennedy had allegedly thrown for his aides and various young women on Martha's Vineyard. The Digest and Star articles, however, challenged the truthfulness of the Senator's description of his behavior following Kopechne's death...
...soon after she and Kennedy had left a rented cottage on Chappaquiddick, where he had thrown a party for eleven aides-five men and six women. Kennedy later claimed that he and Kopechne were driving back to their separate hotels in Edgartown, the main town on Martha's Vineyard, when he made a wrong turn and headed east down a dirt road to Dike Bridge. After the accident, Kennedy said, he managed to struggle out of the submerged car. As his story goes, after several dives in an attempt to save Kopechne, he walked back to the cottage...
Indeed, it is the ever expanding California vineyard, now spread far beyond the traditional and best-known growing areas in Napa, Sonoma and Santa Clara counties, that has lured serious winemakers to the Pacific slopes from all over the world. They range from young couples like Robert and Zelma Long, who are starting out with 14 acres in the Napa Valley, to conglomerates like Heublein and France's eminent Moet-Hennessy; from old estates like Beaulieu to newcomers like Thomas Nicholas Jordan Jr., a Denver oilman who has spent close to $15 million to build a Bordeaux-style chateau...
...Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon '69, which sells for up to $40 a bottle, have become ridiculously expensive; and, because they are scarce, the reds in particular are snapped up and drunk down years before they have fully matured. Peter Morrell, a Manhattan wine merchant who boasts one of the country's biggest assemblages of California bottles, insists on locking the better ones away until they are mature enough to drink...
Joseph Phelps Vineyard. A medium-size winery (170 acres) with an annual crush of some 45,000 cases, Phelps is known for its fruity, aromatic Riesling. Winemaster Walter Schug, who came to California from Germany, plans to keep production at the present level while concentrating on improving quality. Joseph Phelps, a Colorado-based construction tycoon, planted his first vines in 1973 on the slopes of Napa's Spring Valley area. The winery is made of lumber from century-old railroad bridges; its vineyards range from 200 ft. above sea level to 660 ft., where mists and cool breezes...