Word: vineyard
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...picking up a lot of the cassis?the black currant fruit," says Steve Skinner, the assistant winemaker at Trinity Hill Vineyard in Hawke's Bay, as he swirls a sample of almost vermilion liquid around his glass. "But I'm seeing the savory side of the bottle aging?a certain leathery character and a lot of lanolin." Travel in New Zealand and you had better learn to speak the language of vintners and wine tasters. You might find yourself chatting about Cabernet with a cabbie, and Pinot Noir with a parking attendant...
...tiny Alpha Domus vineyard is far more casual?the manager even pours the samples himself from the back of an old shed?but the wines are even better. Although only a few kilometers from Trinity, the soil is richer and the wine correspondingly more fruity. Like many other wineries, Alpha Domus roasts the interiors of their wine casks, and charts on the stacked barrels describe the procedure and how it enhances the taste...
...short answer: hang tough. Boutique investment firms catering to the wealthy offer all kinds of fancy alternatives, from timberland and drilling partnerships to market-neutral and hedge funds to buying a vineyard in Italy. But the wisest course may be to hold your nose and reinvest in private equity...
Parsons is a consummate straddler of worlds and builder of consensus. Born in a working-class Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood, he rose to become a lawyer, a bank CEO and a moderate Rockefeller Republican. He describes himself as a "lunch-pail guy"--albeit one who owns a vineyard in Tuscany and who celebrated his promotion with a Cohiba Esplendido cigar and a $400 bottle of 1963 Taylor port...
...musical on the red books, the Class Reports, and the discrepancy between the image that’s put forth and the reality. People write in saying impressive things, like they’ve been promoted at work or that they’ve just bought a Burgundian vineyard, when in reality, their marriage is on the rocks and they’ve been going through some tough times...