Word: vintner
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...Bordeaux; today, with a wide selection, it sells more than any other U.S. retailer. At the same time, Andrew catered to Costco's bargain hunters, introducing boutique wines at attractive prices--for example, Chateau Salitis, a French blend of Grenache and Syrah with dollops of Cabernet and Merlot. The vintner produces just 5,000 cases a year, nearly all of which Andrew snaps up. "It's a wonderful little wine," he says. Price: $6 a bottle. Costco's maximum markup is 14% above its wholesale cost, compared with 35% to 40% at a typical wine shop...
Being Coppola--sire of the Godfather films, mogul of his own Zoetrope studio, vintner and publisher, capo di tutti capi of the Movie Brat generation--he would not come up with any old director's cut. Apocalypse Now Redux is more than a tinkering, with a brief scene added here, some computer effects daubed in there. It is a complete recutting of the original 5-hr. assemblage; the 2 1/2-hr. running time of the 1979 version has been expanded to include 53 minutes of previously unshown footage. If any recut can be a "new" movie, this one is--vivid, harrowing...