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...This 10-day celebration of mid-20th century design runs the gamut from the kitsch (a vintage Airstream trailer show, tours of Elvis' UFO-like honeymoon house) to the academic (lectures on torn-down masterpieces and architects of yesteryear) to the starstruck (movies at Frank Sinatra's former home, wine and cheese at Liz Taylor and Mike Todd's old estate). There's even a mod vintage fashion show...
...comparison to the colorful Fernandez, Cobos seems drab. A soft-spoken family man who was dean of a technological university in the wine-growing province of Mendoza, Cobos became provincial governor in 2003 and then quit the Radical Party so he could run as Fernandez's No. 2. Relations between the two quickly soured. Since assuming office, Fernandez has renationalized companies that were privatized in the 1990s including airlines and public utilities, and privatized pension-fund assets worth $30 billion. She also led the country to the brink of a civilian uprising over her brash attempt to levy a hefty...
...With new industry reforms passed last summer in Brussels allowing all European wine producers to list the grape variety and vintage on their labels - the makers of low-end wines had previously only been able to call their products table wine in many countries - another wave of aggressively marketed French wine is sure to come. "This is just beginning," says Verdier. "Now that the new rules have come into effect, we are definitely going to pull out all the stops...
...While purists fear a dumbing down of French wine may have adverse consequences, Mas says the long-term success of the new brands still depends on quality wine-making. "This Kiwi Cuvée is a perfect expression of the sauvignon blanc grape, which is made in the Loire [valley], but with a New World attitude," says Mas. That may have been reason enough for New Zealanders to fear Lacheteau moving in on their territory - the best-selling wine in Australia is currently New Zealand sauvignon blanc. (See pictures of New Zealand...
...Australia may have to do without Kiwi Cuvée, but another French wine with a New World name is being quaffed there with zeal: Arrogant Frog, made by Mas at his estate, Domaine Paul Mas. It has become Australia's biggest French import, with 1 million bottles sold annually. Proof, perhaps, that sometimes it pays to have a bad reputation...