Word: wined
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...that he quickly praised Bush for all his efforts, saying, "Our American friends can rely on it that we are going this way in close cooperation and partnership with them." The German leader has always been the consummate local pol, more at ease hoisting a glass in the local wine cellar than sitting in chandeliered rooms stiffly exchanging diplomatic niceties with foreign leaders. But over the past year, as Kohl realized that he had the historic opportunity to bring his country together again, he rose to the challenge better than many people -- Germans and non-Germans alike -- expected...
Such success is almost assured by paying attention to the details; like introducing seemingly unimportant elements of Daniel's character--such as his love of wine and his wine cellar, the nail gun and his rotting wood floor--at the beginning of the film and having them figure prominently in its final climax; and like having victims and supporting actors that actually resemble real human beings. But most signifigantly, Arachnophobia possesses a hero audiences can believe...
Critic Robert M. Parker Jr. calls it "the world's most underrated white-wine region," and to most Americans it is unknown territory. Last year the French region of Alsace produced about 12 million cases of wine; a scant 68,000 were sold in the U.S., although that was a 21% increase over 1988 levels. A pity. Unlike the sweetish Rhines and Moselles of neighboring Germany, Alsace's crisp Pinot Blancs, spicy Gewurztraminers and luscious Rieslings are flowery in bouquet but normally bone-dry in taste, in short, ideal companions to such summertime staples as shellfish, grilled chicken and pasta...
Today that quality is mirrored on some private lines. The Napa Valley Wine Train, which rolls sedately through some of the best wine country in the U.S., serves elegant meals accompanied by wines from the vineyards that it passes, including Domaine Chandon and Grgich Hills. California-based Sentimental Rail Journeys offers vacation packages in restored vintage and Pullman cars that are attached to Amtrak trains, complete with porters skilled in turn-of-the- century attentiveness. Sample fare: $565 a person for a four-day San Francisco excursion. Michigan's Shiawassee Valley Railroad provides drama at a more modest price...
...than snapshots, each country has something special. It is fun browsing through art shops in Poland and pottery and glassware stores in Czechoslovakia. The Hungarian state record company presses high-quality classical records that can be bought for about half of what they would cost in the West. Hungarian wine is also worth the money, as is Bulgarian. In the villages west of Cluj, delicately embroidered tablecloths are sold for the equivalent of a few dollars...