Word: wined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here at FM, eyes grow moist upon recalling that fateful weekend in April of years past, when we ourselves first tasted the sweet fruit of the veritas vine. Or was it the wine made from the fermented fruit? Ah, yes, the joys of pre-frosh weekend. We recall the Scarlet Folders (so shameful!, the endless self-introductions, the relentless lines at the Union, the roving packs of frustrated party-seekers, the foamy keg in Matthews, the Greys party's recycling bin filled with vodka and Kool-Aid...and that's all we remember...
When I was 14, I spent several weeks in France with a family some relatives knew. Wine, and now and then something a little stronger, was de rigeur at dinner. How 'empowered' I felt when I bought my first bottle of cider at a roadside creperie! Was alcohol really the evil seductress whose wiles had long been eschewed by elementary school filmstrips? Again, I had to differ...
...president and chief executive officer of Seagram Co., was deep in negotiations with Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial to take control of MCA, which owns record labels, theme parks, TV shows, a pleasant parcel of Southern California real estate-and Universal Studios. Seagram, the Canadian purveyor of whiskey, wine and Tropicana juices, was reportedly offering about $5.6 billion for 80% of the entertainment conglomerate...
When FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA went looking for a summer house 20 years ago, he ended up moving his family to the Napa Valley and starting a wine business. Now he has coughed up more than $9 million for the place next door and reunited the historic Inglenook estate. "Winemaking is like movies," he says. "You start with material that's not 100% in your control; then you refine what you get." The vintner is also enjoying a good year onscreen: he produced the just released Don Juan DeMarco and My Family, which opens next month, and later this year...
...Associated Press reports that a final deal is expected to be signed within days. But TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl notes that MCA and Seagram still do not have any formal relationship and that Seagram is declining to comment on the reported sale. Seagram, the Canadian liquor, wine and juice company controlled by one of the world's richest families (the Bronfmans), is said to be financing a purchase of MCA with $8.8 billion it earned by selling its 25 percent stake in chemical conglomerate Du Pont. Oppenheimer analyst Roy Burry tells TIME that the tentative deal, as reported...