They made significant changes in vineyards and wineries, replanting varietals, reducing yields and improving wine-making technology.
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Other hobbies included archeology, writing, wine-making, cooking and industrial design.
After shipping their wine for decades to markets in the former Soviet Union, Georgia's winemakers are now struggling to introduce their products and their unique wine-making techniques to the rest of the wine-drinking world.
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During apartheid, boycotts targeting the country's racist policies had isolated its wine-making industry from the rest of the world, which meant that modern cultivation techniques, foreign varietals and rich export markets were all effectively off-limits.
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Debbie, who is extremely familiar with the art of wine-making, also prepares snack offerings such as ham and cheese croissants, fine cheese plates, fresh baguettes and gourmet chocolates to pair with wines that age two or three years in French oak barrels.
French cigar traders draw a parallel with what happened to French wine making in the 1970s: despite scandals, defeats in tasting tests and competition from new wines on three continents, French growers complacently rested on their vines, convinced that they had the best soils, the best wine-making weather and the best grapes.
For Mintz, a 39-year-old accountant and former chief executive of a cooperage (wine-barrel-making business) and Twelftree, 38, with a background in construction and small-scale wine exporting, the change is music to their ears.
Meerlust, Warwick, Kanonkop, Rustenberg and Vergelegen wine estates are just a handful of producers making world-class red wine based on Cabernet Sauvignon.
The epiphany Sharp had led to the creation of The Urban Wine Company, a London-based collective of growers committed to making wine with their own grapes.
But even then, is the food served on those flights, along with the free-flowing wine and champagne offered, making up for the additional cost required?
Warmer climates produce grapes that are lower in acidity, but higher in sugars (which eventually become alcohol, making for bigger, fuller-bodied wine).
By 1969, the partners decided they needed a full-time winemaker and turned to Mr. Draper, a 33-year-old Stanford grad who had been making wine in Chile. (Long story.) Although he grew up on a farm in Illinois, Mr. Draper was a multilingual epicurean who'd spent time in the vineyards of France and Italy by the time he arrived at Ridge.
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But many of Hill Country's newest wineries are popping up much closer to Austin - only about 30 miles away - making it even more convenient for city dwellers seeking the wine country experience.
This wine shop and tasting room has panoramic sea views and thoughtful exhibits on barrel-making and cork production.
Hong Kong property tycoon Joseph Lau Luen-Hung has a reputation for making extravagant purchases of art, jets, wine and jewelry.
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"It's not just sommeliers, but high-end retailers who are making the market, " said Evan Spingarn, German-brand manager for New York-based wine importer David Bowles.
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