In 1996 Australian director Baz Luhrmann won international acclaim for his modern-day version set in Los Angeles, starring Clare Danes and Leonardo diCaprio.

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The wines they created in the mid-to-late 1990s won international attention and acclaim, though it would be a while before Malbec became a household name.

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