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A. The name for a climatic phenomenon that can happen in the south of France when hot sandstorms coming out of north Africa combine with cold windstorms from the Alps
B. A long pole used in Chablis, France, to stir the lees in large format barrels
C. A French term for a longer than normal period between grape ripeness and the harvest of the grapes
D. A type of corkscrew that is especially helpful in extracting corks from older wines
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Amount (in thousands of US$) paid at auction for a single bottle of 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, the red wine that came in first in the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting fifty years ago. The bottle, sold by Christie’s auction house, was The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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