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From: International Herald Tribune | Date: October 8, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

John Tagliabue
International Herald Tribune
10-08-2005
Twice in its long history, Chateau Margaux has been rescued by women.The first, Laure de Fumel, acquired it in 1795, during the turbulence of the French Revolution, and managed to save it and its vineyards. But after a series of forgettable vintages, she despaired of making great wine and auctioned it off in 1802.The second, Corinne Mentzelopoulos, had far better timing, coming to the chateau in the late 1970s, after a string of disastrous vintages and just before a series of fabulous years in the 1980s, beginning with the legendary ...

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