From Marcel Merz, at 06. January 2012 09:42
by Decanter.com staff – Francis Ford Coppola reveals his 1979 Oscar-winning war film almost ruined his chances of 
reuniting Inglenook.
As he tells Adam Lechmere in an exclusive profile in this month’s Decanter magazine, the success of 1971′s The Godfather gave him carte blanche in Hollywood to make more Mafia movies – but nothing else.
‘After Godfather they queued at the door to make more gangster films – but no one would give me money for Apocalypse Now.’
As a result, fresh from buying the first portion of Inglenook with the proceeds from The Godfather, he found himself in debt to the tune of US$21m.
That was what it cost him to make Apocalypse Now
From Sigi Hiss, at 06. January 2012 09:36
by Jane Anson in Bordeaux – François Pinault, owner of Chateau Latour, has been awarded the highest civilian French 
honour.
The founder of PPR luxury group, owners of Gucci, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent and Puma as well as Latour, was named a Grand Officier in the annual Legion d’Honneur new year’s awards.
His daughter-in-law Salma Hayek, 45, the Mexican actress and director who is married to Pinault’s son, François-Henri – who has now taken over from his father in the day-to-day direction of both Latour and PPR – has been awarded the title of Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.
Hayek was cited in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
From Franz Aregger, at 06. January 2012 09:29
by Adam Lechmere – Fine wine prices in 2011 showed their most dramatic fall since 2008 – with some values dropping by
nearly half.
According to the fine wine exchange Liv-ex, prices of the 100 top-traded wines, of which 95% are Bordeaux, fell by an average 22.5% between June and December last year.
This was the most precipitous fall since the beginning of the recession nearly four years ago. In a shorter time period, August to December 2008, the Liv-ex 100 fell by 22%.
It is top Bordeaux that is falling fastest, Liv-ex director Justin Gibbs told Decanter.com.
From Nadia Schmidli, at 06. January 2012 09:25
Proplanta ® Stuttgart – Die Winzer in Württemberg bangen um ihren Eiswein. Wegen des milden Winters hängen die Trauben noch immer an den Rebstöcken – und drohen abzufallen. «Vor der Lese brauchen wir einmal minus sieben bis minus acht Grad, außerdem zwei bis drei Tage anhaltenden Frost», erläuterte Hermann Hohl, Präsident des Weinbauverbands Württemberg, am Dienstag. Doch bislang herrschte hier Fehlanzeige. Jetzt werde es langsam knapp, machte Hohl klar. Wenn es nicht bis Mitte Januar knackig kalt werde, drohe die Eisweinlese zum Totalausfall zu werden.
Der Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD) in Stuttgart macht den Winzern kaum Hoffnung: «Es sieht in den kommenden Tagen nicht nach so kalten Nächten aus», sagte eine Meteorologin. Tiefdruckgebiete im Norden würden immer wieder warme Luft ins Land wehen. (dpa/lsw)
From Marcel Merz, at 06. January 2012 09:13
Proplanta ® Stuttgart – 7 Millionen Euro für frostgeschädigte Betriebe…….
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