Books, Arts & Manners: In Vino Delectatio

FRIENDS in California tell me that aficionados of Pahlmeyer, a Napa Valley Chardonnay, are downcast at the way it was used in Disclosure. It’s sure to become even harder to find than it already was, and the price is likely togoupas well.

Too true. A few years ago another Chardonnay—La Forêt, a Burgundy put out by Joseph Drouhin—was featured in Babette’s Feast. Result: two months of unavailability, followed by six months of elevated prices.

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Linda Bridges

Ms. Bridges is the former editor-at-large of National Review.

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FRIENDS in California tell me that aficionados of Pahlmeyer, a Napa Valley Chardonnay, are downcast at the way it was used in Disclosure. It’s sure to become even harder to find than it already was, and the price is likely togoupas well.

Too true. A few years ago another Chardonnay—La Forêt, a Burgundy put out by Joseph Drouhin—was featured in Babette’s Feast. Result: two months of unavailability, followed by six months of elevated prices.