The Merlot Phenomenon

Does the world's hottest red wine really deserve the attention?

By Jeff Morgan
Posted: Monday, August 31, 1998

The afternoon wind is howling beneath the Golden Gate Bridge as local windsurfers rig their sails and pull on their wet suits to brave the whitecapped swells of San Francisco Bay. As the group.....

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