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Sunday Today - the Inquirer Magazine (The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 12, 1970)

Princess Grace Talks About Life in the Palace

How she manages the children and the Monegasque Red Cross

By JOHN BAINBRIDGE

"Here, you don't just rush by the little things in life, the very things that make daily living more enjoyable, that make it less monotonous.''

HER Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco (nee Grace Kelly of Philadelphia) has been, after the Duchess of Windsor, by far the best known American living abroad ever since her marriage in 1956 to Prince Rainier III, ruler of the ancient Mediterranean principality that comprises three hundred and seventy acres, or half the area of New York's Central Park. Although there have been occasional snide remarks in the gossip columns about the movie star turned princess, the consensus of well-informed people is that she has handled her role as the leading lady of Monaco with dignity, style, and industry.

"Grace works very hard." I was told by a mutual friend, the wife of an American couple who live in Europe. "In the first place, she went to work and learned to speak almost perfect French. She is also a very good mother. She takes the kids with her everywhere. When she and Rainier came to visit us last year, she brought them along. They are fine children.

"She handles all of her official duties with aplomb, giving receptions and doing all those things, and she also works very hard for Monegasque Red Cross. This is considerably different from the typical Red Cross activity in American suburban communities. In Monaco, just about all of the social service organizations are wrapped up in this one organization the Red Cross. Furthermore, I think that many of the international events that are now held in Monaco to generate publicity and stimulate tourism were Grace's ideas, although she has never mentioned anything of the kind herself. Finally, I believe it is a very successful marriage. She has to be given some credit for that, too, doesn't she?"

Through correspondence, I had arranged an interview with Princess Grace at five o'clock one afternoon in mid-December. I took a taxi from my hotel to the Palace, which dates from 1215 and overlooks Monte Carlo, and en route followed the old journalistic custom of trying to sound out the local temper by striking up a conversation with the driver. He complained, naturally, about the traffic. He said there are 25,000 people in Monaco and 12,000 automobiles. He had a few sharp words for Aristotle Onassis, then a very large property owner in Monaco, for opposing Prince Rainier's plans for developing the local economy.

But when I asked about Princess Grace, the driver smiled. "Is good princess," he said. "First year, we didn't know - real princess or Hollywood princess? Now we know she is real princess. Is good mother. For Monaco people, that is everything. Is also hard worker Red Cross, old people, orphans. French people, Italian people still say, 'Ah, Hollywood princess.' They just jealous of Monaco people, because Monaco people pay no taxes. We know she is real princess."

Arriving at the Palace, I alighted in front of an archway, on either side of which a soldier smartly turned out in a light blue helmet, black tunic, white belt, red-striped trousers, and white spats stood before a peppermint-striped red-and-white sentry box. An officer, whose uniform was made even more resplendent with an abundance of peppermint braid, appeared and saluted, and, upon learning the purpose of my mission, escorted me through the side gate into a small reception room. There, a man with the appearance and manner of a reservations clerk at the Ritz telephoned the Princess' secretary that I had arrived. A few minutes later, a footman came to the reception room, and escorted me across the cobbled courtyard to the small private suite in the west wing of the Palace, where the Prince and Princess live with their family.

I was met at the door by an American woman named Mrs. Dale (her husband, I learned later, is employed by the Prince in a business capacity), who said that the Princess would arrive directly, and showed me into the sitting room.

Although I was aware of the way the Princess is properly addressed ("Your Highness" initially and "Ma'am" thereafter), I don't recall having used either form, because, from the minute she walked into the room, shook hands, and apologized for being late, until I left, nearly two hours later, she created an atmosphere so pleasant and unaffected that formal terms of address would have seemed out of place. She was wearing a handsome suit in a soft brown shade, a single strand of pearls, and a large pearl ring. She was carrying a pair of light-colored, bone-rimmed glasses, which she toyed with at times while talking but never put on. Maturity has, if anything, enhanced her beauty. Her complexion is magnificent, her eyes are arresting, and her voice is dulcet, adding interest even to her inconsequential remarks. Most engaging is her manner, which combines elegance with an easy casualness - a quality that has no doubt gone far in winning acceptance as a "real princess" by the people of Monaco.

After Mrs. Dale had left I asked what aspects of living in Europe she had found most enjoyable.

"One thing I enjoy is that people here take the time to live in a pleasant way," she replied. "They are not as rushed, not as hurried, as they are in the United States. For example, there is the midday meal, which the family takes together. This is a custom that I think is very pleasant. It is one part of taking the time to enjoy the days. Of course, this manner of living can also be carried too far and become annoying. It is really not too hard to change one's ways and become as lazy and indolent as any Mediterranean.

"A strong sense of values is another thing that one perceives here. In Monaco, there still exists a respect for authority. This is so important, particularly for young people. On television, in pictures, and in books there is so much effort expended in trying to be funny or clever, which often has the effect of actually tearing down the important qualities that young people should hang onto. It seems to be the case that young people who are in search of truth and reality are afraid to admit that something old can be something of value. I was just reading an article in which Margaret Chase Smith said that the word, 'square,' has become outmoded. It used to be one of the most respected words in our vocabulary. We talked about the 'square deal' and the 'square shooter,' and they were honored words. She said that nowadays the person who seems to get the attention and applause is the one who plays the angles. What we need today, she said, are more square people, more people who are dependable in the old-fashioned way.

"Another difference is that in Europe there is more emphasis on manners. This has its good points and its bad points, but I think on the whole more good than bad. People here are generally more polite, and the children tend to follow that lead. I'm always appalled when I see parents intimidated by their children, and I must say that I see that quite often when I go to the United States. If I say something about the discipline in our household, they say, 'Can you do that?' Now, really. Parents do have to take a stand. They have to put their foot down. So far, we've been very fortunate with our children. So far, so good. But, of course, they're not teen-agers yet. It is a problem with teen-agers everywhere. But how a teen-ager behaves depends very much on how he behaved before he was a teen-ager. People who are indulgent, overly indulgent, with babies often say, 'Oh, he's just a baby.' Babies, one finds, understand quite a lot.

The subject of help having been brought up, I asked the Princess how many servants she has.

"If you mean the number who run the Palace, it would be over a hundred," she replied. "That includes the Prince's Cabinet, secretaries, a governor who overlooks the Palace, a Regisseur, who is a kind of general manager, gardeners, personal staff, electricians, a curator of archives and his assistant, a woman who does bookbinding, a housekeeper, a man who is restoring paintings, upholsterers, carpenters, painters, and probably a few more. In our personal household there are a major-domo, three butlers, five footmen, my husband's valet, my personal maid, the women who wash and sew, a chef, and an assistant chef.

"Both the chef and his assistant are French, so we have mostly French cooking, along with many Italian dishes. We also have American dishes that I tell the chef about now and again. I have a collection of cookbooks, and I give him American recipes out of them. One thing he did recently, for the first time, was a pumpkin pie. And he bakes American cakes now, too. They're quite different from European cakes, you know."

I asked if there were any aspects of American life - the pumpkin pie and cake situation being well in hand - that she did miss.

"One misses American efficiency, I think, more than anything else." she said. "The French - and i wouldn’t be surprised if it were true of Europeans generally - have a way of complicating things that should be relatively simple. One does miss that fine American custom of saying, 'Of course, it can be done. Why not?'

"As for the things that I do like here, I must say that one is the custom of having babies at home instead of in a hospital. Perhaps it is less hygienic, but it’s much more pleasant. Even if one has a baby in the hospital, the husband and others in the family can see the baby and hold it. That practice of keeping the baby away from the father, behind a sheet of glass, is so impersonal. As for the baby, to come from the mother's womb and almost immediately be placed in a room full of screaming infants - I'm not at all sure that that is a good practice. I feel sure that the system here is much better."

A butler came into the room to deliver a message, and after he had left, I asked the Princess if she had retained her United States citzenship.

"Yes, I have," she replied. "On marrying the Prince, I became Monegasque. As I have never renounced my U. S. citizenship, I have dual citizenship. So do my children. Our son will, of course, have to renounce his United States citizenship. I would like to keep mine, because I am very proud of it and sentimental about it, too. If ever there were any political problem connected with my retaining it, I would, of course, give it up.

"You know, I find myself admiring American traits and characteristics, often without being aware that they are American. I try to incorporate these traits into my children's upbringing. For example, the hospitality for which Americans are so well known. People here are not hospitable in that way. You can know a Frenchman for twenty years, and never be invited to his home. He will entertain you very handsomely at a restaurant, but you won't see the inside of his house. To an American, this is very strange."

At this point, a door to the sitting room was pushed open by a small, gray poodle that entered and proceeded to prance back and forth in front of the lounge, barking.

"That's my daughter's poodle," the Princess said. "It goes through this routine every night. It means that the children are not far behind." They presently arrived, accompanied by two young women who were apparently governesses. After the children had greeted their mother and had been introduced to me, they continued into the dining room, where they and the governesses carried on what sounded like a lively conversation while having their dinner.

Princess Grace had spoken to the children in English, and I asked if that was customary.

"Yes, I always speak to them in English," she said. "They have an English nurse. But they are completely bilingual. Their school is conducted in French, so they read and write better in French than in English.

"We have lunch with the children at least two or three times during the week, and always on weekends. We breakfast with them every morning, and we lunch with them on Thursdays and on Sundays and on any other day when they are free of schoolwork.

"The children here are in school until five in the afternoon, which makes a very long day for them. Our daughter is being educated at a convent. Our son studies at home with two little friends who come in. One day he has gym in the afternoon, and on Thursdays, he takes football lessons. In French schools, I think, the sports program is insufficient. The emphasis on sports may be carried too far in American schools, but there must be a happy medium. Here, there are not as many team sports, and I think that is unfortunate. It is so important for a child to learn to play on a team, to learn teamwork. Learning to get along with the other fellow - that's basic in life today."

Getting back to Monaco, I asked the Princess if she would tell me something about her official duties. "As president of the Red Cross, I supervise all sections and departments," she said. "We have a secretary as well as heads of the various services, but I see or review every case treated.

"I am also interested in a committee that is preserving or trying to preserve some of the landmarks and other historic sites of Monaco. Some of the new architecture is far out of keeping with the original style here, and some of the original, I feel, should be maintained. Unfortunately, there are not a great many people here who are of the same opinion.

"In addition, there are the musical events, the ballet, and a variety of other affairs. We try to group the official events in November, December, and January. Lots of congresses and international groups meet here, and many are received in the Palace. Other duties are presented from time to time. When we celebrated the centenary of Monte Carlo, I organized the committee that carried out that program. Incidentally, I have never been inside the Casino. There is a ruling that no Monegasque can go there, but I could, of course, if I wished. However, it is the custom that nobody in our family does.

"As far as the daily schedule is concerned, the morning is largely taken up with matters pertaining to the running of the household and with the mail. The afternoons are largely devoted to Red Cross work and to the other interests and activities I've mentioned.

"So there is something to do every minute - and more. I mean, I never sit around and say, 'I wonder what to do.'"

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Wine 101: New York

This episode of “Wine 101” is sponsored by E&J Gallo Winery. At Gallo, we exist to serve enjoyment in moments that matter. The hallmark of our company has always been an unwavering commitment to making quality wines and spirits. Whether it’s getting Barefoot and having a great time, making every day sparkle with La Marca Prosecco, or continuing our legacy with Louis Martini in Napa. We want to welcome new friends to wine and share in all of life’s moments. Cheers! And all the best.

On this episode of “Wine 101,” VinePair tastings director Keith Beavers delves into the history of winemaking in New York — particularly, the way in which New York became a locus of wine production in the United States, despite its cold and often unforgiving climate.

Beavers discusses the nine AVAs of New York, and how they owe their development to a series of acquaintances made in the 19th century. Following Prohibition, when America was trying to regain its footing in the alcohol industry, one American vineyard owner’s trip abroad was the catalyst for a meeting of European minds that made New York’s wine country what it is today. The novel idea of growing vitis vinifera vines in upstate New York, as opposed to the French-American hybrids that were ubiquitous at the time, kickstarted this success.

The rest is history, quite literally. Beavers claims that New York owes much of its tourism today to the thriving hotbed of wineries in upstate New York, producing everything from Riesling to Chardonnay. Furthermore, the introduction of vitis vinifera vines to the Northeast established America as a site of quality wine production.

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My name is Keith Beavers, and have we forgotten about Drake claiming to have invented YOLO? Are we still on that? Have we figured that out yet?

What’s going on, wine lovers? Welcome to episode four of VinePair’s Wine 101 podcast.

This is Season 2, by the way. My name is Keith Beavers. I am the tastings director of VinePair, and I think you’re doing great. OK, I’m going home. I’m going to New York. We’ve got a lot to talk about. It’s a very exciting place. I don’t even know where to start. New York wine. Let’s get into it. It’s awesome. You’re ready.

On July 3, in the year 1962, Tom Cruise was born in upstate New York in a town called Syracuse. And then in 1975, I was born in Syracuse. So I’m just going to show this fun little correlation between myself and Tom Cruise. No, not really.

What I’m trying to say is I was born in New York, and I love New York. Obviously. What’s very exciting for me as a native New Yorker is how much fun New York is having right now as a wine-producing region, how exciting things are right now for this place.

And I got to say, in prepping for this episode, I didn’t even know where to start. There’s so much I want to tell you about New York — how it got to where it is today and all this stuff. Because the thing is, what I just said is how exciting things are happening in New York. Well, New York has been a place of vine growing for a very long time. We’re talking pre-18th century, during the colonies. When people came here from Europe, they tried immediately to plant vines and create the wine they had at home. And it failed miserably all up and down the Eastern Seaboard. But there was a major push for it to happen in New York. New York is, today, the third-largest wine producing region in the country. It also produces so many grapes. A third of the grapes produced in New York are destined for wine. The rest are destined for basically jams, jellies, and grape juice. And that’s kind of the history of New York grapes, if you will.

Back in Season 1, we talked about where Zinfandel came from, and we talked about this little cottage industry that started up in the Northeast, and about table grapes, and greenhouse grapes and all that. And in that episode, we had a main character, if you will, in the story of Zinfandel. And his name was William Robert Prince. He was the one who led all this grape-growing cottage industry to thrive. Him and his family were a big player in this, specifically in Long Island and Queens. And this guy planted grape vines all up and down the Hudson River, which will eventually become an AVA that we’ll talk about in a second. Also, the oldest winery in America is actually in New York, in the Hudson Valley, established in 1839: Brotherhood Winery.

And after the Civil War, on the shores of Lake Erie in the northwestern part of the state, there was a huge grape-growing scheme going on there that would eventually become an AVA. We’ll talk about it.

And even more significant, by the end of the 19th century, the Finger Lakes region, which I’m sure you’ve heard of, had 24,000 acres of land under vine. That’s significant around that time. So there has been vine work in New York for a long time.

But the realization of the beauty of this land and what it can produce was truly, truly realized not until the 1950s, and the story to get to that point is so cool.

So after the 19th century, after Prohibition, when the country was coming back, trying to recreate their wine-drinking culture, something happened in New York that was very special, that began the journey to where we are right now in New York. It’s one of the most exciting wine regions we have because we’re watching it form in front of our eyes. Are you excited? I’m excited.

Today, New York has nine AVAs — American Viticultural Areas — five of which are large, overarching AVAs, four of which are suburbs within a larger AVA. So right now, right there, you’re already saying, OK, we’re seeing terroir because when some AVAs start showing up, there are specific areas that are special. And they’re just that — all these nine areas where wine is being grown are special areas. But there’s one thing we have to understand about New York. Even though the soil compositions are different from region to region, and even the subregions — and those are very unique places, and we’ll get into that — the thing about New York, the big challenge is the weather. This is a mountainous, rocky place, and it’s very well drained and there is high elevation. So you get really good sun hours, or you’re up near the ocean and you get really good breezes coming from the ocean. But weather is something that messes up this place a lot: deep freezes, and hurricanes, and birds (but that’s not really major). But this is the big deal in New York. New York’s ability to make quality wines in this kind of weather, in this kind of climate, is why this place is so special. There’s a reason why it thrives that way now, and it really all starts with the Finger Lakes.

If you don’t know what the Finger Lakes are, the northwestern part of New York state that borders the southern border of Ontario, that whole area at one time, millions of years ago was covered by glaciers. And when those glaciers receded, they were so massive that they left scarring in the earth. It’s almost as if the glacier was a claw. And as the glacier receded, it scraped itself. It was almost like it didn’t want to leave. And it scraped these 11 claw marks into the earth. And those claw marks became lakes. That’s the Finger Lakes. They looked like fingers. It’s a thing.

The two main lakes are Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake, and they are each its own AVA within the Finger Lakes, as I was talking about before. But we’ll get to that, because it all began on another one of these links called Cayuga Lake, which in native Iroquois tongue means canoe, because the lake is shaped like a canoe, or a finger. On the south end of Cayuga Lake was a bustling town called Hammondsport. Four miles north of that was a quiet little town called Urbana. And in that town in 1865, the Urbana Wine Company was established. Now, this is at a time when wine was being made in New York from French hybrids. When we talk about phylloxera, we’ll talk a lot about that. I wish I had more time now, but I don’t, because this is about to get crazy. This winery has a very interesting history in its name, in that it changed all the time.

It was The Urbana Wine Company. Then it was New Urbana Wine Company. Then it went back to The Urbana Wine Company. Then Prohibition came around. They claim to do sacramental wine to keep it going, and they called it Gold Seal Products Company (no “wine” in that name.) And then after Prohibition, they went back to Urban Wine Company Incorporated — just a little bit modernized. But today, it’s still known as the Gold Seal Wine Company.

It’s a little confusing, but what’s important is its existence, because what happened here is after Prohibition, in 1934, a year after the Volstead Act had been repealed, the current president of Gold Seal Urban Winery went to France. Because at this time in New York, it was very popular to make sparkling wine from whatever grapes you could find. And he wanted to go over to the Champagne region of France to study how Champagne was made. Hopefully, he could either find somebody to help them out, or learn stuff and bring that knowledge back to New York and try to help this company thrive. So Edwin Stuart Underhill Jr., the president of Gold Seal, meets a man named Charles Fournier, and Charles was the product manager for Veuve Clicquot.

There’s this fun story about how Charles and Edwin meet. They start talking about what’s going on in New York. Edwin’s, like, “Look, you know, I could always use some help. We’re doing sparkling wine in New York.” Charles Fournier is like, “You know what, man? I want something new. I want to put my name on something. Maybe if I go to New York and help these guys out, I can put my name on something, then come back to France and just kind of boost my resume.” So he agrees to go to New York for a year or two, help them with their sparkling wine situation, and then come back to France.

At the time in upstate New York, a lot of the vines that are being grown were these hybrids, because these are the only grapes that would survive up in this weather. But the thing was, they didn’t have the best quality like you would get from European vines. So when Charles Fournier got to New York to this winery, he set about trying to make quality wine out of French-American hybrids. And it was a very daunting task. But Charles was determined. And he never went back to France. And in 1952, Charles Fournier became the president of Urbana Wine Company, or Gold Seal.

Czar Alexander I of the Russian Empire came to power in the early 19th century. He was a very forward-thinking dude, and he brought a lot of people from Germany and parts of Europe to Russia to help Russia develop a Western-style culture. Five generations after that move, a man is born from one of those families — a German family — by the name of Konstantin Frank. He was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and as he grew up, he gained an interest in agriculture and eventually got his doctorate in agricultural science at the Odessa Polytechnic. In 1917, after Russia had a revolution, now Dr. Konstantin Frank (this is crazy) was appointed the head of the now nationalized Trubetzkoy Estate — which is an old royal Czar, because they had a revolution and there’s no more Czars. So there’s this huge estate with 2,000 acres of land under vine along this river. And he was appointed to maintain and take care of all 2,000 acres of this now-nationalized vineyard. So we have this man who’s a doctorate of agricultural science, maintaining a vineyard of grapes — vitis vinifera vines, by the way, this is Europe — in an extremely cold region of the world.

And he had this appointment well into his 40s. And then in 1943, the Germans invaded Ukraine, and Dr. Frank and his family fled to Vienna, then to Bavaria. At this point, he’s destitute. He has a wife, two daughters, and a son. He doesn’t know what to do. So he decides in 1951 to emigrate to the United States and ends up in Brooklyn, New York. Here, we have a 52-year-old man with a family, who has a doctorate in agricultural science, who maintained a 2,000-acre vineyard in a cold region in Russia, in Brooklyn with no money. But you see, Dr. Konstantin Frank had a goal. He needed to get to Geneva, N.Y., which is a town on the northern tip of one of the larger Finger Lakes called Seneca Lake.

That’s where Cornell University is, and that’s where the New York Agricultural Experiment Station lived. He needed to get to that place. So the story goes that he gets a job at an automat in New York City as a janitor and saves up enough money for bus fare to bring him and his family from Brooklyn to Geneva, N.Y., in the Finger Lakes region, where he finally gets to the New York State Agricultural Experiment Center. And this 50-something-year-old man with a doctorate in agricultural science who speaks six languages, applies for a job. But unfortunately, English isn’t one of those languages. So the only job he gets is hoeing blueberries. I’m not sure how you hoe blueberries. I don’t know, blueberries had to be hoed.

This is where things come together, and it’s beautiful. Dr. Konstantin Frank, while employed by this place, hoeing blueberries, would not stop talking about the possibility of growing vitis vinifera vines in the cold region of New York State, especially in the Finger Lakes. He talked about it all the time, to the point where he would actually annoy people. And then Charles Fournier, a former production manager of Veuve Clicquot, now the president of Gold Seal Winery, gets wind of this guy who just keeps on talking about vitis vinifera vines. He eventually meets Dr. Konstantin Frank, and they have a conversation because one of the languages he does know is French. So he and Charles have a full conversation of what Charles wants to accomplish. Charles listens to what Konstantin wants to accomplish, and the two of them have an understanding. And so Charles hires Konstantin Frank to work at the Gold Seal winery, and together they work on his theory of growing successful vitis vinifera vines in upstate New York. Not hybrids.

Together, they work at this winery to make this happen, and what they start doing is grafting vitis vinifera vines onto hybrid rootstock. And in 1957 they unveiled their work in the form of two bottles of wine: a bottle of Chardonnay, and a bottle of Riesling. They sold it commercially, and it was a success. And that, wine lovers, is where I believe the beginning of New York State really started to pop off.

Eventually, Dr. Konstantin Frank would leave Gold Seal to start his own winery north of Cayuga Lake, and he started Vinifera Wine Cellars. His goal was not only to grow vitis vinifera wine and make successful wine from white wine grapes; he was ready to start experimenting with Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. What this did was establish New York as a place to grow fine wine: wine made from vitis vinifera varieties, wine that Europeans coming here have always wanted to do, wine that Thomas Jefferson was trying to accomplish in Virginia. Dr. Konstantin Frank accomplished that in *New York. His family carried on the tradition, and Dr. Konstantin Frank wine is still there. It’s just now called “Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery.”

He would go on to influence so many people in New York, and they would become pioneers in their own right. They were students of his skills — well, he didn’t call them students, he liked to call them “cooperators” — and that really helped to form the Finger Lakes. Now, I know I’m talking about one region, but that is where the spark, I believe, was lit. From that point into the 1970s, a lot of work was done. But this is the thing. In 1976, we had the Judgment of Paris, where California wines won over French wines in a blind tasting, being a watershed moment for us as a winemaking country. That same year, New York passed what’s called the Farm Winery Act. This was a law that allowed grape growers to make wine on their property and be able to sell that wine to consumers. This was huge for New York. In 1973, Alex and Louisa Hargrave had bought an old, abandoned potato field on Long Island and started a vineyard there. So when the 1976 law went into action, they kind of were the pioneers of that region, which became popular because of its proximity to New York City.

And in the 1980s, all these established places that I’ve been talking about in the beginning of this episode in New York became AVAs. Because you remember from the appellations episode, this is that feverish time between 1983 and 1991 where 100 AVAs were awarded to the United States because of the feverish push of the popularity of Napa Valley becoming an AVA, so a lot of AVAs are being awarded, and New York was part of it.

The Finger Lakes became an AVA in 1982, then Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake became their own AVAs in 1988. Hudson River also became an AVA in 1982. Lake Erie became an AVA in 1983, and then Long Island became an AVA in 1985 and split into two because Long Island is a fork. You have the North Fork of Long Island, and you have the South Fork of Long Island. The North Fork of Long Island is called the North Fork AVA, and the South Fork of Long Island is the home of the Hamptons, so that’s called the Hamptons AVA. And then in 2005 — yeah, that’s recent — a new AVA popped up called the Niagara Escarpment, all the way up to the southern border of Ontario. And guys, let me tell you, the wine coming out of there is great.

And to cap this story off to where we are today, in 2011, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York State, signed the Fine Winery Act. This alleviates the pressure of having tasting rooms. He allowed five tasting rooms per winery. He made it easier for wineries to ship wines to consumers. He allowed people to rent other people’s equipment to make wine, which apparently wasn’t legal before that. This act started the whole tourism part.

Tourism was already part of New York. It just wasn’t as robust. But this changed everything. And now we have this amazing, thriving wine region in my home state, New York. Long Island is known for being the closest vineyard in the United States to Bordeaux because of the Atlantic Ocean. I think that’s awesome and fun. They have extreme maritime influences. They have to worry about hurricanes and frosts, but their growing seasons are long, and they can produce wines like Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Chardonnay, and they have these nice slow, steady ripening periods. There’s a lot of organic work going on right now in Long Island. It’s a lot of fun.

On the North Fork is where you have most of the wineries; on the South Fork there’s only three wineries in the Hamptons, but they’re fun to visit. And of course, you have the Finger Lakes, which is kind of a big deal in the national scene right now. It’s like our big deal in New York because of the Riesling that’s coming out of there. The Riesling is so good coming out of the Finger Lakes of New York. This is where Dr. Konstantin Frank started. This is where Cornell University is. This is where the spark of the New York wine thing started really happening. Most of the vines are near these lakes, and the lakes have something called a “lake effect.” In the winter as it gets colder, the lake is still warm from the summer and it moderates the temperature around the lake. Then the same thing happens when the season changes. When it starts to get warmer out, the lake is cold and it moderates the temperature that way.

These are just some of the things that Dr. Konstantin Frank helped everybody with back in the day. And today this defines that region. The Chardonnays, the Rieslings, the Cab Francs, the Merlot. The wines coming out of this area in the Finger Lakes have become just beautiful, elegant, medium- to full-bodied, just zippy acidity, awesome wines. The cool thing about Finger Lakes is they produce enough wine that you’re going to see these wines on the market. You’re also going to see Long Island wines on the market. They can produce enough — not all of them — but some of them can produce enough to be on the national market and distribution. Dr. Konstantin Frank, you can find around the country.

Now that new AVA, the Niagara Escarpment, all the way to the north, that place is incredible. It’s brand new, but they’re producing amazing Pinot Noir, amazing Chardonnay, and amazing Cab Franc. It’s a fairly new region, so you’re not going to see a big production. You’re not going to see a lot of these wines on the market. But if you go to New York, and you want to go to wine country, the Niagara Escarpment is definitely a place to visit. It’s not only beautiful naturally, but the wines coming out of there are awesome. The Hudson Valley is one of the most beautiful places in the country. This AVA is mostly known for making wines from French hybrids, and we’ll talk about that this season. They do make Chardonnay and some Sauvignon Blanc, but the production is so low, you’re not really going to see it outside of New York. The same goes for the Lake Erie AVA. There’s only about 17 wineries there. The wine is good, but the majority of the grapes grown there are for table grapes.

So that’s New York. That’s the New York story. There’s more to tell, but that’s a good overview to give you a sense of what’s going on here in New York. Of course, I love New York. I mean, I was camping and hiking in the Allegheny Mountains before I was even born. I love this place, but it’s a good American wine story. American wine is evolving in front of our eyes. It’s pretty amazing — places like Virginia, New York, Texas, Michigan. These are exciting places, and there are great winemakers doing great things in these places: listening to the land, not the dollar, doing what the land wants, putting vines in the land that can survive, and make great stuff. And New York is one of them. So I hope you enjoy my story about Dr. Konstantin Frank and Charles Fournier, and how it all began here in New York. Thank you very much.

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“Wine 101” was produced, recorded, and edited by yours truly, Keith Beavers, at the VinePair headquarters in New York City. I want to give a big ol’ shout out to co-founders Adam Teeter and Josh Malin for creating VinePair. And I mean, big shout out to Danielle Grinberg, the art director of VinePair, for creating the most awesome logo for this podcast. Also Darby Cicci for the theme song. Listen to this. And I want to thank the entire VinePair staff for helping me learn something new every day. See you next week.

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Entrepreneur Interview: Ben Calder, Wherewolf

What you get when you put a Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship, a Diploma in Commercial Skydiving and a Certificate in Adventure Leadership together?

No idea? Neither did I until I spoke with Ben Calder; a Queenstown based entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Wherewolf, a company specialising in digital registrations and operational software for the tourism industry. Calder holds this awesome medley of qualifications which have helped him in building and selling two successful ventures already, and to lead his latest venture as they look to revolutionise the way that adventure tourism companies operate.

His unique background and success make Calder an interesting and knowledgeable individual to discuss entrepreneurship with. Over the hour long interview, we discussed more about his latest venture Wherewolf, his experiences through the businesses he’s run, and some of the insights into entrepreneurship he’s garnered through 10 years in the game.

We started by deep diving a little more into what Wherewolf does, a company gaining solid traction in the adventure tourism market.

“We create branded arrival apps that replace the traditional paper waivers for adventure tourism operators”, he said. “However, our real specialty comes in our work on the business operations side. We’ve built a suite of products that can manage a whole host of tasks – such as equipment allocation, assigning staff and allocating people onto loads of jobs – that were previously managed by the ‘for office use only’ section at the bottom of liability waivers or registration forms. The third part of the business is a tool which collates all the marketing data from the business, manages follow up emails to customers, and provides the insights that enable a business to grow.”

Wherewolf’s branded arrival apps help adventure tourism operators streamline customer processing and data collection.

I continued asking questions around Wherewolf, interested to hear the story of how this unique company came to be.

“It really got started from a desire to grow my own business. At the time I was working with Wulf Solter (the future co-founder of Wherewolf) on a web-app to gather the customer data at check in for Big Night Out.” It was this app that helped Big Night Out grow to be the second biggest Facebook page in New Zealand tourism, and Calder pretty quickly recognised the importance of word of mouth, and customer ratings and referrals, all things that they were able to influence with the app. “I felt as though this app could be marketed and sold to businesses by itself and so we added a few more features to the app and began to sell it to local adventure tourism businesses.”

“The interesting thing about Wherewolf was that it grew from client desire,” Ben says. “We would sell it to a client with a few features not quite right, so we’d build those features into the product for them. We eventually reached a point where we had this wonderful suite of tools that served the majority of our target market. This allowed us to start speeding up the development time because a lot of the tools were already there for the businesses to use; whether it be trip manifesting, staff allocation or equipment manifests.”

As mentioned earlier, Calder has an interesting batch of experience, including some very unique qualifications, that have helped get him to where he is now. I asked him to elaborate on some of his experiences and what the some of the biggest learnings that came from it were.

“As far as previous work experience, I was a youth development facilitator, an outdoor instructor and a freefall photographer for skydiving companies”; experience which clearly taught Calder a lot about the adventure tourism industry. In business, Calder has already built and sold two companies in his 10 years as an entrepreneur; Big Night Out and Vinyl Underground, a bar in Queenstown.

“I learnt an enormous amount from building these two businesses and it would be impossible to write it all down in one short summary,” Calder says contemplatively, ”but if I was to have to pick one learning it would be the ability to choose the right response. To have the ability to pause and think about which decision is going to put you in the best position; to negotiate, to retain respect, and to leave yourself with further options. It’s everything from the conversations you have on Vodafone customer support calls, to negotiating with CEO’s and Angel investors. If you are able to slow down and choose your response, you’ll end up in much better positions.”

Queenstown, “adventure capital of the World” afforded Wherewolf founders Ben Calder and Wulf Solter (right) a ready made market.

On the topic of decisions, I asked what some of the hardest calls Calder had been forced to make were, and what gave him the strength to make these calls. For him it turned out it was actually quite straightforward. He said that, “all decisions are made out of necessity; it’s a sink or swim situation and you have to make these calls to stay alive. It’s never easy to lay off workers, or put people on performance plans, but these decisions need to be made. For me,” Calder said “the hardest call to make is starting in the first place. Am I going to commit the next ‘x’ many years to making this work?”

This answer really resonated with me; business decisions are much easier to justify with facts and figures, things that people can understand and reconcile. It’s a lot harder to justify decisions that are made with some element of gut instinct, like starting a business so often is.

I was curious what motivated Calder to become an entrepreneur.

“Any entrepreneur knows you’re the last to get paid, and the first to extend the mortgage, or throw in savings to keep things going at times so it’s never just about the money. For it’s mainly the pursuit; a landscape gardener or builder could start with an empty canvas and create something, and for me business is very much the same. That’s why I love being an entrepreneur. Provided I can enjoy myself along the way, that’s what has always motivated me as an entrepreneur.”

What did he believe separated a successful entrepreneur from an unsuccessful one? In answer, Calder shared a quote that his mother had sent him once.

“Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” He continued; “Resilience; try and try again until you find the formula that works. Yes, there has got to be a level of intelligence to that – not pursuing a failing idea and learning from those in front of you – but you will encounter your own problems that you have to overcome, and hence that quote always rings to me. It’s the people that don’t listen to the bank manager or accountant who tells you to cut your losses and run. You’re always a week away from collapse, you’ve just got to push on and find a solution.”

Being an entrepreneur can often be a lonely game, I asked, what keeps you motivated when times are tough?

“I’ve had companies as a sole director and as a team and I can tell you that I will always involve others in future ventures for this exact reason. If you’re in the same boat you can both paddle together. If you’re by yourself you either sink or swim. You’ve got no one that actually understand the consequences. Sure, you can talk to friends or mentors but they don’t have skin in the game, so their advice is taken with a grain of salt. Having a business partner is like having a gym buddy. If you go to the gym with a buddy the results are way different. You push each other along, give each other encouragement and you get each other through. It’s the same in business.”

“You’ve just got to push on and find a solution.”

Calder and I continuing discussing the traits of good entrepreneurs, and it was clear to me that humility was one of his strong suits. He mentioned multiple times that he knows wholeheartedly that he will be “crap at things, and that’s okay.” This allows Calder to understand his weaknesses and mitigate those by building a strong team around him, the key to any successful business. Calder quoted Steve Jobs by saying, “‘We hire smart people, not to tell them what to do but so that they can tell us what to do’”, a quote that he seems to abide by in his own companies.

Furthermore, Calder says “I’ve always maintained the ability to take on board and implement feedback. With that comes a certain amount of sifting and sorting, as not everyone’s advice is gospel. I pick the gems from people’s feedback, but most importantly, I implement it. You can nod your head all you like but unless you actually put some of the suggestions into practice, then you’re not going to see the fruits from their seeds.”

“At first ideas might not sound all that useful. But hold onto them, let them rattle around until they reveal themselves as the gems they truly can be sometimes. Keep listening. It might be the third or fourth time that someone suggests something to you realise the pearl of wisdom it’s been all along.”

On the subject of pearls of wisdom, I asked Calder for a couple of his before the conversation ended. I first asked him what he would tell his 20 year old self with the benefit of hindsight, and to me, Calder gave a great response.

“I’m not one for regret so I’d say I’d do it all the same; but remember your health along the way. Often that let me down. You get up early to go to the office and get those emails away and you forgo going to the gym. I certainly can’t complain at the speed I’ve tracked through a few things, but if I was to do it again I would always remember my health along the way.

To close I asked him for the one daily habit that he believe all entrepreneurs should adopt.

“Obviously I’ve been one for quotes, so here is another one my brother passed onto me that I love; ‘The difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is that a billionaire checks their goals twice a day’. I really really love that. Each day must have purpose. There’s always things to do, but are the things you’re doing getting you closer to your goal? If at the end of each day they’re not, then you know you’re just busy being busy.”

You can’t argue with what Calder has achieved in his relatively short entrepreneurial career to date. In roughly 10 years he’s built and sold two businesses already, and is well on the way to turning his third into a roaring success.

Calder is patient, reflective and purposeful, and proves to me that wisdom does not just come with age. Combine this with his energy and enthusiasm for business and you realise that there are still a lot of exciting things to come from this NZ entrepreneur.♦

[Editors Note: Wherewolf secured $NZD550k in angel funding earlier this year from Flying Kiwi Angels, part of which is earmarked for expansion into the US.]

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Is beauty really in the eyes of the beholder or can we come up with a universal way of judging beauty everyone can agree with? If you believe in a standard measure of beauty, then you must be a fan of the numerous beauty pageants we have around the world.

According to the results of almost all these pageants, we can conclude that their general definition of a beautiful woman is one who is tall, slim, and has flawless skin. This definition excludes so many beauties out there, and numerous people have expressed their dissatisfaction with these pageants’ decisions over the years. On the other hand, if you’re a believer in beauty being in the eyes of the beholder, you can appreciate that all women, regardless of size, skin color, or body shape are beautiful in someone’s eyes.

However, as much as we can appreciate you are beautiful in every way, it’s important to know some women out there can easily steal your man, regardless of how much you think he loves you. The women in question might not even be out to sabotage your relationship, since most of these only go about their activities as they always do, and it’s the men who can’t help but approach them.

Therefore, if you want to keep your man, you might want to postpone a holiday trip to any of these amazing travel destinations. Not because these destinations are bad; it’s the beauty and attractiveness of the women you are likely to find there that’s the problem. Here are 15 travel destinations where a woman is most likely to steal your man.

15. Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden is nothing short of a traveler’s paradise, and the people who love the outdoors will definitely love the fresh air, the beautiful lakes, and amazing undisturbed forests in this country. Some of the most popular tourist attractions here include Drottningholm, Vasa Museum, and Liseberg Theme Park. The Swedes are exceptionally friendly, the history involving Vikings is captivating, and the cuisine is incredible.

Swedish women are some of the most beautiful women on the planet, and if you’re planning on going to Sweden for your next vacation with your man, you need to be very careful. Many people have described Swedish women as unique and sexy in every way, and they love to party. These women won’t hesitate to pay the bill, they don’t mind calling themselves feminists, they value their personal space, and they speak great English.

You will find these exceptionally beautiful women in the beautiful beaches in Sweden as well as in the parties and social gatherings which they love to attend.

14. Kiev, Ukraine

Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Eastern Europe, and it’s a great place to go for your next vacation. The beautiful Orthodox churches, the breathtaking forested mountains, and the wonderful Black Sea coastline are some of the country’s best tourist locations, and one visit to these places is just not enough.

Kiev is Ukraine’s capital city and the best place to experience the country’s nightlife. If you are planning to visit Kiev with your man and haven’t been treating him like the king he is, you might just lose him to one of the beauties here. Although life here isn’t cheap, you will absolutely love everything here, and you will need to be careful of the super gorgeous women who hit the nightclubs often.

In addition to being super hot, other qualities that would make it easy for Ukrainian women to steal your man include their homemaking skills, motherliness, and their extremely hard working spirit. Some men also love how most of these women are modest, respectful, and value romantic relationships.

13. Sydney, Australia

Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities in Australia, and it attracts both locals from all over the continent and tourists from different countries in the world. Men love going to Australia for many reasons, although the beauty of the women they find on the beaches and in the clubs at night is one of their biggest motivating factors. Therefore, if you are planning to visit Sydney, you should take great care of your man, or he will be snatched from you fast.

Some of the things men love about Australian women are their accents, their appreciation of great food and drinks, and their extremely gorgeous bodies. Men also love the fact that these women are very friendly and they love the outdoors, so they can pitch tents, run BBQs, and enjoy walking. Furthermore, it’s common knowledge that these girls don’t fear anything, and they will even split the check with you when you take her out on a date.

12. Paris, France

Are you among the group of people who associate Paris with love and romance? It’s funny how couples all over the world feel the need to make their way to Paris to celebrate their love on Valentine’s Day, on vacation, or for their honeymoon. Since this city has held this title for years, it seems there’s something special it has that other cities don’t.

Regardless of how you feel about the French, we can all agree there’s something romantic about them the rest of us seem to lack. Although it’s hard to point it out, some people say their romance is in their culture, their language, or their art.

Also, there’s no denying how amazing French women are, especially since they are beautiful, they smell great, and they wear the latest fashion. Men who can’t speak French fall in love with these women as soon as they start to speak, probably because the language can sound so romantic from the right lips, regardless of what is being said.

11. Miami, Florida

Everyone who has never gone to the United States dreams of going to either New York or Miami. Although the girls in New York are some of the hottest you can find anywhere in the world, the girls in Miami are exceptional. South Beach not only attracts Americans from other parts of the country, but also numerous other people from different parts of the world.

Miami seems to have an endless stream of beautiful women flowing in and out year-round, and it’s, therefore, the place to take good care of your man in case you are planning to go there on vacation with him. The numerous hotels and nightclubs hold parties on a regular basis, which are the best places enjoy Miami’s nightlife and to mingle with other partygoers.

The women in Miami can easily be the hottest ones anywhere on the planet since they are a collection of beautiful people from different parts of the world, and this makes Miami special.

10. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Rio is arguably the top travel destination with the hottest women on the planet. The FIFA World Cup in 2014 made the whole world realize just how beautiful the Brazilian women were, especially when we got to see them cheering for their team, having fun on the streets, and hanging out on the beach.

In addition, the host of Brazilian supermodels and TV actresses we know of, have the most amazing bodies and are stunning in every way. People have tried to explain how the racial mixture in the Brazilian population has contributed to making the women so hot since they get the best traits of each race.

Furthermore, we cannot deny how much more of their bodies they expose compared to other women in other countries, which is the result of the hot climate the country experiences. These women are fashionable, they wear their hair long, and the healthy food they eat contributes to having such sexy bodies.

9. Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon is probably the smallest country on this list, but its beauty makes it stand out as one of the best places to visit in the world. Tourists looking for a holiday experience of a lifetime can visit Beirut, the capital city that most people refer to as the Paris of the Middle East.

In addition to being an outstanding tourist destination, its vibrant nightlife, breathtaking heritage sites, and captivating cultural traditions make it the place you want to visit every year. Furthermore, the stunningly beautiful women here with perfect bodies and dark hair might make some foreign women fear to visit this place with their boyfriends.

Although Lebanese women are among the most beautiful women in the world, they would immediately win over a man’s heart with their loyalty and generosity. Men everywhere love how these women cook, dress well, and take care of their bodies, in addition to being smart and strong-willed.

8. Moscow, Russia

Russia and the United States aren’t the best of friends, and it’s a pity because Russian women are some of the hottest women in the world. If the relationship between these two powerful nations would improve, the people who would benefit most would be the American men, because they would all discover just how amazing the Russian women are.

Since Russia is a beautiful country, especially its capital Moscow, every woman going there for a vacation with her man would need to hold him close and always have her eyes on him, because the competition there is real. In addition to their beauty, Russian women genuinely care for the men they love, and they are so much fun to be with.

Russian women make great friends, which is why they never betray the people they’re in a relationship with. These women also know how to cook amazing food, since they know the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.

7. Tangier, Morocco

Morocco is one of the most beautiful countries in Africa, which is one of the reasons its tourism industry is thriving. The fact that Morocco is an affordable tourist destination, it’s safe, has amazing beaches, and is very close to Europe makes it the ideal place to go on vacation.

Morocco is on this list because the women here are incredibly beautiful and appealing in every way, and you had better be careful if you will go here with your man. Many Moroccan women are uniquely beautiful, and some are the result of early intermarriages between the Africans and the Europeans, giving them the best of both races.

Some of the reasons you should be afraid of competing with Moroccan girls for a man’s heart is their strong values and morals, their love for feeding their men, and their ability to get what they want through negotiation. In addition, these girls know how to party, they are very affectionate, and they are independent.

6. The Philippines

The Philippines is one of the most interesting countries you could ever visit since it’s a country made up of over 7000 islands. These islands offer tourists so much to see and do since the locals and the indigenous tribes in all those islands are very friendly to visitors. However, if you are planning to visit the various tourist attraction sites here with your boyfriend, you need to hold him close because the beauty of the women here might just distract him from you.

Men from around the world love women from the Philippines for a number of reasons, with their exotic beauty being one of the main ones. In addition, Filipina women are exceptionally hospitable and loving, and they know how to treat a man like royalty. Most of these women have a good education and they know how to make and manage money. Finally, these women are family-oriented and hold strong to virtues, such as loyalty and faithfulness.

5. Delhi, India

Indian food and women have one thing in common; they’re all super hot. Indian women are gorgeous, especially when you consider their honey-colored glowing skins and perfect black hair, which salons in turn use to make wigs. It seems like the spices and beauty secrets these women have acquired from previous generations continue to work even today since these women are truly unique.

Since you must have watched at least one Bollywood movie, you have seen just how amazing their singing and dancing is, qualities that make them even more attractive. These women can also assimilate the American culture with ease, while still holding true to their own, and this makes them irresistible to men from all over the world.

Indian women are great in the kitchen, they are yoga masters, and they value family. If you happen to go to India with your boyfriend and he gets to discover a bit about the Indian women, you might have a hard time convincing him to go back home with you.

4. Milan, Italy

It’s hard to think or talk about Milan without appreciating its role in the fashion industry. Arguably, Milan is the fashion capital of the world, thanks to its great fashion district and the numerous fashion houses in the world that have their roots there. Therefore, since Italian women are usually the first recipients of the amazing fashion clothing and jewelry, it shouldn’t surprise you that they made it on this list.

Some people have explained how walking down the streets in Milan feels like being in a scene of America’s Next Top Model, since all the girls you see walking around look like models. These days, the definition of a female model isn’t restricted to a skinny woman, since even the women who have a bit of flesh on them also look amazing. Although Milan would be a great place to go for a vacation with your boyfriend, he will need a lot of self-control throughout your stay there.

3. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires is one of the most beautiful cities in Argentina, with amazing architectural sites and some of the most beautiful women on the planet. Many people from different parts of the world come to Argentina to participate in the amazing dance parties, which can erupt outdoors, or even in the confines of the dance halls. Also, it would be unacceptable to talk about Argentina and not mention the people’s love and passion for soccer, since they have one of the best soccer teams in the world today.

If you decide to go to a dance party or to the stadium to watch a game, you won’t help but notice the beauty of the Argentine women, who are incredibly beautiful and passionate in everything they do. Most of these women are descendants of the Italian and Spanish invaders who mixed with the Native Americans to bring forth the amazing beauties you will see on the Argentine streets. If your boyfriend isn’t serious about your relationship, you might want to leave him behind on your trip to Buenos Aires.

2. Victoria, Seychelles

Seychelles is a beautiful country off the coast of East Africa, and it consists of 115 breathtaking islands. This country might be small, but it’s one of the leading tourist destinations in Africa, owing to the numerous coral reefs, beaches, and nature reserves, as well as the rare animals, which can only be found here. Many foreigners flock to the Seychelles islands the whole year round, since everything about it is perfect, especially its climate.

Since the beaches are some of the best places to spend your time here on these islands, you will come across many beautiful locals, most of whom are super attractive. Although none of these women will have the intention to steal your man, their exotic beauty might just cause your man to pursue them. Men all over the world find women in Seychelles to be some of the best to marry because they work hard and know how to treat men with respect.

1. Cairo, Egypt

Egypt is probably one of those countries you might not have expected to find on such a list, since 90% of the people here are Muslims. Officially known as the Arab Republic of Egypt, women here can’t show as much skin as they would in other nations, so you might think it would be hard to tell just how hot they are. However, regardless of their dress code, Egyptian women are still some of the hottest women in the world.

Egypt is a leading tourist destination in the world, since it has the longest histories any modern country has, many consider it to be the cradle of human civilization, and the pyramids are simply breathtaking. Vacationing in Egypt should be on your bucket list since it’s arguably the most unique nation on the planet. Since Egypt is in Africa, you can expect most of the beautiful women to have honey-colored skin and beautiful wavy hair.

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