Obra De Ingles

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Cambridge University Press
978-0-521-68612-9 - Windows of the Mind
Frank Brennan
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A Fine Wine

`Extraordinary! Quite, quite extraordinary!'
Daniel Appleby did not often use such words to describe
the wines he tasted. The other man in the room was
waiting to see if he liked this one or not. His future
depended on what Daniel Appleby said ± if he liked the
wineit would be bought by one of the biggest
supermarkets around. It would be sold everywhere. The
man who owned the vineyard looked on nervously. His
vineyard was small, but it was one of the oldest in the
Bordeaux region of France. If he sold his wine, the business
that had been in his family for over two hundred years
would be saved.
Daniel Appleby held the glass to his nose and smelledthe wine again. He lifted the glass up to the light from the
window to see its colour better. He was the Chief Wine
Taster for Happimart Supermarkets. If he liked a wine,
then everybody bought it. If he didn't like a wine, nobody
did. His word was like the judgement of God.
`You say you have been making this wine for the last
two hundred years?' he asked the other man, Monsieur
Colbert, aproud-looking man of over seventy years of age,
whose hair was still as black as it had been when he was
twenty.
`I am old but I am not that old, sir,' Monsieur Colbert
said with a little smile. `But my family has been making
this wine since the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. If I may
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say so, this is the only vineyard in all of France to produce
wine in this way. It is my secret.'
Monsieur Colbert was hoping that his little joke might
relax things a little.
Daniel Appleby took his profession very seriously. He
was the best. He never, ever joked when he tasted wine. He
might joke about other wine tasters at othertimes ± in fact,
he often did. But he never joked during a wine tasting. It
was too important. He was too important. He held the
glass up to the light once more and looked at the deep red
colour before ®nally putting the glass onto the table in
front of him. He had made up his mind.
`Monsieur Colbert,' he said, as he placed his thumbs
into the pockets of the red jacket he wore, the one thatmatched his tie so well. `You are to be congratulated: this is
an exceptionally ®ne wine with a strong bouquet and a rich
fruity ¯avour with suggestions of blackcurrant; a wine to
go well with any game or red meat, or to be enjoyed on its
own for its excellent and strong personality . . . '
Monsieur Colbert smiled with delight. This was just
what he had hoped to hear.
`. . . but,' DanielAppleby went on as he took out his
glasses from the pocket of his expensive jacket and put
them on again, `is this the right kind of wine for the
customers of Happimart Supermarkets? They are used to
wines that cannot compare with this quality. Their tastes
are . . . er . . . less well-developed than those of people
such as ourselves. I wonder if they would fully enjoy the
®ner qualities ofthis remarkable wine? I wonder if they
would be prepared to pay more for such quality?'
The old man's smile disappeared. Monsieur Colbert was
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proud of his wine but he was not a rich man. He had to sell
his wine or go out ofbusiness. He was getting old and he
owed a lot of money. He needed money if he was to retire
with his wife, whose health had never been good since their
only son, Jacques, had died two years before. This could be
their last chance.
`I promise you, Monsieur Appleby, that my wine is
worth every franc; there is no better wine of this type in the
region!'
Daniel Appleby smiled and picked up...
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