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- BUSINESS, Page 61Business NotesDRINKSPour Me a Glass of Rhett
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- What do Rhett, Scarlett and the burning of Atlanta have to
- do with California Cabernet? Frankly, my dear, absolutely
- nothing. Still, Fujisankei Communications Group is betting that
- the gang from Tara may hold the key to marketing American wines
- in Japan. The company has uncorked a new line of four
- California wines to be sold in Japan under a Gone With the Wind
- label. It hopes to capitalize on Japan's near obsessive love
- for the 1939 epic, which company official Tsutomu Nakamura
- describes as "a symbol of American culture and an unforgettable
- dream of youth."
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- Thus far French imports have dominated Japan's small but
- growing market for foreign wine. Fujisankei's offerings,
- moderately priced at between $10 and $17 a bottle, have been
- blended "with the Japanese palate in mind," says a company
- spokesman, meaning that they are slightly sweet and fruity. Who
- knows, maybe mint juleps will be next. But Fujisankei can think
- about that tomorrow.
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