Its Le Nombre d'Or Campanae Veteres Vites 2000, $66, showcases three lesser-known grapes — arbanne, petit meslier and fromenteau — but one word describes it: exceptional.

The Pretender's motto upon the colours and standards were, Dieu & mon Droit, God and my Right: Nil desperandum Christo duce & auspice Christo, I ought not to despair, since Christ is my guide and helper:

In this context, bottled wine is a premium product and not generally drunk in the same way or for the same reasons as cask wine.

THEY NAMED THEIR COMMUNITY of forty-seven homes near Pleasantville, New York, Usonia in homage to Frank Lloyd Wright, whose ideas on the way Americans should live together guided their plan.