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Show DROVE GU0RMET TO SARCASM Evidently French Restaurant Wine Was Not Exactly the Quality He Had Ordeicd. William B. Corey pralBod nt a Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh club tho wines of California. "Our California wines," snld tho steol magnnto, "nro much better than wines of a similar prlco in Franco, for French wines aro bo ndultorntod today that ovon n high-priced ono often tastea llko burnt sugar and wator." "Out tho flno wines, tho 'grand cru' wluos nro wonderful," a young banker Interrupted. Mr. Coroy shook his head. "Not ulwayB," ho said. "A rrlend of mine, a gourmet with whom I lunched not long ago nt a fashionable boulevard restaurant In Pnrls, ordorod a bottle or very old colobrnted Mur-gaux. Mur-gaux. Pouring out a llttlo or tho wine and rolling It on his tonguo In true gourmet rashlon ho mndo n wry face. "'Wnltor!' ho demnnded. 'What wine Is this you brought mo?' " "It is what monslour ordorod,' was tho roply. 'Mnrgnux 1895, grand cru.' "'Humph,' sneered by Mend, 'how lucky It Is to ho bo old und to concenl its ago so well."' |