We grieve to know that the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 put an end to the production of a widely celebrated local wine.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Vin de Constance was the most celebrated wine to come out of the southern hemisphere.

He writes of serving simple wines for everyday occasions and saving celebrated wines such as Caecuban for special events.

Despite the scratched fingers and aching knees, it is a happy time in this blessed patch of earth, which gives the world the celebrated wines of Burgundy.

Here the local people cultivate vineyards, growing grapes for their celebrated crisp white wines.

Clearly, the 85's play second fiddle to many ripe, spicy, flowery 83's, the most celebrated West German wines since the excellent '76 vintage.

Begun in 1978, the venture proceeded slowly but eventually yielded a celebrated wine, Opus One, that fetches $100 a bottle and sells out rapidly each year.

It is also one of the main ingredients in Muffato della Sala, one of Italy's most celebrated sweet wines.

Over the years, the work of Picasso, Dali, Chagall, Warhol and others has decorated these celebrated wines.

GRENACHE has the dubious distinction of being an uncelebrated presence in some very celebrated wines.