Harmony is the hallmark of a well-made bottle of wine

Chateau Montrose is not as often seen on dinner tables here as it deserves to be. My experience with it dates to my visit to the Chateau in the early 1980s, when the owners were the Charmolue family. PHOTO: THE BUSINESS TIMES
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(THE BUSINESS TIMES) - "Harmony is the most valuable of all things," said Confucius 2½ millennia ago; in medical school, we learned that the human body is physiologically programmed to restore bodily systems to equilibrium.

Harmony, equilibrium, and balance. It is a fundamental rule of nature, of the universe - and of wine.

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