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A French businesswoman shakes up a sleepy wine region

James Molesworth
Issue: April 30, 2003

When Alexandra Marnier-Lapostolle came to sleepy Colchagua in the early 1990s, outsiders might have viewed her as antithetical to the region. Wealthy and polished, the Frenchwoman is part of the family who owns the Grand Marnier empire.