A Leap of Faith

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At Spain's Abadía Retuerta, Bordeaux winemaker Pascal Delbeck is exploring a brave new world

Bruce Schoenfeld
Issue: November 15, 2001

Some two dozen times a year, winemaker Pascal Delbeck of Bordeaux's Château Bélair leaves his home in the postcard-pretty town of St.-Emilion and drives to Spain. Sometimes he crosses the border at Irun, fighting the trucks for space on the Autopista.

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