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unusual facts about Romanée-Conti


Louis François, Prince of Conti

After the purchase he added his own name to the vineyard, which since has been known as Romanée-Conti.


Acca Larentia killings

For nearly 10 years the investigations did not lead to conclusions: in 1988 it was discovered that the Skorpion submachine gun used in the attack was used in three killings claimed by the Red Brigades: those of the economist Ezio Tarantelli, of the former mayor of Florence Lando Conti (February 10, 1986) and of Italian senator Roberto Ruffilli (April 16, 1988).

Albert Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare

A better actor than most of his fellow Habsburg Empire expatriates, Conti was able to secure dignified character roles in several silent and sound films; his credits ranged from Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930) to the early Laurel and Hardy knockabout Slipping Wives (1927).

Archbishop of Glasgow

On the same day, the Holy See announced the appointment of Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley as Archbishop of Glasgow to succeed Archbishop Mario Conti; he took possession of the diocese on 8 September 2012, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti

At Clermont, Conti had been a fellow student of Molière's for whom he secured an introduction to the court of Louis XIV, but afterwards, when writing a treatise against the stage entitled Traité de la comédie et des spectacles selon les traditions de l'Église (Paris, 1667), he charged the dramatist with keeping a school of atheism.

Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda

She was part of the Lascaris di Ventimiglia Conti di Tenda, a branch of the House of Ventimiglia, who were sovereigns of a large province Maritime Alps area.

Bouzeron AOC

The move towards an own appellation for Bouzeron and its Aligoté was spearheaded by the efforts of Aubert de Villaine, co-owner of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.

Cairo Montenotte

Cairo Montenotte is also famous for being the birthplace of Michelle Conti, aka Natasha Kiss, a former famous actress.

Carlo Bellosio

He frescoed bacchantes and Maenads with an Aurora in the grand room of the casa Poreti in Milan; also decorative frescoes for the casa Scotti in Ponte San Pietro, for the casa Casati in Como, for the casa dei Conti Leonardi in Novara, in a Medolago in casa dei conti Medolago in Medolago, for the casa dei conti Borromeo in Viggiù; and Pallanza (now part of Verbania as well as Pavia,

Conti di Segni

The family is on historical record beginning with Trasimondo, the father of Lotario Conti, who became Pope Innocent III in 1198.

Crazy Legs Conti

Conti counts Eric Booker as an early inspiration to begin competitive eating.

David Chan

His interest in wine led him to meet with Bernard Hervet, chief executive of Maison Faiveley, and Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.

David Ingram

As a keyboard player, Ingram was a member of the Marin County based group AnExchange, who toured Europe with The Platters and The Coasters, backed up Carlo Thomas, worked with record producer Bob Conti, and performed with the Las Vegas Enterprize in the Fredrick Apcar's production, The Sands Playmate Review.

Foroni

Domenico Foroni (10 July 1796 – 24 March 1853) Italian composer, conductor, and music educator; father of Jacopo Foroni and Antonietta Foroni-Conti

Guy Conti

Prior to joining the Mets, Conti held various coaching positions in the Los Angeles Dodgers' minor league system, where he befriended Sandy Koufax and also worked with young pitchers such as Pedro Martínez and Ismael Valdez.

Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville

After the Peace of Rueil (11 March 1649) had ended the first phase of the civil war, Mazarin's sudden arrest of the Grand Condé, his brother the prince de Conti and their brother-in-law the duc de Longueville, on January 14, 1650 precipitated the next phase of the Fronde, the Fronde des nobles.

Hot Gossip

In 1974, Phillips started forming the core of a troupe; Italia Conti student actress Lesley Manville turned her down.

House of Kabužić

Albert Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare (also known as Albert Conti) (Albert Maroje Vlaho Frano Marijan) 29 January 1887, Görz, and died 18 January 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA, was afilm actor, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural science and was married to Patricia Cross.

Imero Fiorentino

Lighting designers from various networks came to work at IFA such as Fred McKinnon, George Reisenberger, Ken Palius, Leard Davis, William Knight, William Klages, Greg Brunton, Carl Vitelli, Richard Weiss, Carl Gibson, Stig Edgren, Tony DiGirolamo, Alan Adelman, Robert Dickinson, Vince Cilurzo, Jim Tetlow, Marilyn Lowey, John Conti, Jeff Calderon, and Jeff Engle.

Italic type

Fonts such as Jan van Krimpen’s Romanée, Eric Gill’s Joanna and Martin Majoor’s FF Seria have italic fonts that only have cursive designs, but not the leans typically associated with italic types.

Jason Conti

Conti, as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, on consecutive nights threw out Atlanta's Brian Jordan at third base with throws from deep in right field.

Joy Flowers Conti

Born in Kane, Pennsylvania, Conti graduated from Duquesne University with her Bachelor's degree in 1970 where she was a member of Alpha Phi.

Kaledon

Subsequently, the band replaced, for personal problems, drummer Dario Sacco with David Folchitto (drummer of Stormlord and of other band underground of Rome) and Anthony Drago with Claudio Conti.

Kari Innerå

In the morning of May 2, 2011 thieves broke into Cru vine & kjøkken and stole 100 bottles of expensive wine and champagne worth 40.000-50.000 USD, including a Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru 1972 and top wines from Château d'Yquem, Liger-Belair, Jacques Selosse and Dom Pérignon.

Lalou Bize-Leroy

Along with Aubert de Villaine, Bize-Leroy helped build DRC's top wine Romanée-Conti into one of the most sought after wines in the world.

Leonardo Conti

Conti was born to a Swiss Italian father, Silvio, and a German mother, Nanna Pauli, in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland; his mother later became the Reich Midwifery Leader in Nazi Germany.

Mademoiselle de Guise

Louise Marguerite of Lorraine (1588-1631) daughter of Henri, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves, wife of François, Prince of Conti.

Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Campet de Saujon

There she was fêted once again and met Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole, who she received in Paris and at the Château de Stors, granted to her by the Prince de Conti after the death of Mme Panneau d'Arty in 1765.

Motta de' Conti

Motta de' Conti borders the following municipalities: Candia Lomellina, Caresana, Casale Monferrato, Langosco, and Villanova Monferrato.

Nina Conti

Conti and Monk portrayed a morning weather team on the fictional "Wake Up L.A." in Christopher Guest's 2006 film, For Your Consideration.

Papal election, 1198

The papal election of January 8, 1198 was convoked after the death of Pope Celestine III; it ended with the election of Cardinal Lotario dei Conti di Segni, who took the name Innocent III.

Pierre Curie

Crossing the busy Rue Dauphine in the rain at the Quai de Conti, he slipped and fell under a heavy horse-drawn cart.

Servílio Conti

Servílio Conti was born in Vertova, Italy, and was ordained a priest of the religious order of Consolata Missionary on April 8, 1944.

Streetlight Manifesto

--Do not change. Members are listed in order of joining the band, as per Wikipedia guidelines.-->Tomas Kalnoky
Jim Conti
Chris Thatcher
Mike Brown
Pete McCullough
Matt Stewart
Nadav Nirenberg

The Big Gundown

The Big Gundown (Italian title: La resa dei conti – roughly The Settling of Scores) is a 1966 spaghetti western, written by long-time Sergio Leone collaborator Sergio Donati and directed by Sergio Sollima.

The Officer's Guide to Police Pistolcraft

Conti joined the Massachusetts State Police in 1986 and as of 2009 is still a serving officer.

Żabbar Sanctuary Museum

The paintings include works by Rocco Buhagiar, Gian Nicola Buhagiar, Rafel Bonnici Cali, Michele Busuttil, Tousaint Busuttil, Giuseppe Calì, Giuseppe Maria Caruana, Giovanni Battista Conti, Giuseppe D'Arena, Stefano Erardi, Rafael Gagliardi, Tommaso Madiona, Mattia Preti, Italo Horatio Serge, Filippo Venuti and Francesco Zahra.

Zamia integrifolia

Coontie (or koonti) is derived from the Seminole Native American language conti hateka.


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