Kings vied for possession of this wine; Louis Philippe sent emissaries from France to fetch it; Napoleon drank it on the island of St Helena to find solace in his lonely exile; Frederick the Great and Bismarck ordered it; and the English Prime Minister – who had sampled it with much delight at Downing Street – made sure that regular consignments from the Cape were delivered to Buckingham Palace for the King.
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Kings vied for possession of this wine; Louis Philippe sent emissaries from France to fetch it; Napoleon drank it on the island of St Helena to find solace in his lonely exile; Frederick the Great and Bismarck ordered it; and the English Prime Minister – who had sampled it with much delight at Downing Street – made sure that regular consignments from the Cape were delivered to Buckingham Palace for the King.
must be very expensive 🙂 🙂
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Very expensive!
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Bottled 2008, so it should be nicely matured by now. I’m not so sure it would suit my palate, I lean towards something a little dryer. Good choice for our challenge, thank you Aletta. 🙂
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I don’t know what it tastes like… All I know, its very expensive
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