Can I have my family tax credit in wine please?

[Harryburgundy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13378301


1961 Chateau Latour under a quid a bottle...fantastic

I pick up a bottle of the 1961 Chateau Latour. The palms of my hands become sweaty when I am informed how much it is worth. I am told that I will have to pay for it if I drop it. I have never put a bottle down so quickly, yet gently, in my life.

"This probably now has a market value of somewhere in the region of £4,000 and £10,000," he says, "depending on where you are selling it in the world."

"It was purchased for 51 shillings and five pence."

 

[David B]

Malcolm Gluck seems fairly disparaging on the whole, although that 1931 port appears to be worth a punt. Not that any of us are likely to get the chance.

No mention of beer, I see - shame, HMG's cellar would be the sort of place you might expect to find a bottle or two of the legendary Courage Imperial Russian Stout (last brewed mid-1990s in Tadcaster I think, and improves considerably with age) lurking.

David

 

[Harryburgundy]

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