Wine
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Ward Kadel, facing a congregation of thirsty wine bloggers, tried to preach heresy: that France’s Bordeaux region, source of the world’s most expensive wines, also has worthy bottles for less than $50.
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Bottles of Romanee Conti and Henri Jayer vintages sold for records in Hong Kong as Acker, Merrall & Condit said last night that it raised $14.5 million, the highest tally for a wine auction this year.
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Charles De Gaulle, who moaned about France, “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheeses?” might have had a nervous breakdown running Belgium, which is smaller than Maine and has over 1,000 different beers.
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A case of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1986 fetched 13,225 pounds ($21,300) at a Sotheby’s auction of vintage Bordeaux in London, below highs earlier this year as the top six lots all went for less than their presale estimate.
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