DRC to authenticate, the '11s retasted

Aubert de Villaine was in London on Friday for his annual tasting of the latest vintage of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's near-mythical wines. It's awfully nice of him to come and of UK importer Corney & Barrow to host a tasting of these near-mythical wines since they would presumably sell like hot cakes whether potential buyers and media had a chance to taste them or not. (Although, sadly, fewer and fewer wine lovers feel able to pull the cork on such stratospherically valuable wines as the Domaine's superstars. I sat next to a retired Goldman trader on Saturday night who...