Stéphanie de Boüard, daughter of Château Angélus's owner and
winemaking consultant Hubert de Boüard, organised a Bordeaux wine tasting and dinner at the French ambassador's residence in London recently in aid of La Chaîne de l'Espoir. Here on the right, Jennifer's Diary style, I am flanked by ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne on my right and Hubert de Boüard on my left. The picture above shows the tasting before dinner overlooking the French Residence's handsome grounds in Kensington Palace Gardens with The Times wine writer Jane MacQuitty on the far right. I know how many Purple pagers have maturing claret in their...