The Billionaire's Vinegar – book review
Thursday 12 June 2008
This book may be subtitled 'The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine' but I am deeply indebted to Benjamin Wallace, author of the latest account of the Rodenstock affair, The Billionaire’s Vinegar, for solving one of my life’s many mysteries.
On pages 199/200 of my professional memoir called Confessions of a Wine Lover in the UK and Tasting Pleasure in the US I explain how I came to find myself sitting in Bordeaux airport’s departure lounge on the morning of 1 Oct 1986 desperately scribbling tasting notes on the 66 legendary wines we had been served at...
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