Who can appreciate the good things in life and the taste of a good wine better than a Frenchman? And from all the Frenchmen, Mr Chirac proved to be a bon viveur having a huge appetite for the finer things of life. As the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby reports from Paris it seems that as mayor of Paris, Mr Chirac was a frequent host of lavish parties while his wife used to spend more than a couple of pounds per day on their personal food and drink alone.

Even now when Mr Chirac is no longer the mayer his taste for good wine brings a big benefit to the city hall. Bertrand Delanoe who is now the mayor of Paris discovered some bottles of wine being held in the city hall's cellar since Chirac's seat. It seem that the wine bottles had increased so much in value they were deemed too extravagant to be served by the Paris city hall. The Socialist mayer decided to organise an auction to sell the valuable bottles. The wine has attracted bidders from around the world.

The most appreciated wine were two bottles of Romanee Conti 1986. The plot called Roman?e-Conti situated in Burgundy has at first glance nothing extraordinary with its ground containing a very fine clay which does not exist in the neighbouring plots. But the natural draining is perfect. The plot Roman?e-Conti was traced during the XVth century, and maybe earliest in the XIIth century by the monks of Saint-Viviant. The result is a subtile equation between grape, soil, climate, orientation and watering. "We are the keeper of a certain philosophy of wine and, mainly, we are concern by the perfection in details" assures Aubert de Vilaine, one of the owners of the place with the Leroys. Usually a potential client must aqcuire the wines of the domains by boxes of twelve, which means one bottle of Roman?e-Conti among 11 bottles of other domains. A box of twelve bottles is worth about 3,000 Euros. But the two bottles of Romanee Conti 1986 have been sold for 5,000-euro each.

Other attractions of the auction have been the of Chateau Petrus Bordeaux priced at 1,200 euros each. P?trus is a wine of the Pomerol wine region in Bordeaux made almost entirely from the Merlot grape. The ch?teau belongs to the family of the Libourne wine merchant Moueix. Although the wines of Pomerol have never been classified, P?trus is now considered among the best of Bordeaux. Ch?teau P?trus produces approximately 3,000 cases of wine in an average year. Grapes are hand harvested and fermented in cement tanks, then aged for two years in new oak before bottling. Newly released bottles are typically offered for more than 400 euros as futures, with mature examples often fetching more than 800 euros.

The budget of the Paris city hall was raised by the auction and can be incresed as the French news website LCI says the bottles on sale amount to three-quarters of the city hall's collection.

Visit Vintage Roots at http://www.vintageroots.co.uk, for organic wines

About the Author

Who can appreciate the good things in life and the taste of a good wine better than a Frenchman? And from all the Frenchmen, Mr Chirac proved to be a bon viveur having a huge appetite for the finer things of life. As the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby reports from Paris it seems that as mayor of Paris, Mr Chirac was a frequent host of lavish parties while his wife used to spend more than a couple of pounds per day on their personal food and drink alone.

Another short Wine Course review

Vintage Wine with "President" Value


Who can appreciate the good things in life and the taste of a good wine better than a Frenchman? And from all the Frenchmen, Mr Chirac proved to be a ...


Click Here to Read More About Wine ...

Recommended Wine Course Items

Chateau La Mission Haut Brion


"One of the greatest 1961s, La Mission-Haut-Brion has been fabulous to drink for the last 5-10 years. Where well-stored, this wine will continue to drink well for 10-20 years. It is more developed and drinkable than the 1959, and it remains a thick, rich, super-aromatic wine with a textbook Graves bouquet of tobacco, barbecued meats, minerals, spices, and sweet red and black fruits. It is dense, full-bodied, alcoholic, and super-rich. This soft, opulently-textured wine makes for a fabulous drink. Absolutely stunning! Last tasted 10/94" RP - 100 (Subject to Availability) LMHB61 LMHB61


Price: 2501.99 USD



News about Wine Course

The things I like and hate working for SIA (SIngapore Airlines) cabin crew division.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:21:19 PDT
As crew members, we have plenty of delicious food catered on the flight. Each crew would be given at least a main course plus maybe some dessert,bread rolls etc. As though this crew meal was not enough, we had surplus of first class, biz class and cattle class food. Always extra passenger food for the crew because if we had say 7 first class passengers, the airline would cater sufficient food to feed 12 passengers. So even all 7 paxs ate their share of food,we would have 5 portions of meals ext

Budapest to Split - Split, Croatia

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:30:41 PDT
Jump to the full entry & travel map Split, Croatia So we got to Budapest nice and late, around 11 in the evening. the hostel was a little hard to find and was a little out of the way. It took us 6 stops on the metro to get from the station to the hostel. Ticket inspectors are massive in hungary , they man every station and there is no chance of getting past them. The ticket machine didnt want to take notes, so we decided to just wing it and see what happened. it was quite funny, at the bo

Combining fine wine with the equine (Mudgee Guardian)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:26:39 PDT
Fine wine and thoroughbred horses are such a great mix that Mudgee’s Gooree Park Wines have decided to use the Horses’ Birthday to launch the latest additions to their cellar door range.

Wine science seminar (Mudgee Guardian)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:11:49 PDT
Plant pathologist, Professor Gary Grove from Washington State University was in Mudgee this week talking to about 50 local wine growers about methods of best practice in vineyard management.

NQN Competition: Win a set of Annabel Trends Pure Linen teatowels!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:00:36 PDT
Surely I’m not the only one with a Napery obsession? Never one to give out paper napkins at the dinner party, it can be a curse rather than a blessing (try getting lipstick or red wine marks out of cream linen napkins). And as for tea towels, I confess to hoarding too many of these. Bakers and cooks know that a tea towel always comes in handy. I’m convinced even native Australians have at least one Australian tourist teatowel in their drawer. I have two (although these usually stay low in the d

London - London, England, United Kingdom

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:03:39 PDT
Jump to the full entry & travel map London, England, United Kingdom London Saturday 26/7/08 - Tuesday 29/7/08 I arrived late Saturday night and found my way to the Ramada Hyde Park Hotel. In the dark, I didn't realise how central I was - only a five minute walk to Kensington Gardens and the Queensway tube station (part of the central line). Kel, my fellow graduate from Telstra, is currently working in London and so we met up Sunday morning for a tour of London Town! Tan

US wine industry ‘doing nothing’ on climate change

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:50:24 PDT
A leading US climate change researcher says the US wine industry is ‘doing nothing’ to study the problem. Further research and adaptation is crucial for continued success in wine growing areas, Professor Greg Jones of Southern Oregon University said – but the US is ‘in denial’. ‘It is absolutely clear that viticultural climates of tomorrow will not be as they are today,’ Jones said at the Taste3 conference at Napa’s Copia earlier this month. Predicted changes include warmer and longer growin


Wine Barrels
Wine Goblets

Labels: Aging Wine

&type=page">