10 December 2007

Old Wine

"I have found the ideal way to drink Burgundy. You must take a peach and peel it, and put it in a finger bowl, and pour the Burgundy over it. The flavour is exquisite. And the peach seems to exaggerate the happy Seraglio contentedness that old wine evokes..."

Letter, from Alastair Graham to Evelyn Waugh
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 December, 2007 15:44

    mmmm... Do I dare to eat a peach?

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  2. Mélanie22 January, 2008 07:56

    This romanée Conti se boit tout seul . Il se suffit à lui même

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