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I think one has more fun being a wine
lover in England than in any other

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country. And that's because London's
where nearly all the great wine auctions

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take place.

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There's one almost every week of the
year.

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And for decades I have haunted these
auctions and the tastings that go before

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them. As a result, the old cellar below
our house contains at this moment over 5

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,000 bottles of wine.

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Some of it is superb.

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Most of it's pretty good.

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We drink a bottle or two every night.

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It doesn't seem to do us much damage.

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Here's a wine story I wrote when I first
became fascinated by the subject.

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Because the first thing one must do is
smell.

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Smell?

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I mean, of course, smell in the active
sense.

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To smell.

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Only after one has smelt, so to speak,
does one taste.

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All right, then let's put you to the
test again, and let me assure everyone

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home that Richard Pratt has no idea what
wines we've chosen for him.

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All right, then.

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Richard Pratt, where does this wine come
from?

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Oh.

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Oh, this is a very good humor, fellow.

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Let's see. German, of course.

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Not far from Bad Kreuznach. That would
account for the naughtiness.

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1959, I think. Yes.

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How's that?

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Absolutely right.

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Four out of four.

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Don't rip it off.

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Oh, well. Don't tell your son.

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Of course, the word Cooper. I want to
know when he finishes because he said

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coming straight on after the program.

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I don't know why we go to so much
trouble when we're going to be bored by

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that wine talk.

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Your father likes him.

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I can't bear the way he stares at me.

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He looks at me as though I were one of
his favorite clerics.

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He's meant to be very good on clerics.

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Who else did you say was coming?

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The Blythe, Pete and Joanna.

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They're American.

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You'll like them.

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He's a writer.

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What's he write?

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I've no idea, but he must do very well.
He's got your father as a stockbroker,

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and she always looks at hand.

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Would you taste them, please, Mrs.
Schofield? What is it, Mrs. Adams? It's

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horseradish that I'm making, but I'm
afraid it may be a little too strong.

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You taste it, dear.

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It is a little too strong.

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And don't forget, Mrs. Adams, dear, the
beef to go on the minute he arrives. Mr.

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Pratt likes it very rare.

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You'll get it rare, all right.

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Louise, ask your father about the wines.
I want to know what glasses to put out.

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Where is he?

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In his study.

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Green filing cabinet.

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No draft.

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Sorry.

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Mummy wants to know what glasses to put
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Hock, claret, champagne.

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Right.

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And go quietly.

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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

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Oh, dear.

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What?

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Well, thank you very much, Mr Pratt.
It's an amazing display. Really first

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class. Not at all. You must excuse me if
I rush, surely. Don't go without these,

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though. Oh, thank you. I can't read a
thing without them.

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A very naughty fellow indeed.

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Peter, I must say, Jeff, I'm absolutely
fascinated. Oh, yes, yes, absolutely

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fascinating. He has the most amazing
sense of taste of any man I've ever met.

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Do you always have a bet each time he
comes to dinner? I'm afraid so. It's

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getting rather expensive.

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Oh, why?

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What are we saying? Well, let me
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We only bet on the Claret. Oh, Mike,
isn't that what we call Cabernet? Well

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done, Joanna. Absolutely right.

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Cabernet is the name of the vine.

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Cabernet Sauvignon. Sauvignon?

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The vine of the great Claret, Sir
Bordeaux.

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Honey? You never fail to surprise me.

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Go on, Mike.

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As I was saying, we only bet on the
claret. I serve a wine, then challenge

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to name the breed and the vintage, and
he gives me a case of the wine in

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question if he can't.

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But he always can.

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Yes, that's true. I've never beaten him.

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But tonight, I really believe I have a
wine that will absolutely baffle him.

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Well, I'll drink to that. You don't
sound like the kind of guy who's easily

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baffled. Okay, gloat.

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And it's not only wine he knows about.
He's a gourmet, too.

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Oh, yeah, I read about that somewhere.

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He's the president of a society called
the Epicures.

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They get together once a month and stuff
themselves in sumptuous dishes of rare

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wines. Yes, I remember.

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And that will be him. Louise, would you?

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I'm afraid I must ask you not to smoke.

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Pratt's most ridiculous about that sort
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You don't want his taste buds damaged.

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No, no, no.

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Thank you.

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Good evening.

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Louise.

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Aren't you coming in?

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I'll lead the way. At one moment, this
couldn't be more opportune. I did so

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to work with you in private.

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I have a little gift for you.

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A gift?

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How kind. Do open it. I want to know if
you like it.

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It's my latest, and I've inscribed it to
you. Do look.

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I mean it.

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To Louise from her admirer.

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Heartfelt words.

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Thank you. I think we'd better go in.
They'll be wondering what's happened to

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us.

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Cyril, dear, lovely as ever.

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Hello, Mike.

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Let me introduce the blood. Joanna and
Peter, Richard Trapp. Forgive me for

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being late. I've come straight from the
television studio.

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We saw you very impressed.

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Not at all.

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They gave me some extremely well -known
wines to taste. These television people

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are all idiots, you know.

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I only do it because they do so insist
on my appearing.

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To think I couldn't name a Charbonnier.

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I trust, Mike, you will have something a
little more challenging for me this

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evening. Tonight, Richard, I am going to
win. Oh, good for you.

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You bet, Mr. Pratt.

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And you, sir, what do you do?

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I write.

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How interesting.

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Under your own name?

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Yes.

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I myself have just published a new book.
As a matter of fact, I presented a copy

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to Louise.

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How charming of you, Richard. What's it
called?

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Great Perth War Vintages.

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River Pink.

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I hope you'll all buy it.

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Well, Mike, are you ready for me?

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You mean we do the wine before the...

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How do you wine taste with

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soda?

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Perhaps I ought to explain. You see...

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Richard never has no pair of teeth. Good
heavens, no.

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But what I always do is retire briefly
before dinner is served and gargle with

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soda water.

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You don't really gargle with soda. Soda
water sponges out the palate, scours out

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all the unwanted tastes.

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In that way, I am ready to face the
challenge of my host.

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Excuse me.

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Isn't he extraordinary?

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Oh, yeah, he's, uh...

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Extraordinary. The great thing about
Moselle is it's the perfect wine to

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before a claret. A lot of people serve a
Rhine wine, but that's because they

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don't know any better.

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It's barbaric to serve a Rhine wine
before a claret. But a Moselle, ah,

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a Moselle is exactly right.

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Charming little wine.

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Don't you think so, Richard?

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Oh,

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dear.

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Have I kept you all waiting? I am sorry.

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Louise is such an interesting companion.

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Oh, delicious.

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I congratulate you, Sybil.

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Absolutely perfect.

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Fried in butter.

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Very crisp.

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A dash of lemon.

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Very excellent.

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So... Ah.

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Moselle.

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Milena Zolono 1971, I believe.

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Exactly right.

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So much better to serve a Moselle rather
than a rind before the claris.

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Precisely what I said. Exactly.

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Now, this is a very courteous personage.

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Slightly feminine.

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Rich.

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Rather like your daughters of the
American Revolution.

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Not quite as well off as they used to
be.

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Beautifully mannered lady.

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Now for the claret.

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Thank you, Mrs. Adams, dear. I must go
and fetch the claret.

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Oh, and actually, where is it? In my
study, with the cork out breathing. But

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is it in your study?

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Well, being chambrayed, of course.

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Pardon? Acquiring room temperature.

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Yes, but why in your study?

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Well, since Richard and I began these
little contests, we've had to see the

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conditions as near perfect as possible.
So together, we explored the house to

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find the best spot for the wine to
breathe.

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And we hit upon the top of the green
filing cabinet in my study.

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Draft -free, even temperature.

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Do excuse me.

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Half of the green filing.

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There's nowhere else in the whole house.
No, that is the perfect place.

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Oh, you do take this contest seriously.

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Indeed I do.

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And tonight I'm taking it especially
seriously.

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Why?

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I may want to raise the stakes.

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To what?

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What do you eat every night?

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You'll never name this one, Richard.

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You'll never get it, not in a hundred
years.

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It's a claret. Of course.

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I assume then it's one of the smaller
vineyards. Maybe it is, and then again,

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maybe it isn't.

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But it's a good year, one of the great
years. Yes, that I can guarantee.

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Then that shouldn't be too difficult.

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And look, Richard, I won't force you to
bet on this one. And why not? Because

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it's a very difficult wine. But I was
just saying to the others while you were

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out of the room that tonight I felt like
increasing the bet. No, that would be

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silly, but if you want... to bet we'll
have the usual, a case of the wine

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itself.

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You don't think I can name it, do you?

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As a matter of fact, and with all due
respect, I don't.

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Oh, I like this. I like this more and
more. Now, come on, Michael, let's

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increase the bet. No, a case is plenty.

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Would you like to bet 50 cases?

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Oh, don't be ridiculous, Richard.

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Do start, everyone. It'll get cold.
Thank you. So,

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you don't want to increase the bet?

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As far as I'm concerned, I don't give a
damn. I'll bet you anything you like.

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Anything I like?

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Shall we say 10 ,000 pounds?

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That better not be my 20 ,000 bucks,
Julian.

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Well, certainly if that's what you want.

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So, you would bet anything I like? Oh,
that's what I said.

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Mike, Mike... this nonsense and allow us
to eat our food.

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Sybil, I'm sorry you were thinking this
is nonsense. We're just making a little

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bet. Oh, I do love a good bet.

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Now, let's see.

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What shall we bet for tonight?

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You'll never guess this one, Richard. I
don't give a damn what the stakes are.

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You're on.

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I want you to bet.

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The hand of your daughter in marriage.

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Hey, that's not funny.

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Sorry, Daddy, that's not funny at all.
No, dear, they're only joking. I'm not

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joking.

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It's ridiculous.

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But you said I could bet anything I
liked.

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I meant money. You didn't say money.

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Well, that's what I meant. It's a pity
you didn't say it, but of course, if you

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want to go back on your word...

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That's not a question of going back on
my word, old man. It's a no bet, and

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tell you why. You can't match the stake.

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You don't have a daughter of your own to
put up against mine if you lose.

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And even if you had, I wouldn't want to
marry her.

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I'm pleased to hear that, dear. Yes, I
thought you might be.

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Very well, then.

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I'll bet you anything you like.

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My house, for example. How about my
house?

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Which one?

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The country one.

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Why not the town one as well?

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Daddy, don't be absurd. It's too silly
for words. I refuse to be betted on like

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this. Quite right, dear.

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Stop it at once, Mike. Do eat your food.
You know, Louise, we ought to think

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about this. Stop it, Daddy. I'm not
listening. Louise, just... I've never

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of anything so ridiculous in all my
life. Just wait a moment and hear what I

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have to say. I don't want to hear it.
He's willing to bet two hundreds, and

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point is this. He can't possibly win.

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He seems to think he can.

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Now listen to me, because I know what
I'm talking about.

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The expert, when tasting a current, as
long as it's not one of the famous great

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wines like the Peter Latour, can only
get a certain way towards naming the

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vineyard. He can, of course, tell you
which Bordeaux district the wine comes

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from, whether it's from Antimillion,
Pomerol, Grave or Médoc, but then each

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district has several communes, little
counties, and each county has many...

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Many small vineyards. It's impossible
for a man to differentiate between them

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just by taste and smell alone.

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I don't mind telling you that the one I
have here is a wine from a small

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vineyard surrounded by many other small
vineyards, and he'll never get it. It's

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impossible. Are you sure?

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Of course I'm sure.

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Just think about it.

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You'll be rich.

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Two houses.

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You can sell them. You'll be independent
for the rest of your life.

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Mike, stop it now.

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Sybil, don't interfere. I'm the girl's
father.

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I wouldn't let you in on something you
didn't want. Take the bed. I guarantee

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you can't lose.

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I don't like it.

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You're being silly.

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Come on, Joanna, what do you think?

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Peter, should she or shouldn't she?

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Could you just leave us out of this,
please?

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Yeah, I'll drink to that.

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Come on. Girl, take it. I'm making you a
fortune. We can't lose.

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Daddy, supposing I do lose?

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I'm your father, girl. I keep telling
you, you cannot lose. I guarantee it.

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All right, then. As long as you're sure.

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That's my girl.

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Good.

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Fine.

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It's a bet.

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It's a bet.

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Yes.

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Very interesting little wine.

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Gentle and gracious.

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Almost feminine in the aftertaste.

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Now we can begin to eliminate.

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I must move cautiously.

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There is much at stake.

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First then,

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From which district in Bordeaux does
this wine come?

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That's not too difficult.

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It's far too light to be either Saint
-Emilion or Grave. It's obviously a

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There's no doubt about that.

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Now, from which commune in Médoc does it
come?

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It's a very gentle wine, demure and
bashful in the first taste, emerging

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but quite graciously in the second.

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A little arch, perhaps.

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Something of a tease, taunting, with
just a trace of tenon.

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Then in the aftertaste, consoling and
feminine.

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A certain generosity that one associates
only with the wines of the commune of

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Saint -Julien.

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Unmistakably, this is Saint -Julien.

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I'm sorry, my dear, but I simply cannot
have smoking at the table.

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Now, let me see, where were we?

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This wine is from Bordeaux, from the
commune of Saint -Julien, from the

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of Médoc.

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So far, so good.

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Now we come to the more difficult part.

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The name of the vineyard itself.

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I'm going to try to establish the
growth.

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If I can do that, it will be half the
battle.

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Now, let me see.

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Well, this wine is obviously not from a
first -growth vineyard, or even a

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second. It is not a great wine.

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The quality, the radiance, the je ne
sais quoi, the power is lacking.

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Third growth, perhaps.

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I must be careful. I must be very
careful here.

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Yes. I'm right.

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I'm sure of it.

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It's the fourth growth.

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Now, good. That's better.

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Now we're closing in.

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What are the fourth growth vineyards in
the commune of Saint -Julien?

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There it is again.

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Tannin in the middle tastes a quicker,
stringent squeeze upon the tongue.

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Yes, now I have it.

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This wine comes from one of the small
vineyards around Bechevel.

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I remember it. I know the district well.

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The river, the small harbour with the...
The wine ships can't get in anymore

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because they're all silted up.

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Yes, could this be a Bechvel itself?

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No, I don't think so, not quite.

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But somewhere very close.

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Chateau Talbot.

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Chateau Talbot. Now, could this be a
Talbot?

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Yes.

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I believe.

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I'm not happy.

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I'm wrong. It's not a Talbot. I think
this is a 1966, so it couldn't be a

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Talbot.

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Let me think.

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It's not a Beschville.

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And it's not a Talbot.

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But it's so close to both of them, so
close that the vineyard must be almost

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between.

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Somewhere to the south.

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And the year is 1966.

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Is that your final answer? Oh, yes.

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It is.

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Chateau Brunel de Creux, 1966.

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It's a pretty little vineyard.

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Lovely old chateau. I know it quite
well. I can't think why I didn't

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it. Oh, come on, Daddy. Let's have a
peek. I want my two houses. Just a

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Wait. Just a minute.

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Michael, what's the matter? Keep out of
this, will you, please?

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He's guessed right, hasn't he?

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Well, has he?

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Now, don't worry.

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There's nothing to worry about.

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Richard, I think you and I had better
slip off and have a little chat.

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Oh, but I don't want a little chat.

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All I want is to see the label on that
bottle.

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Now, come along, Michael. What are you
waiting for?

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I believe these are yours,

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sir.

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Perhaps they are. I don't know.

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00:25:17,870 --> 00:25:19,650
Oh, yes, they're yours, all right.

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You left them in Mr.

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Schofield's study, on top of the green
filing cabinet, sir, when you happened

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go in there by yourself before dinner.

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You were carrying a soda can.