Harry’s dilemma

I did know that, but can you imagine if he drank.....what sort of comments would he be tweeting then, the mind boggles.

I didn't know that.
That is very understandable

I think DT made a conscious decision never to drink alcohol following the death of his brother who was an alcoholic .

I didn't know that about DT gillybob - how interesting, not what I would have thought.

I assumed some of his tweets could have been made after a glass or two but obviously not!

Well DT is teetotal so I wonder who guzzled all that wine. My money's on Charlie, he's looking very red in the face lately .

lemongrove

I was thinking I wouldn't have minded waiting on and clearing up any leftover bottles, but then again, I am so clumsy someone's dinner would have ended up in their lap.

Annie and gilly
Yes, the wine was £60 a bottle, or was it £1,600 or possibly
£6,00 or even 6,000,000? ( Diane Abbot will know.)

Thank you absent.....it was President Bush I was thinking of.

yes gilly If the prices are correct ?

Probably so we can all be suitable disgusted at the price Annie

Wonder why the wine is being reported following this state banquet

I'm not happy with paying any of those prices Paddyann. It's disgusting. I'm not happy with any state banquets.
As for Harrys "dilemma." Here's a real dilemma. My friend waited one and a half hours for an emergency ambulance Sunday 3.30am. Her husband was having a heart attack. Should she have got in the car and driven to hospital at the first sign? That's a real dilemma.

lemongrove Ronald Reagan never made a State Visit to the UK, although he did go riding with the Queen in Windsor Great Park. The only US Presidents who have been invited for State Visits are George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

You’re living up to your name now Merlot ?

one of which was a Lafite Rosthchilde 1990 which, according to Wine Searcher, has an average retail price of £9,360, per bottle”
Probably costs that now but in 1990, when it was 'laid down' it would have cost much less.

Wouldn't it be awful if, having kept it all that time, it ended up corked

Aldi's Torro Loco as well as their even cheaper Grapevine Merlot must run in my veins. How I'd love to do a blindfold wine taste so long as somebody else is paying.

I bet I'd fail!!

I expect that the good stuff is just used for the ‘toasts’ and there will have been a range of middle priced wines available.
Should they only have been served cheap plonk and beans on toast?
State banquets always push the boat out, did anybody mind when Reagan was here?

www.bbr.com/products-452-1990-ch-lafite-rothschild-pauillac?priceMode=inbond

Well Berry Bros do a case of 6 for £3.9k
It pays to shop around, it seems.
Every little helps!

I think they might.

I wonder if they would know the difference between that, and a bottle of Aldi’s Torro Loco at under £4 a bottle ?

“one of which was a Lafite Rosthchilde 1990 which, according to Wine Searcher, has an average retail price of £9,360, per bottle”

An excerpt from the link above.

I have now read two conflicting prices ?

Both of which are absolutely obscene. But hey nothing but the best in her maj’s wine cellars eh?

nineteen wine butlers were on hand to fill glasses with a range of wine, including Château Lafite Rothschild 1990, which is sold for up to £1,400 a bottle - the average monthly wage in the UK

I agree, bad enough, but why exaggerate?

Oh dear I stand corrected . £9360 a bottle it appears to be ! Definitely a feeezer week or a make do week for her maj .

london.eater.com/2019/6/4/18650711/donald-trump-uk-state-banquet-queen-menu

I read that the wine was £1400 a bottle (daily mail) which is bad enough. Still if it’s true, her maj can afford it she will just have to have a freezer week next week.