"A Goodly Hoard" (Part 2)

How better to end the week than with a view of that "secret cellar" (Daily Telegraph) in its mayoral office setting? How about with a detailed breakdown of its contents complete with prices provided by a reader called Dafydd from Lewisham. He writes:

"Magnification, eyestrain, guesswork and a Google search has led to the identification of the three wines with visible labels:

Domaine du Vieux Calcernier, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, £14.83

Bourgogne Pinot Noir Cuvée Adélie, Albert Bichot , £9.58

Marquise, Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France, Noël Bougrier, £5.33

Prices are current prices at Laithwaites (though Marquise is an offer price). Vintage of County Hall bottles unknown but more or less irrelevant,and identifications have been verified by comparing images."

All gleaned from the image I posted earlier and all, way, way, beyond the call of duty. Dafydd, next time I'm south of the river I'd consider it a privilege to buy you a drink.

Comments

[Rob]

ITN (via Yahoo!) had a breakdown of what was in the "cellar".

"A member of City Hall staff counted 39 bottles - 11 of Sancerre, 10 of Chateauneuf du Pape, one bottle of 1998 Rioja, 11 bottles of other Riojas and six bottles of "cheaper" wine."

"Mr Livingstone said there was no wine in the office"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080607/tuk-boris-fine-wine-jibe-sparks-row-dba1618.html

[Dave Hill]

Excellent work, Rob. Interestingly, though, Ken's statement only denied there being "over a hundred" bottles. It is (ahem) "understood" that the former mayor fully accepts that there was a significantly smaller number of bottles there.

[Rob]

Do we know if they were bought at full price or has TFL been advising Provence on it's transport infrastructure? :-)

[angela]

Tom I answered your post under "A Goodly Hoard - part 1".

Dave you are on a roll with this subject, why not a set of 10 volumes? or Goodly Hoard The Movie? (JOKE)