Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 20, 2025
It was in a deference to old habit, and the "qu en dira't on," that he ordered a half bottle of excellent Chambertin and then proceeded to dine with all the scrupulous punctilio of the old happy mess days.
Pius VII. drank only water, and his sobriety was truly apostolic; but this was not the case with the abbes attached to his service, for these gentlemen each day required five bottles of Chambertin wine, without counting those of other kinds and most expensive liquors. This recalls another occurrence, which, however, relates only indirectly to the Pope's stay in Paris.
In an instant he was back again, carrying a second basket under his arm, which he placed carefully on the table, saying, "Pomard of '87, gentlemen; I wish it were Chambertin for your sakes." "Tête bleue!that's what I call wine," said one, smacking his lips, as he tasted the generous liquor. "Yes," said Paul, "that's better than drinking the pink water they serve us out on service.
Chambertin, or Clos de Vougeot, at twelve bob a bottle that's the sort of tipple, I rather flatter myself eh?" Henry Dunbar drew himself up with a slight shudder, as if repelled and disgusted by the man's vulgarity. "What do you want of me?" he asked. "Remember that I am waited for. I am quite ready to serve you for the sake of 'auld lang syne!"
"You have not changed your mind, sir?" queried Chauvelin, and a note of anxiety, which he vainly tried to conceal, quivered in his voice. "No, my good M. Chambertin," replied Blakeney with the same urbane courtesy, "I have not changed my mind." A sigh of relief escaped the lips of both the men.
"Napoleon's favorite wine, and mine evidence of the sympathy that exists between the truly great." And, draining the glass, he burst into a song in praise of French wines, beginning "Le Chambertin rend joyeux, Le Nuits rend infatigable, Le Volnay rend amoureux, Le Champagne rend amiable.
The ambassador, who like an Englishman kept quite cool the whole time, poured him out a glass of Chambertin, and the blackguard drank his health. Murray seeing he had on a fine ring set with brilliants, praised it, and shewing some curiosity to see it more closely he drew it off the fellow's finger, examined it, found it without flaw, and asked how much it was worth.
"Leoville or Chambertin?" murmured a waiter, who came craning forward between Nana and Steiner just as the latter was addressing her in a low voice. "Eh, what?" he stammered, losing his head. "Whatever you like I don't care." Vandeuvres gently nudged Lucy Stewart, who had a very spiteful tongue and a very fierce invention when once she was set going.
In his seclusions the Vin de Bourgogne had its allotted hour, and there were appropriate moments for the Côtes du Rhône. With him Sauternes was to Médoc what Catullus was to Homer. He would sport with a syllogism in sipping St. Péray, but unravel an argument over Clos-Vougeot, and upset a theory in a torrent of Chambertin.
We could not cross without your help; we could not get across Paris without your august presence and your tricolour scarf of office. So you are coming with us, my dear M. Chambertin," he continued, and, with force which was quite irresistible, he began to drag his enemy after him towards the door.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking