Investors are looking beyond Bordeaux
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Amateur buyers of fine Burgundy fear a speculative bubble
Investors are looking beyond Bordeaux
Amateur buyers of fine Burgundy fear a speculative bubble
EVERY YEAR Berry Bros & Rudd, Britain’s oldest wine merchant, issues a pocket-sized price list. Reading old copies makes amateurs of quality quaff want to time-travel. In 1909 a case of 12 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1891, Burgundy’s most famous Grand Cru, cost 180 shillings (about £1,000, or $ 1,300, in today’s money). […]
Why there only FOUR passport colours – as UK travel document goes from burgundy to blue
The British passport will change colour from burgundy to navy blue. It will happen once Britain leaves the EU on March 29 2019. From October 2019, those applying for a new passport will receive a navy blue passport. The change was announced today by Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis. Brexit will mean the British passport will change […]
Why there only FOUR passport colours in the world – and the reason Britain’s is burgundy
Brexit has sparked a fresh dispute over the colour of the British passport. Many have questioned whether the burgundy hue will be changed back to navy blue as it was before the UK joined the European Union. The pervading heated debate proves there is a lot more meaning behind the colour of your passport than […]
‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’ Was Originally an Insane Survival Story
Ron Burgundy and the Channell 4 News Team turned to cannibalism an early draft of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. As wonderfully outlandish Adam McKay‘s comedy it, it was initially a little crazier. Ron, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), and the rest of the team once had to find their way down a […]
Why is the British passport burgundy? And will this change after Brexit?
The British passport was once navy blue. It had been blue since 1920, but in the 80s it was replaced by the burgundy passports of the European Union. All European Union passports are burgundy, except for Croatia, which has a dark blue design with the Croatian crest on it. Countries such as Turkey, who want […]
