Wine-drinking etiquette if ever in the Queen’s presence (NZ)
Word has it that the cellars at Buckingham Palace hold some of the world’s greatest wines from sublime vintages. While it is most unlikely that Her Majesty ever pops downstairs to select something special for dinner, one suspects her highly knowledgeable cellar master knows every bottle by name, provenance, vintage and producer … when its optimum drinking time is due, and whether it will go best with the freshly caught Balmoral salmon or the Argentinian grass-fed beef, reports The New Zealand Herald.