“Associations & societies such as the Bordeaux Club are the very acme of civilization. Botticelli & Bach were engaged in the eternal quest for truth & beauty in painting & music, & the Bordeaux Club did the same for viniculture.” – Andrew Roberts

The story of 12 friends who gathered to share & celebrate the extraordinary wines of Bordeaux. Like-minded in their love of wine, they differed wildly (often alarmingly!) in their personal wealth, life & circumstances – their opinions, always voiced, had the power to ignite anger & divide friendships just as easily as they bound them together. Neil McKendrick, member & minute-taker for 57 of the Club’s 70 extraordinary years, weaves the tale of this convivial group with the rigor of a Cambridge academic (he is ex-Master of Gonville & Caius) & the humor of a born raconteur. Alongside the likes of Hugh Johnson, Steven Spurrier & Michael Broadbent, he celebrates the beauty of top-class Bordeaux & the splendor of each setting – from glorious country park to rickety Dickensian boardroom – in which these men were lucky enough to dine, serving up memories of vintages the like of which we will never see again.

300 Pages

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