Wine Fit For A President

French Wine At Main Reservoir, Lakewood, Colorado

     Have you ever dreamed of living like a king?  Getting the opportunity to ride in a private jet or a luxurious limousine.  How about tasting an impeccable meal, while drinking a glass of the most opulent of wines.  Well, the good news is, you have the chance to drink like the President of France.  This week, The French Government has decided to auction off some of it's highly sought after wine reserves.  This assortment includes over 12,000 bottles, from the vineyards of Bordeaux and Burgundy.  So why would the French Government sell off these precious national treasures?  Money of course!  The first quarter has not been kind to the French Government, they are currently mired in a difficult financial recession as well as have amassed a 100 Billion Euro deficit.  So, the French Government has dug deep into that coveted wine seller and have brought some of the most incredible wine in the world to auction.  Be it a 1990 Petrus or a 1985 Krug Clos du Mesnil or an Alsatian wine from Hugel and Trimbach.  They even have a bottle of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, which is valued at $7,600 dollars a bottle.  Now, if you do not have a fortune comparable to a small nations gross domestic product, never fear, some of these wines will go for around $130 a bottle.  So if you have some extra money laying around and are in Paris, see if you can pickup some of these amazing bottles of wine, and then you too can drink like a French dignitary.

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