Causerie

King Henry II enjoyed drinking Bordeaux wine. His favourite was Bordeaux Claret, the only wine that could be kept longer than the others.  He ordered substantial quantities of wine from Bordeaux and noticed that the bottles  delivered, were getting smaller and smaller. He decided to standardise the bottle which still exists to this day….. Château…

Henri, le Jeune Roi sans royaume, couronné par son père Henry II, de son vivant, mais n’ayant jamais exercé le moindre pouvoir, s’est sans cesse rebellé contre ce père tout puissant……    1183, Death of Henry the Young King 832 years ago today, Henry, the young king of England, aged twenty-eight (born on 28 February…