Du Vin Intervention with Marcel Lucont
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Bonjour la classe! This week, the discerning drinking duo sip sparkling wines and Gallic giggle juice with the effervescent and legendary Marcel Lucont, a French comedian, poet, philosopher, raconteur, flaneur, inexhaustible lover and renowned wine expert.
Amid erudite talk of women, Wetherspoons and where the British are going wrong, we host āThe Battle of The Bubblesā, pitching the classic Taittinger Brut Reserve Champagne from La France against a āBlanc de Blancsā from Jenkyn Place in Hampshire.
Will the English lion triumph over the strutting French cock? Well, youāll just to have an āecouteā and find out.
Jenkyn Place Blanc de Blancs, Ā£38, is available from theĀ Jenkyn PlaceĀ shop direct while you can get Taittinger Brut Reserve NV for just Ā£28.50 atĀ Waitrose.
You can check out all Marcel Lucontās tour dates, lockdown shows, bawdy chanson CDs, books, bookmarks and even his very own bespoke perfume āInsoucianceā atĀ marcellucont.com.
Next week, the boys will be back on the beers and spirits. Ben will be getting down to some Monky business with Tynt Meadow, the only Trappist Beer in Britain ā made by friars at the Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire. Buy it from BeerwulfĀ hereĀ for just Ā£3.95 ā all profits go to good deeds. So the more you drink, the better the world becomes.
Tom, meanwhile, will be setting off to Skye to taste Talisker Storm, a non-age statement single malt whisky from one of Scotlandās finest distilleries, dating back to 1830. Itās currently on offer atĀ Whisky ExchangeĀ for just Ā£32.95.
