Wine war breaks out in St Emilion

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by Henry Samuel

A wine war has broken out in the ancient French village of St-Emilion between three chateaus and two top owners. Henry Samuel reports

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The only reason is clipped this was that, when I was just 19, I had a Lambretta motor scooter and regularly rode it to this quaint town for a baguette, some pate, and a bottle of very good wine to sit on a park bench and watch the mademoiselles stroll by. Still think Rhine and Austrian Weinstrasse wines are better – and none of them beat some good American wines.