The Monk
06-27-2021, 07:36 AM
Having kept it safe for nearly two decades, Pete Jones was looking forward to the day he would finally open his prized bottle of wine on a special occasion. But the restaurateur expat’s dream of savouring his 1999 vintage Petrus, worth nearly $3700, was shattered when his teenage daughter and her friends used it to make sangria.
The British father, 56, who has lived in Madrid for more than 20 years, had gone out for the evening to allow youngest daughter Lara, 19, to host a party for her friends.
When he woke last Saturday morning, his treasured bottle was nowhere to be seen.
When he quizzed Lara in a text, she replied: “I hope it wasn’t expensive. I think my friends drank it.” Rather than hitting the roof, he blamed himself for leaving the bottle in plain view with a bunch of teenagers in the house.
“I am just gutted that after saving it for 17 years, I didn’t even get to taste it,” he said. “And . . . neither did they, well not properly.”
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The British father, 56, who has lived in Madrid for more than 20 years, had gone out for the evening to allow youngest daughter Lara, 19, to host a party for her friends.
When he woke last Saturday morning, his treasured bottle was nowhere to be seen.
When he quizzed Lara in a text, she replied: “I hope it wasn’t expensive. I think my friends drank it.” Rather than hitting the roof, he blamed himself for leaving the bottle in plain view with a bunch of teenagers in the house.
“I am just gutted that after saving it for 17 years, I didn’t even get to taste it,” he said. “And . . . neither did they, well not properly.”
https://i.imgur.com/xMMTxZI.jpg