A bottle of 1775 Jeres de la Frontera was brought to Crimea by Count Mikhail Vorontsov during the reign of Catherine the Great. It was worth an estimated €80,000. On Friday, Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi were accused of drinking it.
The Russian president was showing his friend and former Italian prime minister round the Massandra winery in Crimea, with the pair asking questions about vintage bottles in the wine cellar. Berlusconi picked up one of the five bottles of 1775 Jeres de la Frontera believed to be kept in the collection − a 1891 vintage − and asked “Is is …read more
Source: European Voice
