Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

Taste (1980)

Roald Dahl: Self - Introduced by

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  Roald Dahl : I think one has more fun being a wine lover in England than in any other country. And that's because London's where nearly all the great wine auctions take place. There's one almost every week of the year. And for decades I've haunted these auctions and the tastings that go before them. As a result, the old cellar below our house contains at this moment over 5,000 bottles of wine. Some of it is superb. Most of it's pretty good. We drink a bottle or two every night and it doesn't seem to do us much damage. Here's a wine story I wrote when I first became fascinated by the subject.