Roald Dahl built up a fine wine cellar at Gipsy House. 'My real love has always been for claret, the wine of Bordeaux. There is a mystique about a good claret, a kind of magic that no other wine in the world possesses... The way down to our cellar is long and steep, and it is no joke to totter down there carrying a full case of wine.'

[Memories of Food at Gipsy House, Viking, 1991 and later in paperback re–titled The Roald Dahl Cook Book.]

Château Pichon Longueville, Lalande 1983, CB
Pauillac, 2ème Cru Classé
1 dozen bottles (owc)

Photo reproduced in Memories of Food at Gipsy house
Photograph: Jan Baldwin

£550–650