Originally Posted by ozstamps
I recall last year a few FT'ers drove with
Rudi and
Gisela from Basel to a lunch in rural France for his birthday.
There was a small Michelin listed restaurant he wanted to visit
It was a very long lunch ..... 4 hours IIRC? Maybe longer, but it was superb.
Punki and
Hunki were also there. I think Punki just ate salad.
Lots of courses, and all accompanied by a specific wine the sommelier chose specially. Maybe 7 bottles - I have misplaced the copy of the menu
Rudi later kindly mailed me with all the wine labels on it, that the sommelier presented him with.
Restaurant hand-made on site, pate de fois gras ..... the works.
The bill was about 1000 Euros if I recall. Pretty serious lunch money seeing none of us were expensing it. But a VERY memorable way to spend an afternoon. ^
1000/6 = EUR166 per person.... for lunch and 7 bottles of wine that is VERY reasonable. You can drop that kind of money at any decent resturant for lunch and not get a drop of wine...
I have been to lunch at a 2star Michelin restaurant where the bill for the wine alone was over EUR1500, and there were only 3 of us
Once you start drinking the good stuff it adds up pretty quickly.