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Rum boosts charity
The last 16 bottles of historic rum discovered in the cellars at Harewood House have been sold at Christie’s in London, raising an astonishing £115,500. Dating from 1780, the rum was shipped to Yorkshire from the Lascelles family’s former plantation in Barbados. It was tucked away on a high shelf in the cellars and left for over 200 years until the dense mass of accumulated cobwebs was cleared and the bottles re-discovered. The money raised from the sale of the rum, in addition to the £66,000 raised by an earlier sale, will go to The Geraldine Connor Foundation which helps promote Caribbean culture and arts activities in Yorkshire. With this injection of funds there will be a recital, a summer school and other projects.
Ideal dessert wine
Ch. Roumieu 2009, Sauternes is down from £12.99 to £7.99 for 37.5cl at the Co-op. This is a lovely, concentrated, apricot and honey dessert wine, suitable to pour alongside a fruit-based dessert or with Yorkshire Blue cheese.