A Drink Of Liquid History -Come to London and Enjoy a Glass of 1770 Cognac

The Lanesborough Hotel in London, one of my favorite places to stay, has just acquired the world's oldest bottle of cognac, distilled in 1770, and is offering it to patrons of their plush Library Bar (above) for £4,000, or about $6,000, per shot. In addition to the 240-year-old tipple, the Lanesborough, has just installed a new walk-in cigar humidor, the first of its kind in a London hotel. The humidor houses 1,000 cigars and contains 25 private lockers for the personal collections of top patrons, who can enjoy Cuban and even pre-Castro smokes in the hotel's posh Garden Room.
Although British Law prohibits smoking in restaurants, private clubs, bars and hotels, the Lanesborough GM, the affable Geoffrey Gelardi has established (after a long fight with the local powers that be) at the rear of the hotel in the garden a semi enclosed room to smoke your favorite cigar and and enjoy
a glass of Port or even, a shot of 1770 cognac.
The hotel is offering some phenomenal winter rates that include daily breakfast, round-trip airport transfers, room upgrades and much more. Please contact me for more information.