Slaphead Jack's personal collection of wine from his excesses as mayor of Paris has been flogged for a million Euros.

There is an old 'cave' - a wine cellar - round the corner from us where I popped in on the weekend. The proprietor had bottles of Armagnac from the fifties, forties and from 1934 on the shelf for sale. All house label. I asked him if the 1934 is still drinkable. He assured me it was a very good drop. Only €400 Euro. It's been in the cellar in this wine shop on the rue de Courcelle since 1934.