Claude Terrail

• Vintage Wines Fetch Big Bucks

PARIS - A bottle of Vieux Cognac dating back to 1788 - the year before the French Revolution - sold at a Paris auction of wine and spirits for $36,935. Paris' landmark Tour d'Argent restaurant has cleaned out its cellar, considered one of the best and biggest in the world, putting 18,000 bottles up for auction. The two-day sale, which ended Tuesday, had been expected to bring in $1.4 million, but bidders spent $2.3 million, the Piasa auction house said.

...Longtime owner Claude Terrail died in 2006, and his 29-year-old son Andr...

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• December 09, 2009

• 1788 Cognac Sells for $36,935 in Paris

PARIS -- A bottle of Vieux Cognac dating back to 1788 -- the year before the French Revolution -- sold at a Paris auction of wine and spirits for 25,000 euros, or $36,935. Paris' landmark Tour d'Argent restaurant has cleaned out its cellar, considered one of the best and biggest in the world, putting 18,000 bottles up for auction. The two-day sale, which ended Tuesday, had been expected to bring in 1 million euros, and bidders eventually spent 1,542,767 euros, the Piasa auction house said.

...Longtime owner Claude Terrail died in 2006, and his 29-year-old son Andr...

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• December 09, 2009

• Wine & War Tour Retraces WWII History in France's Greatest Vineyards, for the 60th Anniversary of VE-Day 2005.

... dinner and cellar visit with owner Claude Terrail at La Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris, a...

• Business Wire
• October 29, 2004