House Party !!
As you do - 16 years old, Mum & Dad away - down the pub - only logical thing to do is to invite 30 randoms back to your house to carry on the session.

Fast forward to the morning, as I open my eyes - first thing I see is a girl whom I have never met before sitting next to my bed, wearing my clothes - I am naked. Oh dear.

As I walk down the stairs, through the assorted carnage and bodies, the smell of massage oil, booze & cigarettes wafting gently throughout the house - nice blend.

Walk into the kitchen - on the unit, is a $300 bottle of chablis, given to folks by their friends from France 10 years ago - saved for a special occasion - I'm assuming my impromptu gathering doesn't fit into that category - can only mean one thing, I either find an exact replacement or its the firing squad at dawn.
It is a task made even harder because :

1) I live in a village in Suffolk
2) It is Sunday
3) This was 18 years ago, before flexible opening hours
4) Mum & Dad back in 4 hours

Cue widespread panic.

We must have driven to every wine shop and off licence in a 100 miles radius, and still nothing. Nothing even remotely similar.

The only thing for it - a $3.99 bottle of Chenin Blanc with a rather similar neck and bottle colour.

Steam off respective labels, replace.

When it was opened 10 years later, on their 30th Wedding anniversary...my Dad the 'wine expert' didn't notice a thing and remarked at what a good drop it was to all present.

Cue confession and riotous laughter.
(zit, Wed 16 Jul 2008, 3:35, 6 replies)

You get extra points
for fessing up after Dad pronounced its excellence.

*click*
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 16 Jul 2008, 3:39, closed)

Is that
the world's most expensive bottle of Chablis evah, or are you faking the tale?
( Ghoti Fingers, Wed 16 Jul 2008, 8:38, closed)

Maybe they were
Hong Kong dollars (~£20)

Regardless of the fact I am clicking because I just like when people expect expensive they taste expensive!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 16 Jul 2008, 9:34, closed)

Now then
I'm sure I've heard this particular story before.
(Stu Moo winner of five nobble piece prizes, Wed 16 Jul 2008, 10:41, closed)

Hmmm,,
20 year old chablis would be minging enough (good Chablis usually peaks at 7-10 years old if kept right) but 10 year old £4 chenin blanc should be undrinkable. And $300 is very steep for one bottle as other people have pointed out. As far as wine goes your dad has been faking it royally!
(lost, Wed 16 Jul 2008, 14:31, closed)

I live in suffolk
and I'm damn sure that if I bought a bottle of wine from the local offy it would be £3.99 not $3.99
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 16 Jul 2008, 18:12, closed)