Does 24 Sussex Drive have a wine cellar?

Nicolas has left a new comment on your post, "How was the wine Finance Minister Flaherty - oh, we don't drink do we?"

Interesting post! It sounds amazing that a wine sells at $499 on Wine.com.

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Dear Nicholas:

What on earch are you doing up at this ungodly hour writing to CyberSmokeBlog. Nevertheless, thank you.

Evening more interesting to us was at the recent White House dinner for the G20 member nations they were swilling $500 bottles of wine while discussing the world's worsening economic conditions. Whatever happened to Perrier water?

We've ofter wondered what goes on behing those stately stone walls of 24 Sussex Drive with the drafty windows. Soon we'll be writing the Prime Minister's Official Residence to ask if it maintains a wine cellar, what it stocks, how much it costs, who pays - when He's entertaining.

Did that a few years ago while trying to to track down an $8,025 Paul Martin self-portrait (few knew even existed) the taxpayer funded Manitoba Metis Federation had given the former Prime Minister. At the time we received a very nice e-mail from a Ms Hodgeson who, as we recall, managed the day-to-day affairs for the Official Residence. Even she didn't know. We'll see what happens this time.

Sincerely,

Clare L. Pieuk