ASoI - Precious cargo

Precious cargo
'We bring with us wines from France and the Italian states...'
And it was a good thing we did. I needed to impress the Princess, and she was fascinated by fermentations of all sorts...

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Travel stories
'Crossing the Volga, one of the rafts came adrift; the current was stronger than we feared. It was the raft with the most precious vintage, of course, so there was nothing for it but to swim in pursuit...'

The Princess was delighted both with the wines and the stories that accompanied them. 'I will learn much from tasting these,' she told me. 'Thank you. The connection to French vineyards is more precious than you know,'

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