The Peregrine Family History - Nefandous the Oenophile

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As is widely acknowledged, the Professor has a considerable knowledge and appreciation of some of the lesser-known wines of the world. His enthusiasm for the Hebdomadal and Gallimaufry grapes is legendary. Following extensive research into his family history, he now attributes this oenophilic passion to the influence of his great-great-whatever uncle Nefandous Peregrine who was for many years chief sommelier at the renowned and highly-exclusive Balatronic Club at Chilton Candover. 

The club remains exclusive to this day and is housed in a fine, Palladian building which is invisible to anyone with a lesser rank than Viscount, although Barons, Baronets and the occasional Thane are able to vaguely make it out on alternate Thursdays in the month preceding Michaelmas.

Nefandous Peregrine

Sadly, Nefandous Peregrine was eventually accused of unsportingly using spiked loafers in a hotly-contested Beaujolais Nouveau race and was forced into early retirement. He was last seen at a Dadaist cabaret sharing an impudent but pleasing bottle of Chateau Acnestis with Tristan Tzara and is rumoured to have unaccountably vanished during a pilgrimage to Bagthorpe in search of the last-known bottle of Domaine de Stitherum.

Location: Chilton Candover

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