Château Thames Embankment

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Château Thames Embankment is the fictional, comically low-quality red wine frequently drunk by barrister Horace Rumpole in John Mortimer’s Rumpole stories.

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Château Thames Embankment canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional object
fictional wine
running gag
appearsIn Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
linked to: Rumpole novels

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
linked to: Rumpole novels

Rumpole and the Primrose Path
linked to: Rumpole novels

Rumpole of the Bailey
linked to: Rumpole novels
associatedWithCharacterTrait Rumpole’s fondness for drink
Rumpole’s nostalgia
associatedWithOccupation barrister
color red
consumedBy Horace Rumpole
countryOfOriginInFiction United Kingdom
creator John Mortimer
describedAs comically low-quality red wine
existence purely fictional
fandomWikiSubject Rumpole of the Bailey fandom
fictionalUniverse Rumpole stories
linked to: Rumpole novels
genre comedy
legal fiction
hasCanonicalStatus recurring joke
languageOfWork English
medium short stories
television series
nameReferences Thames Embankment
linked to: Thames embankments
parodies French château wines
priceInFiction cheap
qualityInFiction low
symbolizes Rumpole’s modest tastes
Rumpole’s resistance to pretension
typicalSettingConsumed Pommeroy’s Wine Bar
Rumpole’s chambers
usedFor characterization of Horace Rumpole
comic effect

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Horace Rumpole favoriteDrink Château Thames Embankment