Ministers opened £1,500 bottle of cognac in dying days of Tory government

Conservative ministers opened a more than 100-year-old bottle of cognac from the government wine cellar in the dying days of Rishi Sunak’s administration, the Foreign Office has said.

- KATE DEVLIN

Also consumed were three bottles of 1931 quinta do noval port and four bottles of 1983 chateau margaux bordeaux.

The bottles were drunk at “a minister-led event to mark the centenary of the government wine cellar” just months before the Tories left office after 14 years, the government said.

The official collection – valued at £3.8m – is designed for use at events attended by world and business leaders. It is supposed to be run in the “most cost-effective manner”.