Michel-Jack Chasseuil €50 Million Wine Collection in Deux-Sèvres

Michel-Jack Chasseuil €50 Million Wine Collection in Deux-Sèvres

France, Deux-Sèvres, La-Chapelle-Bâton, the cellar of collector Michel-Jack Chasseuil contains the most prestigious private wine collection in the world, more than 50,000 bottles including 5,000 spirits with an estimated value of 50 million Euros, a bottle of Constantia, the wine that Napoleon drank on Saint Helena . France on May 6, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michel-Jack Chasseuil €50 Million Wine Collection in Deux-Sèvres

Michel-Jack Chasseuil €50 Million Wine Collection in Deux-Sèvres

France, Deux-Sèvres, La-Chapelle-Bâton, the cellar of collector Michel-Jack Chasseuil contains the most prestigious private wine collection in the world, more than 50,000 bottles including 5,000 spirits with an estimated value of 50 million Euros, a bottle of Constantia, the wine that Napoleon drank on Saint Helena . France on May 6, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

"Oracle Bone Script Art Showcase" kicks off in South Africa

STORY: "Oracle Bone Script Art Showcase" kicks off in South Africa SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:40 LOCATION: Cape Town CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): YOU WENZE, Chinese consul-general in Cape Town 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FAHRNAAZ JOHADIEN, Acting executive director of Iziko Museums of South Africa 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GUY REDMAN, Head of Western Cape Department for Cultural Affairs and Sports STORYLINE: "The Spirits on Turtle Shells and Cattle Bones: Oracle Bone Script Art Showcase" kicked off on Friday in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, to celebrate the United Nations Chinese Language Day, which falls on April 20. Hosted by the Iziko Museums of South Africa in collaboration with China's Central Academy of Fine Arts, ChinesePlus, and the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, this event takes place at the Learning Center of the Iziko Museums, located on the Groot Constantia Est

UN Chinese Language Day celebrated around world

STORY: UN Chinese Language Day celebrated around world DATELINE: April 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:47 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE STORYLINE: The 2022 United Nations (UN) Chinese Language Day has been marked around the world. Since 2010, the United Nations has marked Chinese Language Day on April 20 over the language's contribution to the world while encouraging more people to learn it. In the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, the Nepali version of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong's poems was released, Chinese songs were sung by Nepali students, and a China tea art show was performed. In South Africa, an educational partnership between the two countries on Tuesday brought Chinese tea culture to Cape Town's Groot Constantia, the oldest South African wine farm. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DYLAN MATTHEW SMITH, Student of University of Stellenbosch "During tasting it, they told us about additional values, quality of it, background history, and I found it very interesting. And I think it reflects everything on Chinese

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WINE FARM

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WINE FARM

(220420) -- CAPE TOWN, April 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A sightseeing bus parks at Groot Constantia wine farm in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 19, 2022. Established in 1685, Groot Constantia is the oldest South African wine farm. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WINE FARM

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WINE FARM

(220420) -- CAPE TOWN, April 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors walk in the vineyard at Groot Constantia wine farm in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 19, 2022. Established in 1685, Groot Constantia is the oldest South African wine farm. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WINE FARM

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WINE FARM

(220420) -- CAPE TOWN, April 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows the sign of Groot Constantia wine farm in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1685, Groot Constantia is the oldest South African wine farm. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

(220419) -- CAPE TOWN, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher of the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at University of Western Cape introduces Chinese tea to visitors at Groot Constantia wine farm in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 19, 2022. An educational partnership between China and South Africa on Tuesday brought Chinese tea culture to Cape Town's Groot Constantia, the oldest South African wine farm, to promote exchanges of cultures and celebrate UN Chinese Language Day. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

(220419) -- CAPE TOWN, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher of the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at University of Western Cape prepares Chinese tea for visitors at Groot Constantia wine farm in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 19, 2022. An educational partnership between China and South Africa on Tuesday brought Chinese tea culture to Cape Town's Groot Constantia, the oldest South African wine farm, to promote exchanges of cultures and celebrate UN Chinese Language Day. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

(220419) -- CAPE TOWN, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Teachers of the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at University of Western Cape introduce Chinese tea to visitors at Groot Constantia wine farm in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 19, 2022. An educational partnership between China and South Africa on Tuesday brought Chinese tea culture to Cape Town's Groot Constantia, the oldest South African wine farm, to promote exchanges of cultures and celebrate UN Chinese Language Day. (photo by Francisco Scarbar/Xinhua)