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 novels
surface form: Rumpole and the Age of Miracles

Rumpole novels
surface form: Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Rumpole novels
surface form: Rumpole and the Primrose Path

Rumpole novels
surface form: Rumpole of the Bailey
associatedWithCharacterTrait Rumpole’s fondness for drink
Rumpole’s nostalgia
associatedWithOccupation barrister
color red
consumedBy Horace Rumpole (fictional character)
surface form: Horace Rumpole
countryOfOriginInFiction United Kingdom
creator John Mortimer
describedAs comically low-quality red wine
existence purely fictional
fandomWikiSubject Horace Rumpole (fictional character)
surface form: Rumpole of the Bailey fandom
fictionalUniverse Rumpole novels
surface form: Rumpole stories
genre comedy
legal fiction
hasCanonicalStatus recurring joke
languageOfWork English
medium short stories
television series
nameReferences Thames embankments
surface form: Thames Embankment
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 (fictional character) favoriteDrink Château Thames Embankment
subject surface form: Horace Rumpole