CONRAN’S £6.5K FIZZ

THeY’Ve bidden farewell to Barton Court, the Berkshire manor house their father bought as a wreck in 1971 and then magnificently restored. Now, just months after selling Barton for £15 million, sir Terence Conran’s five children and his widow, Vicki, are parting with its contents — including Conran’s cellar. it’s a thing of splendour, with a magnum of perhaps the rarest champagne, Moet & Chandon’s esprit du siecle. ‘A unique wine of extraordinary complexity, history and craftsmanship,’ says Bonhams, which is auctioning Conran’s treasures. And, it might add, a sobering price — with an upper estimate of £6,500. Bottoms up!