Margaux transforms avenger: truth stranger than fiction

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What would you think if I told you that an armed robbery was averted because of wine? No, not a broken bottle waving sort of thing. But a sipping leads to a change of heart sort of thing. Sound implausible?

One evening last month, just such an event occurred in Capitol Hill. Read the astounding and bizarre full story here in the Washington Post. Truth sometimes IS stranger than fiction.

Wouldn’t that be great if everyone kept a bottle of wine at home to foil would-be attackers? Too bad the story doesn’t state the vintage of this Malescot St-Exupéry.

4 Responses to “Margaux transforms avenger: truth stranger than fiction”


  1. Good thing they weren’t drinking sauvignon blanc or else the story might not have had such a happy ending.


  2. This is a wake up call for all the Yellow tail and 3 buck jug drinkers :)
    I love your posts.
    Buona Bevuta a Tutti
    http://www.de-vino.com
    http://www.de-vino.blogspot.com


  3. Nice.. I have a few 1.5liter bottles, that should be enough to knock the h*** out of an unexpected intruder..


  4. The truth is, indeed, stranger than fiction. All the more reason to drink really good wine at neighborhood parties.

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