The 130 guests invited to Monday night’s state dinner at the White House in honor of Queen Elizabeth II began their meal with a spring pea soup with fernleaf lavender accompanied by chive pizzelle with American caviar, according to First Lady Laura Bush’s office.
The first wine poured was a 2004 Newton “Unfiltered” Chardonnay, from Napa Valley, Calif., which sells for $35 per bottle.
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