18 MARCH 1966, Page 26

It is not often that a wine shipper invents a

liqueur, but Peter Hallgarten, doubtless im- pressed by the success of after-dinner chocolate mints, has. He calls it Royal Mint-Chocolate Liqueur, it costs 38s. 6d. a bottle and tastes to me like a clever blend of creme de menthe and creme de cacao. It has a faint green tinge, which makes it pretty, and I fancy that both its looks and its associations will establish it with fashion-conscious hostesses. At the risk of sound- ing boorish, I sense that it will sort out the boys from the men.