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Despite the best efforts of Government there is an undeniable link between sport and alcohol, and not an entirely negative one. As usual, this thought came to me in an entirely circuitous manner as I...
In my other life, when not writing this column, I’m employed by a risk consultancy. I have therefore come to understand the importance of making informed choices at pivotal moments and the...
On January 25, 2010, Bill McLaren the legendary Scottish rugby commentator was laid to rest in Hawick cemetery. News of his death had moved Scots and rugby fans all over the world and as the funeral...
The 2005 vintage in Bordeaux marked a new highpoint for prices of the top chateaux wines en primeur. It was, by common accord, not just the best vintage of a still young century, but the best in...
Hong Kong’s devotion to heavy Bordeaux reds tends to puzzle wine industry professionals who visit during the summer months. Surely, they argue, this is an impossible climate for something so...