The summer of 2003 in the UK has gone down in the British collective memory as famously hot – to be compared to 1976. While Mediterranean Europe has had other hot summers recently, we have not and so the memory of 2003 has grown rather than receded. Janet and I remember house sitting in that
The relative merits of buying everyday wines from the supermarket or from an independent wine merchant in the UK are worth rehearsing. As I see it, they are: Supermarket Strengths Weaknesses Huge buying power Little or no knowledgeable service at the point of sale Can offer good value obsessed with 2-for-1 offers, many of which
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