Toasting the master
Duncan Savage, Savage Wines
“People were drawn to his warmth”
After Allan was injured in a diving accident in his early twenties, he was told he wouldn’t live for more than five years… he lived for another 50. And he went places wheelchairs weren’t meant to go.
When we got together for tastings he’d ask me about the surf, so a few surfing vintners hatched a plan to get Al back in the water. We organised an XL board and had a wetsuit customised. We only surfed with Allan on a few occasions, and every time we hit
