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‘Is en primeur perfect? Far from it. But...’

Recently I took part in an online event (is there any other kind?) with the Commanderie de Bordeaux in Edinburgh. It took the form of a chat with wine writer Will Lyons. We were talking about all things Bordeaux, and he said something that really struck home – that some wine writers seem almost embarrassed to be covering Bordeaux, and that the only time he ever gets trolled as a critic is when he

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