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  • The Oldie

    BILL KNOTT

    Jan 12, 2022 3 minutes

    A CASE FOR THE WINE SOCIETY

    What is in store for wine-drinkers this year? A maelstrom of price hikes, supply chain disasters and frost-stricken vintages? Or the sunny uplands of new trade deals and a couple of quid off a bottle of Penfolds Grange? And what should we be drinking? Is orange the new rose?

    As I have seen the drivers from the Wine Society more often than my family over the

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