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Oxbridge wine tasters 1976/77
While researching tomorrow's article on wine's extraordinary invasion of Asia for the Financial Times and Free for all on the site, I contacted Kingsley Liu in Hong Kong, a Purple pager whom I remember first meeting in the late 1970s when I witnessed him and his younger brother Raymond competing on opposing teams in the annual Oxbridge wine tasting competition.
This set off a flurry of nostalgia. On my part I remember that it was my presence at this event that brought me to the notice of veteran cricket commentator and wine writer John Arlott of The Guardian. He suggested to the Guardian womens' page (remember...
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