Asked by purple pager Kent Lewis about comments on top New Zealand wines in the latest issue of Wine Spectator (see your turn ), I got completely distracted by that patronising article on Women and Wine in the California wine business in the latest issue to hit my doorstep here in the UK , Nov 15. Gosh, they’re really doing quite well nowadays, seemed to be the tenor of the piece. This, in a region where practically all the most sought-after oenologists are female. And the article acknowledges feminine superiority in tasting skills. (It does, however, make the common mistake of assuming that being what...