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Alex asks himself about the '10s in Southwold

Tuesday 4 February 2014
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Alex and I both had the pleasure of attending this year's three-day dive into Bordeaux's 2010 vintage in Southwold recently. See our guide to coverage of this review of the 2010s, including all my tasting notes - JR

'I can't stand people who generalise', a relative said the other day, then added, 'like journalists'.

The dangers of generalisation are obvious, and the temptation ever-present. Over-burdened with information as we are, and short of time to process it, we would live a very narrow life indeed if we confined ourselves to discussing matters about which we are fully informed. A...

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