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At a recent party to celebrate the 'refreshment' of the Weekend FT, Bollinger's first new wine in 30 years was launched. I was of course expecting to see all my Financial Times colleagues but found that at least half the guests in the beautiful St Stephen's, Walbrook, church looked even more familiar from my daily immersion in the world of wine. The first person I clapped eyes on, for example, was Sa⁞rah Kemp, publisher of Decanter, who can be seen at the end of this video. Turns out that Bollinger's UK...