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The art of ageing

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Wednesday 24 August 2011

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This article by Andy Lloyd is the fifth in an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the Young Wine Writer Award. See also the first in the series, by Rebecca Gibb, the second, by Nicola Gutman, the third, by Ray O'Connor and the fourth, by Matt Day.

Andy Lloyd won the award in 2008. He worked as a travel writer and sports journalist in the early part of his career before joining the UK's very successful retail chain Majestic Wine in 2006. For the past year he has been managing the Majestic Calais...

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