Worthwhile new offers from UK wine merchants

Justerini & Brooks, the fine wine pimple on the bland international complexion of the massive international drinks company Diageo, has just sent out an offer entitled Burgundy 2002 – a great vintage revisited. I wonder whether any other fine wine merchants will follow in their sensible footsteps, and would certainly recommend the offer to the purple pager who was recently wondering in your turn whether to buy 2003s for long term cellaring.

J&B admit that this second offer within 12 months is most unusual but report that “many growers are releasing ‘hidden’ stock of 2002” to make up for...