I write this just before taking off for a ridiculously crammed tour of California so it covers only the first two-thirds of October, but I see that my September diary took me only up about the same point in that month, so this is a full month’s worth.
There were myriad retailer tastings in London hosted variously by Swig, The Bunch, Amathus, The Wine Society, Majestic, Waitrose and Tesco, and I must confess that I rather...