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St Peter brings St Henri (and Grange) to St James

Wednesday 3 August 2016
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The St James's members' club for wine lovers, 67 Pall Mall, is like the sixth-form common room of the wine trade. So when Head Boy Ronan Sayburn MS recently spotted me there catching up on my homework during a free period, he invited me to join him and his staff in a quick tasting with a visiting winemaker. 'Peter Gago's popped in', he said, 'and he's brought four vintages of St Henri. And Grange.'

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