Getting to know my father through wine

It's a special Father's Day post. This originally appeared in 'Spectator Life'. Its website has now been memory-holed so I'm posting it here.

It may be a cliché but many men really can only communicate through sport. It provides a ritualised way to argue, to become passionate and to bond without having to talk about awkward things such as feelings. This is never truer than of father and son relationships. My father and I never had this common ground. He was a brilliant sportsman as a schoolbo…