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Overcoming grape prejudice

It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.

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Henry Jeffreys
Aug 30, 2024
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As anyone who has ever been on a date will know, it’s easier to bond with someone over what you don’t like rather than what you do. A shared liking for Keith Floyd is good but a shared loathing for Nigel Slater, well, that’s romantic dynamite. So it is with wine. I gave a little cheer when I read that Remi Cousin, head sommelier at Le Gavroche which is …

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