Variable weather conditions encompassing both rain and heatwaves, and producers fighting against mildew and acid rot, have made for a challenging vintage.
It’s uncanny, but if I gauge it right, I can summon my wife as if by magic. Mrs R’s hearing is at its most acute in that lull between her afternoon Earl Grey and evening G&T, at which point she can hear me pop a cork from two floors away. She’ll be down in a trice,