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MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Constructive opinions on wine always welcome on the table
Every year since May 2002, as chairman of the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, I spend almost a week with some of the world’s top wine judges and commentators. Several are locally based colleagues, the remainder are the international panellists who come to SA expressly for the competition. After the day’s work is done there’s usually a dinner and an opportunity to exchange ideas. With the impression of the recent classes still fresh in mind, discussion usually begins with what seems most immediate, but in very little time it ranges ever more broadly. By late evening we usually solve the wine world’s most serious problems. Occasionally someone remembers the solution the next morning. Ask any of the experts who have been part of these debates if they are useful and the answer, almost certainly, would be "yes". If you then posed the question "have these discussions contributed to how wine is made in the place where you live and work?" I would happily predict that many would also agree. Thi...
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