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Restriction breeds creativity, goes the theory. Where resources are limited, there is a need for ingenuity that can create results far greater than you might expect. If you’ve ever tried to entertain two boisterous pre-school nephews with only a few cardboard boxes in an otherwise empty room, you’ll appreciate just how resourceful the human mind can become under pressure. (The boxes were terrifying zombie transmogrification machines, it turned out. Cue mass hysteria.)
The benefits of restriction are widely touted for viticulture too. We learn how the world’s most celebrated wines are born of...