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A Spar selection

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See also Richard's recent Snapshot of Australia – a useful guide to some of Australia's most interesting wines among the 110+ reviews.

Here's something for those counting the post-Christmas pennies. I wondered recently what MWs got up to once they graduated. In one case at least, they become trading controller of wines at Spar in the UK. Xenia Irwin MW recently joined the company to be exactly that, and is gunning to raise the profile of their wine proposition. In the UK, Spar stores are dotted around the country as a convenience grocer, newsagent and off-licence.

They fill the role...