Here are my notes from the rather sweltering tasting described in Great tastings – but where are the tasters? (So warm was the room in Claridge’s where it was held that it may well have played a part in Patrick Sandeman’s enthusiasm for the Alto Adige wines he tasted immediately afterwards, as referred to in Alto Adige – Italian wines with a German accent.)
Because Bernard Magrez made his fortune selling rather basic wine through the William Pitters distribution company, created the leading Bordeaux brand, Malesan (long before anyone had the idea that brands might be the salvation...