So how does the British wine trade really feel about bordeaux? In late October Julia and I attended the annual Union des Grands Crus tasting of the latest Bordeaux vintage to be bottled, as usual enjoying the superlative overhead daylight of the Hamlyn Hall, pictured here. I know the conventional wisdom is that the trade is not much interested in Bordeaux in general and Bordeaux 2012 in particular at the moment, but there was no shortage of attendees (far more than in this photograph taken at a fairly early stage in the proceedings) – even if a high proportion of...