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Liberty Wines' 20th anniversary Italians

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One of the British Isles' most distinctive independent wine importers celebrated their twentieth anniversary recently with a great big celebratory tasting in London. I say British Isles rather than Britain because Liberty Wines have long had a significant presence in Ireland as well as in the UK – not least because the founder David Gleave first fell in love with wine while working there. Here he tells his story: 

'I ended up in England because I dropped out of university in Vancouver and decided to travel for a year, after which I planned...