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Mark Solms – conscience and the unconscious

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Psychiatrist Olga Antoniadou was a popular, highly commended entrant in our recent wine writing competition. Here she profiles a hero in two fields. 

This time I'm going to be absolutely, downright audacious. I want to discuss a man and his wines, as I like to do, but I have never actually visited the winery. Don't get me wrong, I will not be making anything up; it's just that Mark Solms has a dual identity. I have come across him at congresses in his work as a neuropsychoanalyst but he is also a wine producer. I have met his Solms...