While researching tomorrow's article on wine's extraordinary invasion of Asia for the Financial Times and Free for all on the site, I contacted Kingsley Liu in Hong Kong, a Purple pager whom I remember first meeting in the late 1970s when I witnessed him and his younger brother Raymond competing on opposing teams in the annual Oxbridge wine tasting competition.
This set off a flurry of nostalgia. On my part I remember that it was my presence at this event that brought me to the notice of veteran cricket commentator and wine writer John Arlott of The Guardian. He suggested...