I made my first trip to Poland last October, partly to receive an award from the Polish wine magazine Czas Wina (fetching hat involved shown in Poland's growing wine culture) and partly to observe at first hand the burgeoning wine scene there.
I was taken straight from Krakow airport to the world-famous salt mine outside the city where I was amazed to see, during my two-hour tour of the mine, a massive Catholic church carved out of the salt deposits. They were busy preparing for one of the many weddings held there.
In a smart private dining room, also hollowed...