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Winetraders – German gems in an Italian setting

Winetraders Italian bottles at their 2020 London tasting

Founder of Winetraders Michael Palij MW has been branching out, resulting in a blind tasting that confounds Tim during the 100-wine marathon he describes below. We preface this tasting article with the text of an email Michael circulated widely yesterday.

Dear Friends,

Apart from anything else, COVID-19 has certainly broadened my reading horizons. The last ten days has seen me dive into Maslow, ACAS, Dante, Machiavelli, innumerable gov.uk sites and, in common with every other business owner, I’ve been awarded a PhD in both virology and economics. In amongst all the coronavirus erudition it has become clear that it is uncertainty...