A Polish wine invasion

The first-ever influx of Polish wine producers took place in London last month, just as Poland is featuring in the news – not exactly happily. Poland’s history is extraordinary, and often tragic.

In the last century Poland was buffeted mercilessly by both Hitler and Stalin, with its boundaries casually redrawn westwards after the Second World War. This century it is the threat of Putin to the east that has moved the government to insist recently...