Five snobbish things about wine

Snobbery is like Piers Morgan, acceptable in small doses. Here are five acceptable snobberies in wine.

Breakfast Claret

There is a well-worn anecdote about the UK Conservative politician (and Churchill’s grandson) Nicholas Soames appearing on the BBC for an interview. Before he came on the sound engineer asked ‘We need you to give us a voice level – perhaps tell me what you had for breakfast.’

Soames replied: ‘A cold grouse and half a bottle of claret – w…