It was the best of wines, and the worst of times

Something for the weekend? How about five wine stories...

What is the best wine in the world?

Well actually, it’s the one I sell.

The honest truth is I’m not really a wine “writer” at all. Never have been. I’m a wine merchant. Most of the time I’m on the road, eating Tesco Meal Deals and drinking Costa flat whites in a Skoda Octavia visiting wine shops and asking them to buy stuff.

This week that job got consider…