To cope with the present, study the past

There's nothing we face in wine today that people haven't dealt with before.

We’ve a man who shot you if you didn’t drink enough. Another who dressed barrels up as women. And the the first recorded mention of a corkscrew. All linked by Ireland.

It turns out today’s wine news stories all have some sort of historical precedent.

A glass of wine every evening, with Beauchamp Bagenal

“Could a glass of wine every night really be good for…