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French wine producers have such a huge advantage over the Aussies, South Africans, Chileans, Californians and so on, yet only the scandalously overlooked vignerons of Saumur-Champigny have had the bravura bonhomie to capitalise on it. But capitalise on it they have, and in a most original way. Firstly, of course, French producers have the advantage of proximity. To get to Saumur-Champigny, all I had to do was leap aboard a coach four minutes from my house and go to Stansted airport thence Tours. I did not have to spend 25 hours in the air and possess a visa acquired after queuing up at Australia House, nor did I have to submit to the brutal indignities of the US immigration system. I did not have to ensure I was smeared all over with factor-300 sun cream nor drink only bottled water, and I did not require an Afrikaans phrasebook in order to express myself demotically when confronted with a 14.9% ABV Pinotage. ...
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