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Raising the barre
The evocation of a wine pirouetting across the palate like a muscular male ballet dancer seemed somewhat incongruous at a wine event hosted by the plain-speaking Kiwis. But this purple prose was from no New Zealander – rather, it was one of the international Pinotphiles that made up more than half the delegates in attendance, the wine in question was from Burgundy, and the setting was a keynote session on ‘The Human Element of Terroir’. ...
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