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am sure all readers will wish John Stimpfig well on his retirement from your columns. His reflections on three decades of wine made fascinating reading. It would be great to see more on the history of wine in the magazine. The August issue also mentioned the rapid expansion in UK land under vine.? Your archives must provide a wonderful resource for this and other topics on the history of wine and its appreciation, in which , as Stimpfig says, has played a significant role. More please!

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