Wine collecting in Singapore today
WHAT vintages of which wines does one start one's collection with? A tough question but an absorbing one to deal with.
When I started in 1983 I was very fortunate. It was already early summer of 1983 and the 1982 en primeurs had just been released. I scurried around by telephone - there was no Internet then! - so it meant long-distance telephone calls to London fine wine merchants (those were the only ones I knew then) or relying on faxes!
I was fortunate to be able to acquire a few cases of the 82s, including the First Growths. Château Latour 1982 was £250/- a case en primeur! I quickly snapped up a couple of cases, si…
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