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Drink

A military funeral for a heroic vintage

No one better than Valentine Cecil to see off the ’63 Graham’s

10 May 2014

9:00 AM

10 May 2014

9:00 AM

Alas, the ’63 ports are beginning to fade. I came to that conclusion the last time I tasted a Warre’s, and the other night I was at the drinking of a Graham’s, an exemplar of that magnificent year. It was still delicious, and from the summit of a mountain there is a long descent.

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