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Drink

A dog to remember (and the wine he inspired)

The Great Hector was well worthy of a glass or two

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

Meeting to taste wine, we started by talking about dogs. Roy Hattersley is good on the subject, which ought to be impossible. For he is opposed to shooting, and the partnership between gun and gun-dog, the dog’s tail-wagging joy as it luxuriates in its master’s approval, is one of the highest expressions of man’s commonwealth with the animal kingdom.

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