I passed at busy table of Bourdeaux, all under cork of course, and shared a glass of red with two passionate Frenchies. I asked if they had tried all of the wines, and whether they could short cut me to the better wines. I also asked whether they had found any of them to be corked. They relied that ‘No, these are high quality wines with good corks. You won’t find any with bad wine here”. I nodded. One day someone will explain to them that the TCA fungi responsible for corked wine, doesn’t discriminate between cheap and expensive corks.

On a good note, the same particular Petit Chablis that has been corked for the last two Carefor wine fairs, was not this time.