The award-winning novelist on raw fish, pickled cucumber and Champagne, and drinking Latour ’85 on Hampstead Heath from a tin mug

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Consistent scoring across such an impressive range of vintages, styles and regions confirms the quality and diversity to be enjoyed in these food-friendly Spanish whites

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