These Are the Embarrassing, Unfashionable Wines I Drink on My Days Off

As do many of my wine trade friends

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I call it The Sommelier’s Paradox. It goes like this:

The more popular a wine is, the less likely wine professionals are to drink it. The more unfashionable it is, the more we love them.

It’s a bit like music geeks with their “I loved this band before they got big” except we don’t drink these wines just to be contrary. We drink them because they’re genuinely great and it flabbergasts us they’re not more popular.

They’re also a welcome relief from the oceans of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Provence Rosé we have to sell day in, day out.

These are what we drink. These are what we wish you were drinking too.

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