Wine with Leslie: All the best from your local indie winery or offy

"A good independent wine retailer will learn your preferences and encourage you to try new wines, broaden your horizons, teach you about geography and rare grape varieties and bring pleasure to your dining table."

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Small is beautiful, so said EF Schumacher’s classic 1970’s book on economics (‘as if people mattered’);  it still resonates today. 

Sustainable business and farming practices that focus on the human and on the environment are never going to be a bad idea.