Wine Connoisseur
During a stopover in Sicily in 1949, on his return journey from South Africa, John Arlott discovered wine for the very first time at the age of 35. From that day forth he eschewed beer and spirits and devoted himself to cultivating his love of wine. The following year, after recommending some wine to John Marshall, the editor of the London Evening News, he was invited to write a weekly wine column for that newspaper and this resulted in invitations to press tours of French wine regions. In due course he became a connoisseur of wine and was often accompanied by some good claret to help lubricate his voice through a day of cricket commentating. He subsequently wrote a regular wine column for The Guardian newspaper and he also published two books, Burgundy Vines and Wines co-authored with Christopher Fielden in 1976 and Arlott On Wine in 1987. Before retiring to Alderney, he auctioned his well stocked wine cellar containing many fine clarets, at Sotheby.
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