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Nick’s WNSW: Tannat, the perfect grape for the end of dry January!

7th February 2025 by Nick Hoyle

Over the Christmas period I had the misfortune to watch “The Da Vinci Code”. The film contained this outrageous character called Silas, a mad murderous monk. After each of his wild transgressions he sought atonement for his sins through self flagellation. This got me thinking; after Christmas we all channel our inner Silas a bit and although we don’t self flagellate (hopefully!) we do focus on a bit of correction with things such as “dry January “ and joining the…

Over the Christmas period I had the misfortune to watch “The Da Vinci Code”. The film contained this outrageous character called Silas, a mad murderous monk. After each of his wild transgressions he sought atonement for his sins through self flagellation. This got me thinking; after Christmas we all channel our inner Silas a bit and although we don’t self flagellate (hopefully!) we do focus on a bit of correction with things such as “dry January “ and joining the…