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Dear Cru Master
I recently stumbled upon the www.oddbins.co.uk website which allows punters to store their wine selection in a ‘cyber cellar’. My current selection for next month is as follows:
Bonny Doon Bloody Good Red [...]

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Hope Cabernet/Merlot ‘The Cracker’ 2004
If you bothered to read my awkward wine ramblings a fortnight ago, you would remember that Mandy banned me from opening this one until her return from London. I am [...]

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Dear Cru Master
I decided to take up the Threshers 40% off offer and headed into Cardiff after a long day at the office. The store was open but the door was locked and I proceeded to shake the handle violently, it was only then that I noticed the ‘back in 5 minutes….sorry’ sign on the [...]

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Dear Cru Master
GARCON !
I was fortunate enough to spend Friday afternoon in my mate’s new restaurant, The Garcon Brasserie Francais. In a small private room at the back of the establishment Cardiff’s professional elite, the KFC (Keep Fat Club), wined and dined before setting off to watch the rugby game between Wales and England.
Without going [...]

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