together some of my favourite snaps through the issues.

   These include a multitude from America, France, Italy and Cyprus, and I've tried to capture what it is I love about those countries, and what I enjoy about taking my camera to the wine areas of those particular places.

   To tell the truth, it's been a mammoth task choosing what to include, and there have been thousands of photographs studied before the selections were made.  

   I've picked pictures that really stuck out for me and that grabbed my attention. These haven't always been the best, but they have been the most personal.

   This means that as I looked over them there were many memories stirred, and though the descriptions I'd added are deliberately short (thank goodness you're probably saying) I could have written a detailed article about each of them.

   Of course I couldn't just have a wander down memory land in this issue, and there is a fascinating tasting of wines from the Mandrarossa Vineyard in Sicily that proves very enlightening.

   Talking about enlightening, I've also included a brief review of the first book from James Silver, and I would recommend that you all buy a copy of The Post-