Is this what 'retirement' looks like? Swirling with James Suckling

 

In December, wine journalist James Suckling launched his multimedia wine website, marking the next chapter for one of the country's more controversial wine personalities and signaling, in no uncertain terms, his intention to become the wine world's Next Big Thing. Read more in this week's Food section story by Patrick Comiskey.

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Illustration: James Suckling. Credit: Glynis Sweeny / For The Times