I must say the firestorm which errupted after this year’s Amorim Cap Classique results was announced, passed me by. I did catch sight of the full list of scores and thought it peculiar – a point I made to my 2 million readers in the City Press on Sunday.

Could it be our judging panels are too old? The sense of smell is the first to go for Alzheimers sufferers. Luckily the Platter wine label guide does not use smell to rate its wines.