2 AUGUST 1997, page 19

Sour Grapes About California

William Cash says Britons and continental Europeans can no longer be superior about American wine, but they still try Los Angeles IN DIPLOMATIC circles, Californian chardonnay......

Mind Your Language

I SHOULD think that most of us in speech use they to mean 'he' or `she'; it comes in handy when we do not wish to specify the sex. I have just come across a nice exam- ple of......