Wine ways
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CLEMENT FREUD, the chap who, before they made him an MP, used to appear with Henry, the bloodhound, on Telly, started an unusual competition a few years back, which seems to have the distinction of producing nothing but winners.
I refer to the Beaujolais race. Last week we told you about the success of the combined ops team from NFC. Also the efforts of Midlands BRS and the two ladies with a Ford Transcontinental.
Now P & 0 wine services are also claiming a first for getting large-scale supplies to wholesalers and restaurants, Others, I understand, are getting ready to file their claims.
It's all good fun, no doubt, but surely someone is going to ask: If the French customers can work so quickly for a light-hearted event, why can't they do it in normal commercial life?
I wonder how many speed limits and other regulations were bent in the interests of sport.