Last year marked the Gundlach Bundschu sesquicentennial - the 150th anniversary of what may be the oldest family-owned winery in California. For the uninitiated on the winery's hard-to-pronounce name, your tasting room guide will show you …

My father died in early March. He suffered a stroke in his own bed in Kingston, Jamaica. Wind- blown petals from the blossoming mango tree near his window were scattered on his bed. There was a faint trace of the raw odour of new birth fro…