On Mar 8, 5:31*pm, "Martin Field" > wrote:
> I read in the Australian that Brit Andrew Jefford has been appointed as Wine
> writer in residence at Adelaide University.
>
> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...1599-5010800,0...
>
> I'm sure he will make a very good WWIR but obviously the Oz cultural cringe
> has dictated that no colonial wine writers cut the proverbial mustard.
>
> Cheers!
> Martin

Boy, isn't that a rather oversensitive take? When Harvard invited
Octavio Paz as a writer, was that a statement that no American fiction
writer cut the mustard?