Pyrenese Mastiff

'ALAS' is a word rarely uttered lightly. It warrants great aplomb. Thus, alas, Daily Wine masticating folk, I lost out on this year's Young Wine Writer of the Year award. To a small Pyrenese Mastiff named 'Burgundy', apparently made (in)famous by his appearance in the cult polemic, Mondovino...

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To top that, just look at the indignity I have to suffer at the hands of my colleagues! (I am the leonine head bottom right).