I have been a wine drinker for the best part of two centuries, but this is the first time I have encountered a wine with a severe weather warning (Tipping’s Tipples, The Press, February 20).

Malbronte Malbec Torrontés may well taste like the entire contents of Granny’s store cupboard, but before I shelled out £116 on a case I should want a verifying sniff and slurp.

How can one have faith in a wine writer who denies that violets are flora?

William Dixon Smith, Welland Rise, Acomb, York.