White knight turns wino for poor gentlefolk

SIR Hamish Macleod is gone, but his legacy lingers.

One action of Sir Prudent's alone gets him the Knight Commander of the Lai See Order - his 1994 change on duties on wine.

In the bad old days, all wine in Hong Kong was taxed in a rather unfair way that favoured stuff gweilos can't drink from China.

Then Sir Hamish acted. He altered the tax position such that expensive wines went up in price and cheap ones came down.

For those Lai See readers who didn't lose the drink kitty on the markets in 1994, there is plenty of advice around on truly stupendously expensive stuff.

But for we distressed gentlefolk there is now a wider choice than ever but no help for the asking. Until now.