Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Gerald Asher

Born: August 18, 1932 (age 93)
Bio: Gerald Albert Asher is an English wine personality, based since 1974 in San Francisco, California. Initially a wine merchant and importer, today he is a wine writer.
Known for:
- A Vineyard in My Glass (2011)
- A Carafe of Red (2012)
- Vineyard Tales -Reflections on Wine (1996)
- The Pleasures of Wine (2002)
- Wine Journal (1995)