As authors rally to support grievously wounded writer Salman Rushdie, we ask: did we lose the war for freedom of expression? And, a revolution in wine tourism that’s seeing visitors turned away from some cellar doors.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Hareem Khan, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.

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Wine’s big reboot, and is free speech dead?