The Rake

Letter from the Founder

I grow old. To quote from one of my favourite contributors, Warren de Montague, “like the semi-desiccated grape Corvina, just one of the multiple varietals blended together in the palimpsest elixir that is Amarone, I grow more wrinkled but intense and potent”. O.K., maybe not, but the truth is that as someone trying to stave off the ravages of time as he rapidly reaches his mid-century mark, I try my best to remain relevant.

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