Boyd up

Vintage Boyd. Photo: David Levenson,
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Bemused shoppers at London's Borough Market on Saturday did a double take at the familiar-looking wine salesman who had cluttered up his stall with books. Yes, it really was William Boyd, novelist and - apparently - vigneron. The Guardian didn't stay long enough to see whether his Chateau Pecacharel 2001 was selling faster than his latest literary concoction, Bamboo, but looks forward to sampling both at greater length. The wine (a fruity Cotes de Bergerac from Boyd's vineyard south of the Dordogne) has been produced since 1996 and each vintage, he informs us, is a "different chapter in an ever-evolving adventure".