Gooding died five years ago, aged 67 after an 11-year battle with skin cancer. Early next year, his "perfect" collection will be no more. Which sounds a shame but, then again, perhaps not. Because, as Joel Harrison puts it, the "perfect" whisky collection "is any collection that anyone has at home - it could be ten bottles or two bottles - so long as it is open and being enjoyed."
U-Gooding washona eneminyaka engama-67, eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule emuva kokuhlushwa umdlavuza wesikhumba iminyaka eyi-11. Uma nje kuqala unyaka ozayo, “inqwaba yogologo bakhe bakanokusho” bazobe bengasekho nakuba kungezwakali kahle, kodwa-ke, mhlampe futhi akunjalo. Ngoba, futhi njengoba u-Joel Harrison esho, “inqwaba yogologo bakanokusho” “yinto noma ubani akanayo ekhaya – kungaba amabhodlela ayishumi noma amabili – inqobo nje uma esetshenziswa.”