It used to be a truism that when an English footballer retired from ‘the game’ he either bought a pub or became an alcoholic. And in many cases both. If ever there was a sign that football has changed it comes with the news that Barcelona and Spain’s midfield maestro AndrĂ©s Iniesta has his own [...]
A night of wine, film and rock & roll baby!
by Gavino on 23. Jul, 2010 in WOTW News
A cast of wine bloggers, digerati, Tool fans and film distributors gathered at London’s Royal Society of Arts on Wednesday night for the UK premiere of the new wine documentary ‘Blood Into Wine’. The event represented this blog’s first foray into event hosting and things were looking a bit hairy when, with less than an [...]
iPhone App delivers Veuve Clicquot via GPS. Say What?
by Gavino on 19. Jul, 2010 in Wine Tech
WineOfTheWeek has been slurping on about the lack of innovation in the SmartPhone sector when it comes to wine brands for some time now. Just as we were planning on opening up the iPhone SDK to create our own Frankenwine’s monster, along comes this super concept from Veuve Clicquot. The idea is simple. If you [...]
Wine versus Budweiser?
by Gavino on 14. Jul, 2010 in Video Magic
In this advert Budweiser seem to be targeting the whole wine category by using a combination of lab mice, a hot scientist and a dodgy old fella who loves to throw shapes. Is the iconic beer brand suddenly frightened by the enemy within?
WineOfTheWeek wields its political influence
by Gavino on 13. Jul, 2010 in WOTW News
We here at WineOfTheWeek wear our political allegiances on our sleeves. There is no hiding our full commitment to the first political party that will ban supermarkets from selling wine while simultaneously forcing Blossom Hill and Ernest & Gallo to remove the label ‘wine’ from all their products. As a single interest group, getting a [...]
Calling all UK wine bloggers, tweeters, diggers…
by Gavino on 12. Jul, 2010 in WOTW News
I’m chuffed to announce that WineOfTheWeek will be hosting the UK premiere of the new wine documentary Blood Into Wine next week at a secret central London location. I’m doubly chuffed to confirm the attendance of the film’s producer, Chris “Topper” McDaniel, who has agreed to do a Q&A after the screening. WineOfTheWeek wants as [...]
5 iPad wine apps reviewed and rated
by Gavino on 12. Jul, 2010 in WOTW News
The iPad has been out in the world for a couple of months now so we thought it time to make an early assessment of the first wave of wine apps to hit the iTunes store. Let’s start be saying that “best” is an extremely relative term when it comes to describe the early contenders. [...]
Classic Laural and Hardy wine clip
by Gavino on 09. Jul, 2010 in Video Magic
Ollie leaves Stan in charge of bottling their home-made wine. Another fine mess ensues. Oh dear.
From grape to glass: an animated wine infographic
by Gavino on 06. Jul, 2010 in Video Magic
Info-graphics, it seems, are all the rage. To you and I they are simple graphical representations of information. To hyperbolic web marketers info-graphics are are a revolutionary new paradigm that will change the way we look at data forever (substitute ‘info-graphics’ in that sentence with any web development you choose and you too can become [...]
Blood Into Wine: Tool Frontman and his Arizona Wine Mission
by Gavino on 03. Jul, 2010 in Celebrity Vino, Video Magic
Maynard James Keenan is my kinda man. By day, Keenan works the soil in the service of Bacchus the god of wine. By night he kneels at the alter of the rock gods as the frontman of Tool and the hydra-headed Puscifer. Over the years WineOfTheWeek has been guilty of sneering at the long list [...]
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Wines Of The Week
Here's what we'll be drinking this week:
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Caption This Photo: I’m only drinking with you because…
18. Jun, 2010
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Caption This Photo!
27. May, 2009
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Caption Competition!
24. Apr, 2009
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Concha Y Toro Killed My MacBook Pro
30. Jul, 2009
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A night of wine, film and rock & roll baby!
23. Jul, 2010
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Spanish World Cup winner sees wine as his destiny
29. Jul, 2010
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A night of wine, film and rock & roll baby!
23. Jul, 2010
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iPhone App delivers Veuve Clicquot via GPS. Say What?
19. Jul, 2010
- Wine versus Budweiser? 14. Jul, 2010
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WineOfTheWeek wields its political influence
13. Jul, 2010
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Gavino: Anisha, I'm afraid I don't agree that if you like ...
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Anisha Gauldin: As in all things, if you like it, then its good. ...
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Nora: Gavin - what an unexpected surprise to see this fi...
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Katia Cavallo: Thanks again Gavin. It turned out to be a very edu...
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Catherine Monahan: Ok - I play the piano and guitar already, so u lea...