In “The Naked Wine Show”, American Blogger Susan Sterling reviews wine in the buff. Her video’s are subtitled “The Sixty Second Screw”. Yes that right folks, this goes beyond satire. And of course she isn’t naked at all. What you get is a head and shoulders shot of bare flesh and long flowing hair, and [...]
Archive | December, 2008
Crazy French Part II – Puppets Get Political, What Would Sooty Make of This?
This just in from Harpers Magazine. I’ve added a video to give some context – those crazy French again!! Languedoc Roussillon brand Le Beast has caused a stir in France after challenging the French minister responsible for the internet with a wolf glove puppet at a conference in Paris. American puppeteer Loren Feldman made his [...]
A Flying Visit to Berry Bros Gives Way to a Frogs Leap
Took a quick trip down to Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR) today. Lucy needed to drop off a shirt for one of her clients in St James’s so a good excuse for me to visit the grandest wine store in London. BBR is Britain’s oldest wine merchant and they have a great back-story. The company [...]
Some Christmas Deals: What Not to Buy and Some Choice Picks
Deals, deals everywhere! It’s the run up to Christmas and wine sellers all across the land are offering Christmas Cases, Winter Cases, Party Cases and Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh my! But what to buy? You need quantity, you’d love quality and value is important too. Right? Well here’s my 3 tips on what not to do [...]
Claudia Schiffers Breast Identified as the Ideal Vessel for Champagne
Dom Pérignon have paid “tribute” to Claudia Schiffer’s bosom in the form of a breast shaped bowl. Yes, folks, the “boob-bowl” is the latest creation by German designer Karl Lagerfeld and apparently it’s supposed to be a modern version of the bowl from a dining service made especially for Queen Marie Antoinette back in 1787. [...]
What If Your Laptop Could Decant Wine?
Those crazy French! Much hilarity as disturbing French couple turn memory into Wine [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNa8zEYp7WE]
Decanter Magazine + Minimum Wage Glass Cleaners = Worst Use of Online Video Ever Seen
This video is entitled “Behind the scenes at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2008″ and it’s a real joy to behold – in the sense that it is utterly awful. The video opens with a shot of the hired help polishing glasses in a kitchen whilst our hapless (personality free) narrator asks one of the poor [...]
Naked wines? Ex-Virgin Boss Returns to Strip Bare Wine Online.
A few years ago, I did some contract work at Virgin Wines, just as CEO Rowan Gormley was about to sign the deal that transferred a majority share of his business to Direct Wines. The deal no doubt made him a wealthy man but the relationship with Direct Wines eventually went sour and he was [...]
Elvis Died For Your Sins. Is this the Weirdest Wine Label Ever?
“Crazy” Central Coast winemaker Stillman Brown won the annual Syrah Shootout at the Hospice du Rhône in Paso Robles earlier this year with a wine called La Mort du Roi. So far, so what? Well, take a look at Exhibit A (right). The bottle carries a wine label of the absurdist painting titled “Elvis Died [...]
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Tesco wine chief hoists himself by his own petard. Ouch.
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Caption This Photo: I’m only drinking with you because…
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Concha Y Toro Killed My MacBook Pro
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Caption This Photo!
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Caption Competition!
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Oddbins returns but does it know what it’s doing?
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DrinkOware: Fake Shardonnay from Austrlia. Hic.
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Chewing gum found in ‘fake’ wine bottle
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6 litre bottle of 1961 Latour sells for £135,000
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Who Madoff with all the wine? Bernie did!!
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MorayJ: Customer Recommended Auction Price - geddit!?...
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Gravy Drinker: website may say coming soon, however the wines are...
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Simon: I like to bottle my sons wee and resell it as Blue...
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Hibbert: Being a devoted fan of Manchester United & tha...
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