“For me, whenever I’m sad, I drink,” confessed Bora Baki, co-owner of Hillsborough Vineyards near Hillsboro, Virgina USA, “But whenever I’m happy, I drink. So, I don’t know, maybe wine is recession-proof.” This morning I attended a press conference at Christies entitled ” The 12th Global Study on current trends in the international Wine & [...]
Archive | January, 2009
Rubbish Packaging #2: Francis Ford Coppola Puts His Daughter In The Can
Regular readers to this blog will know that I’m an old fuddy-head on matters relating to wine packaging. So, what to make of former Hollywood “enfant terrible” Francis Ford Coppola and his Rosso & Bianco Winery offering their sparkling Blanc de Blanc wine in a glamorous pink and silver mini can. The wine (Sofia) is [...]
A New Year, A Poorly Dog and a "Chav Proof" Dozen from The Wine Society
My dog isn’t well. The wife and I took Samba for a second visit to the vet in three days and still no closer to a diagnosis. Blood tests have been taken and results are now in anticipation. We have one very sad little Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel at our feet. So, upon arriving [...]
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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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Digital Vino? Randall Grahm turns bytes into wine
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Wine enthusiast orders £20,000 worth of wine from Twitter
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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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Gavino: You should by now that my role is stand on the sid...
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Robert McIntosh (@thirstforwine): First we'd have to get more than 300 people to use...
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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...
