Archive | April, 2009
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Caption Competition!

by Gavino on 24. Apr, 2009 in WOTW News

Best caption gets a bottle from my cellar (small space next to fridge, that I call my cellar)! Enter using the “comment” below I found this corker on vinography.com and the excellent photo was taken by Matt Wilson – check out his website

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British Honeymooners Pay Record Price for NZ Wine

by Gavino on 22. Apr, 2009 in WOTW News

This in from the TVNZ . I wonder how much they spent on the wedding?   A British honeymoon couple from Hong Kong have paid what is believed to be a record price for a bottle of New Zealand wine.  They shelled out $1000 for a bottle of Gibbston Valley Wines’ world champion 2000 Pinot Noir [...]

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Average Wine Drinker Puts on Half a Stone a Year

by Gavino on 20. Apr, 2009 in But Seriously..., WOTW News

The headline to this post was taken from The Daily Telegraph last week, and upon reading it my first thought was “I’m ok then. I don’t drink average wine” And yet with further examination, it seems that this story has nothing to do with the quality of the wine and has everything to do with [...]

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What Soap Goes Well With Wine? Yes You Heard Me…

by Gavino on 04. Apr, 2009 in Just Plain Weird

I never know whether stories of celebrities filling bathtubs full of Champagne are apocryphal but, these Wine soaps from Australia are about as close as I’m going to get to a vinous cleansing experience Made using wine lees, a natural by-product of the wine making process, the makers give you all the usual PR about [...]

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