Archive | July, 2009
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Concha Y Toro Killed My MacBook Pro

by on 30. Jul, 2009 in But Seriously..., WOTW News

I’m devastated. Distraught. Bereft. Less than three weeks after I purchased a brand new MacBook Pro, the poor machine is now lying dormant, unable to power up, utterly f*cked. And it’s all the fault of a Malbec from Concha Y Toro. Here’s the sequence of events: 2008-2009 – I pontificate, procrastinate and ruminate about buying [...]

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"I Was At This Conservative Party Fundraiser the Other Day…"

by on 14. Jul, 2009 in Wine Label Oddities, WOTW News

I recently attended a Conservative Party fundraiser. There. I’ve said it.  Just to be clear,  I will sit through a plague of Coldplay gigs before I ever vote Conservative, but when you’re under a three line whip from your mother-in-law you soon leave your political ideology hanging off the footscraper near the front door. And [...]

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Lock Up Your Jewellery Jancis – There's A Burgler About!

by on 06. Jul, 2009 in WOTW News

First it was Hugh Johnson’s priceless garden antique  and now it’s Michael Broadbent’s bicycle. Yes, dear readers, a crime-wave seems to be sweeping over Britain’s most revered wine writers. Back in March this year,  Mr Johnson had a 17th century astronomical sphere  ”half inched” from his Essex garden. Johnson, the legendary glass sniffer, lives in [...]

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Vinious Musicas! Harry Potter Casts a Spell Over Wine Glass Muggle!

by on 01. Jul, 2009 in Just Plain Weird, WOTW News

Harry Potter is about to return to the big screen again, and it’s fair to assume that we’ll get another two hours of tedium until we get to the good bit at the end where Dumbledor is killed by Snape. (SPOILER ALERT!! I’ve just spoiled it!) Anyway, I knew there had to be a wine [...]

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