Archive | November, 2009
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Some Wines Taste Like Paint Stripper and Some Just Look Like Paint

by on 09. Nov, 2009 in Just Plain Weird

With a baby on the way, the wife and I have just had our flat re-decorated. As a result we have a bunch of empty paint cans knocking around the garden looking for a way to make themselves useful. At no stage have I thought to myself that they would make great vessels for wine. [...]

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Caption This Photo!

by on 04. Nov, 2009 in Just Plain Weird

Impending fatherhood has got me thinking about the relationship that my offspring will have with alcohol. I’m thinking “What age should he take his first sip of Ridge Lytton Springs?”. This picture is reassuring. CAPTION IT!!!

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Reliving the 1980′s Part Two: Whatever Happened to Victoria Wine

by on 03. Nov, 2009 in Video Magic

When at the end of this advert, Everyday Man utters the immortal line “Victoria Wine, Connoisseurs who make sense” he manages to sound more smug than the so-called wine expert he’s supposedly mocking!

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Reliving the 1980′s: Le Francais Adore Le Piat D’or

by on 01. Nov, 2009 in Video Magic

Oh my word, we English didn’t half have to swallow some branded BS in the 1980′s when it came to wine. “Plus ca change?” I hear you cry. Watch this and weep.

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