When I was a young boy, I was haunted by the antics of Ruth Madoc in Hi-De-Hi (see picture). Images of Miss Madoc as Gladys Pugh ensured that the WineOfTheWeek family never visited a British Holiday Camp. However, it seems that WOTW is now being seduced by budget holiday company Butlins after the holiday chain [...]
Archive | June, 2010
Zombie Wine, Return of the Living Red
Zombies have been a big part of my life. Firstly through the films of George Romero, then through the Resident Evil series of video games and lately through the awesome iPad game ‘Plants vs Zombies’. I love a good intestine ripping zombie assault as much as the next man. So, in a homage to George [...]
John C. Reilly tastes Sweet Berry Wine
Academy award nominee John C. Reilly has created an absurd new character called Dr Steve Brule in a series of short videos for the AdultSwim channel. When Dr Steve decides to give wine tasting a chance, carnage ensues. WARNING! This video contains scenes of projectile vomiting.
Pulp Fiction Wine Labels: Bought to you by Some Young Punks
It’s 3am. The phone rings. It’s the D.A’s office. A gruff voice barks “Get down to the parking lot at 59th street, Marlowe needs you”. You roll out of bed, stumble into your car and head downtown. Rain is falling. You pull up alongside the flashing blues. A wine bottle lies empty on a road, [...]
Corn Wine, Hay nanny-no, nanny ninny oh!
It’s not quite Spinal Tap but Christopher Guest, Michael Mckean and Harry Shearer ask us to consider a horrific vinous combination. Ladies and Gentlemen I present The Folksmen from A Mighty Wind with ‘Corn Wine’ and the immortal refrain: Consider the corn, Consider the wine One’s in a hurry, one takes it’s time If only [...]
Caption This Photo: I’m only drinking with you because…
It’s time to wheel out the Caption Competition again and, in the spirit of the World Cup, this one is a dead sitter just waiting to be stroked into the back of the net. There is also a prize this week – provided by the good people at MissionPR who, despite my non-attendance at a [...]
“Drink it all. You will not”: Star Wars Winestoppers
I’ve never forgiven George Lucas for The Phantom Menace. He should never have made it and we, the Star Wars generation, should never have gone to see it. You b*stard George. You utter b*stard For me, it’s even had the effect of de-valuing the original movies to such an extent that I just won’t have [...]
Viagra: Stiff competition for Champagne?
‘Champagne’s stiffest competition comes not from Prosecco, Cava or English sparkling wine – but from Viagra.’ This was how Decanter reported the story of Pierre Emmunel Tattinger’s speech at the recent Reuters Global Luxury Summit. What a wonderful use of an adjective. Top marks! Taittinger is always good for a quote or two and here’s [...]
Who said Vuvuzela’s and Wine don’t mix?
The vuvuzela has quickly become the symbol of the 2010 World Cup. While the press and the TV broadcasters moan about them, the rest of us are rejoicing that the hornet like sound has managed to drown out the bloody awful England Band. I was praying that there was some link kind of wine link [...]
“Hey Mr Sommelier, Here’s one I bought with me…”
A few years ago I tried to take my own bottle of wine into a restaurant in Primrose Hill, London. I was celebrating the launch of a new wine website and wanted something special to drink. Being a rational kind of fellow, I explained the situation to the manager of the restaurant and said that [...]
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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...
