Archive | February, 2011
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Schoolgirl gets an A-Grade for hangover-free wine

by on 16. Feb, 2011 in WOTW News

The science is in. An Australian schoolgirl from Queensland has won a top science award for making a hangover-free wine. Alix Pichon spent her lunch times mashing and straining peaches at Trinity Anglican School in Cairns and ended up with 12 buckets full of peach wine. At 17, Miss Pichon has been unable to legally [...]

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Oh my! Did that just happen?

by on 10. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

Man stacks shelves with wine. Shelves collapse. Result? No wine. A truly horrifying video of a moment of vinous disaster. Crash, bang, wallop. Poor, poor man!

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Tim Atkin weighs in on the Government wine cellar

by on 09. Feb, 2011 in WOTW News

Labour MP Tom Watson is at it again. The MP is on a one man mission to get access to the government wine cellar and pour its contents into the Thames. Carry on comrade! In this clip Master of Wine Tim ‘He-Man’ Atkin gives a brutal lowdown on the collection to the lovely Anita ‘lovely’ [...]

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Qantas wins ‘best cellar in the sky’ acolade

by on 08. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

WineOfTheWeek has found itself up in the air recently. Over the past couple of months, the day job has required various trips to European cities. Those who have shared this experience will know there is nothing glamorous about the 5.30am flight out of Heathrow and midnight return into Gatwick (find your own way home mate). [...]

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AOL buys WineOfTheWeek for undisclosed sum

by on 07. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

After months of negotiation, US Internet firm AOL has agreed to buyout WineOfTheWeek. Details of the deal have yet to be revealed but insiders have confirmed that the price is likely to be equivalent to a bag of chips and some cheap chardonnay. WineOfTheWeek was set up in 2008 by Gavin Williams and is considered [...]

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Wine drinkers of the web, I need your help…

by on 02. Feb, 2011 in WOTW News

Dear wine drinkers, WineOfTheWeek has been in vinous purgatory since January 1st 2011. Motivated by delusional hopes of weight loss and heightened intellectual prowess, we have existed for 33 days without a single drop of alcohol. Yes, dear friends, you hear me correctly. I’ve been ‘off the booze’. I have now realised the foolishness of [...]

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