I’m sure we’ve all stared at the bottom of a Tequila bottle and thought “Why is there a worm in there?”. But that’s nothing compared to what United States Customs officers found when conducting a routine inspection recently. Yes, your eyes do not decieve you – this here is “snake wine”. No, it’s not a [...]
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What Soap Goes Well With Wine? Yes You Heard Me…
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 [...]
Ever Soaked Your Ears in a Bowl of Wine? Give This a Try
Every now and then I come across a wine gadget or innovation that sings to me like a nightingale. The Whiner and Diner feeder is one such creation. Made out of old wine crates from European and Californian vineyards, the feeders house a couple of removable steel bowls. One for white one for red? I’m [...]
Forget Black Tie, Dress Code is Strictly Cork
Trendhunter magazine recently showcased 20 conepts based on innovative uses of cork. You can see the full slideshow here, but the clear winner for outright oddity is the Corkxedo. Designed by LA designer Dave Hamilton the outfit took 10 months to put together. Apparently there are more than 240 wineries represented with the oldest wine [...]
Comfort Inn? Nah, I'd Rather Spend the Night in a 14,500 Litre Wine Cask
Forget about the luxury of the Hotel Du Vin, the oenophile travellers place of rest is clearly this Dutch eccentricity. The Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren allows you to lay down your head in a choice of four gigantic 14,500 litre wine casks. A recent post at Green Upgrader carried the following description: The rooms offer two single [...]
Forget Terroir, Lets Try a Taste of Terror
An Australian winery has launched a new range of wines featuring images of Osama Bin Laden and hooded torture in Abu Ghraib. The wines are produced by the Moorilla winery in Tasmania (owned by who news.com.au refers to as “millionaire gambler” David Walsh). The images are taken from political graffiti from the streets of Hobart and [...]
Top Ten Nicknames for Wal-Mart Wine
This posted by David Stoesz at Seattle Weekly. It has an American Slant of course (what is Trader Joes?!) but as Wall-Mart owns ASDA in the UK I’d like some suggestions with a specific UK slant. Chateau Hood de la Chav anyone? Tim Dempsey, a friend who’s on a budget but without access to Trader Joe’s, [...]
The Carivintas Winery 'Vicktory Dogs Collection'
Here in the UK, the Superbowl is followed only by a handful of nighthawk fanatics but for American readers here’s a truly bizarre wine story with an NFL theme (from trendhunter): If you think animal lovers have forgotten about former NFL quarterback Michael Vick’s infamous dog-fighting ring, think again. Carivintas Winery, which is in my [...]
BBC NEWS | England | Pensioners refused wine over ID
I’m really at a loss with this one. Two pensioners from Essex were left stunned when they were asked to show photo identification to buy a bottle of wine. Jennifer Rogers went to her local One Stop convenience store with a 70-year-old friend.But a staff member refused the sale saying she needed photographic identification to [...]
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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 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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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...
