In this advert Budweiser seem to be targeting the whole wine category by using a combination of lab mice, a hot scientist and a dodgy old fella who loves to throw shapes. Is the iconic beer brand suddenly frightened by the enemy within?
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Classic Laural and Hardy wine clip
Ollie leaves Stan in charge of bottling their home-made wine. Another fine mess ensues. Oh dear.
From grape to glass: an animated wine infographic
Info-graphics, it seems, are all the rage. To you and I they are simple graphical representations of information. To hyperbolic web marketers info-graphics are are a revolutionary new paradigm that will change the way we look at data forever (substitute ‘info-graphics’ in that sentence with any web development you choose and you too can become [...]
Blood Into Wine: Tool Frontman and his Arizona Wine Mission
Maynard James Keenan is my kinda man. By day, Keenan works the soil in the service of Bacchus the god of wine. By night he kneels at the alter of the rock gods as the frontman of Tool and the hydra-headed Puscifer. Over the years WineOfTheWeek has been guilty of sneering at the long list [...]
Man plays Mozart on wine bottles. While on rollerblades.
Every man needs a hobby. This man’s hobby involves roller-blading through lines of wine bottles carefully arranged to play Mozart when he hits them with customised spurs on his skates . Yes. That’s exactly what this man’s hobby is. Watch on…
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.
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 [...]
Thinking of becoming a winemaker? Watch this…
Ok, so this video has been knocking around for a while but it still resonates with me and is definitely worth a first or repeat view. Thinking of giving up your day job to a live of service to the vine? This video uses the extraordinary website ‘text to move’ website Xtranormal. Check it out [...]
Are you watching Harry Hill?
What is it about our very human nature that revels in other peoples misfortune? This clip of a FOX News presenter conducting an interview treading grapes still has me smiling. At precisely 55 seconds our hapless interviewer pays dearly for a moment of bravado. The frankly unsettling yelps of agony are simply bizarre. As we [...]
Reliving the 1980′s Part 4: Yalumba Carte D’or
Picture the ad agency meeting. It’s 1983. Australian wines have yet to make their breakthrough in the UK. Client and account Director are trying to find a way into this lucrative market through a penetrating TV campaign…
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Concha Y Toro Killed My MacBook Pro
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A night of wine, film and rock & roll baby!
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Spanish World Cup winner sees wine as his destiny
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A night of wine, film and rock & roll baby!
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iPhone App delivers Veuve Clicquot via GPS. Say What?
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