Bloke is running to catch his train. He makes it to the train, just in time. He sits opposite a Hitchcockian Blonde. Train conductor asks for his ticket, but wait, bloke can’t find his ticket. He panics. Blonde nods towards Bloke’s penguin classic, now resting on the table. Bloke looks befuddled. Blonde nods again. Eureka! [...]
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Me and Orson Welles – By Paul Masson. Hic.
The recent UK release of the movie ‘Me and Orson Welles’ provides WOTW with the perfect excuse to post the infamous drunken out-takes from Orson’s ill-fated promotion of Paul Masson Champagne. Watch as the world famous director, actor, writer and impresario struggles to keep hold of both his words and his champagne flute. And then [...]
Reliving the 1980′s Part Two: Whatever Happened to Victoria Wine
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!
Reliving the 1980′s: Le Francais Adore Le Piat D’or
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.
Le Beast Seduces Virgin
I first encountered Le Beast earlier this year at the untamed frontier of You Tube. Type “wine” into the video sharing site and you are generally confronted with an endless stream of Gary Vee’s crazed thunderpants, but look closer and an even more beastly presence will reveal itself. Unlike Gary, this beast is small, furry [...]
Eat My Cheese!!
Now that British alcoholic advertising cannot legally either entertain or appeal to minors (I still miss the Hoffmeister Bear) we have to look abroad for our titillation. This one from our Bud Light drinking American cousins passed me by last year but provoked a brief smile when I stumbled upon it today… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWtTVaIH0M]
Slow Cooked Beef In Red Wine and A Pickled Keith Floyd – A Belated Tribute
“You’ll need half a bottle to go into the dish itself and half a bottle to go into yourself”. Bacchus bless you Sir Keith of Floyd. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evm30HTbD0&feature=player_embedded]
Naked Wine Drinkers Protest Against Climate Change and Get a Nice Tan While They’re At It
There’s nothing I like more than strolling through a vineyard in my birthday suit in support of worthy causes and that’s exactly what hundreds of our French cousins did at the beginning of this month, answering the clarion call of photographer Spencer Tunick who wanted to illustrate the threat of global warming through art. Tunick [...]
All You Need To Know About The London Wine Fair in Under 2 Minutes
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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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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...
