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Zombie Wine, Return of the Living Red

by Gavino on 29. Jun, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

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 [...]

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Pulp Fiction Wine Labels: Bought to you by Some Young Punks

by Gavino on 22. Jun, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

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, [...]

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Caption This Photo: I’m only drinking with you because…

by Gavino on 18. Jun, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

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 [...]

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Tasting the Old Lady of Turin

by Gavino on 06. Jun, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

Having 3 hours to kill in an airport can be a test of any man’s endurance, however our recent ‘strike induced” delay at Turin was made easier by the amazing selection of wines in the departures shopping area. Yes, of course there were numerous Piedmont classics – fifty different Barolo’s (I counted them) and a [...]

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What’s that Roy? Say what you see?

by Gavino on 21. May, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

When I was a young boy I used to be addicted to the gameshow “Catchphrase’ presented by chirpy Irishman Roy Walker. One of the rounds involved a yellow cartoon character called Mr Chips. Mr Chips would show images of objects and you’d have to guess the word that the images made up. So a picture [...]

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Ever Been Puzzled by Wine Labels?

by Gavino on 22. Jan, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

I imagine the thought process went something like this: Wino 1: ‘I was in the White Burgundy section of Oddbins yesterday and I really found the wine labels puzzling” Wino 2: ‘Yes they can be difficult to decipher. By the way, I was doing this word puzzle on the train this morning and couldn’t find the [...]

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Le Beast Seduces Virgin

by Gavino on 28. Oct, 2009 in Video Magic, WOTW News, Wine Label Oddities

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 [...]

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Is This The First Noir Wine Label?

by Gavino on 27. Oct, 2009 in Wine Label Oddities

I can’t recall seeing better wine labels than these. The website lostateminor.com describes the labels as thus “through imaginative illustrations that reflect ‘falling from grace’, the black and white labels convey the story of how two former kings of the wine grape world — Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc — were cast aside as other [...]

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"I Was At This Conservative Party Fundraiser the Other Day…"

by Gavino on 14. Jul, 2009 in WOTW News, Wine Label Oddities

I recently attended a Conservative Party fundraiser. There. I’ve said it.  Just to be clear,  I will sit through a plague of Coldplay gigs before I ever vote Conservative, but when you’re under a three line whip from your mother-in-law you soon leave your political ideology hanging off the footscraper near the front door. And [...]

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Harvesting in the Nude, Just Watch out for the Ducks…

by Gavino on 24. Mar, 2009 in Wine Label Oddities

I’ve long despaired at the cliche sodden universe of wine brand advertising offered to us by (mainly) New World behemoth producers. The Wines are too often pimped in poorly staged lifestyle scenario’s that so few of us actually relate to (just see anything by Jacobs Creek). So, when I came across the “Au Naturel” campaign for [...]

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