Uncle Joe Stalin liked the wine called Khvanchkara so much that he is reported to have served it to Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the World War II summit in Yalta in 1945. Now, 66 years later, Georgia is at war with the United States in a battle to win back the trademark for [...]
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It’s wine Jim, but not as we know it…
There is a certain amount of hullaballo when it come to the insatiable appetite of the Chinese wine drinker. But amid all the opportunity in the fastest growing market in the world comes a stark warning about the threat of fake wine. The founder of Hong Kong’s Independent Wine Centre went public this week with [...]
Schoolgirl gets an A-Grade for hangover-free wine
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 [...]
Tim Atkin weighs in on the Government wine cellar
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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Wine drinkers of the web, I need your help…
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 [...]
German winemaker uncovers World War Two wine stash
A German vintner has uncovered a hidden cache 500 bottles of wine untouched since 1945. Andreas Neymeyer discovered the bottles shortly before Christmas while clearing out a burned-out building on his 38 hectare vineyard in southern Germany. Neymeyer told Reuters: It was my uncle’s idea, I was preparing the building to be torn down and he [...]
Indiana Jones and the Lost Wine of Armenia
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the earliest evidence of wine making yet to be recorded. In a cave. In Armenia. The National Geographic Society say that the find of fermentation jars and a wine press represents the earliest example of complete wine production, at roughly 6000 years old. The winery was uncovered [...]
English Wine Industry mourns Nigel Pargetter
Nigel Pargetter died on Sunday night after falling from the roof of Lower Loxley Hall in the village of Ambridge, Borsetshire. Nigel was the ‘go-to’ man in the village on all matters relating to fine wine. A keen enthusiast of Bordeaux and Burgundy, Nigel also produced wine from his own vines at Lower Loxley. Wineoftheweek [...]
Lady Gaga’s boozy threesome with Robert Mondavi and Kendall Jackson
Amid the Lady Gaga maelstrom of publicity that hit Ireland recently, news of the singer’s wine preferences received barely a footnote in the mainstream media. WineOfTheWeek is here to correct this oversight with the exclusive revelation that Miss Gaga has a taste for Kendall Jackson and Robert Mondavi. A ‘mole’ at the O2 Arena in [...]
The Drunk Cartoon: An exhibition of alcohol and social satire
The Cartoon Museum in London is putting on an exhibition of drawings portraying drunks and drinking. In this clip from BBC’s Today programme, David Yelland (former editor of The Sun) and cartoonist Brian Sibley discuss satire and social problems. WineOfTheWeek shall be visiting the exhibition this Thursday. Here’s the description from the Cartoon Museum’s website: [...]
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