Staying with the communist block, we follow up our recent story of the Chinese being duped by fake wines, to the Chinese doing the duping. The Sunday Mail, never one to miss the dastardly deeds of J. Foreigner, reports on fake Chinese bottles of Jacob’s Creek lining the shelves of Britain’s off-licences, selling at the [...]
Georgia in dispute with US over Stalin’s Favourite Wine
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 [...]
Matt Damon refused wine at his local store
In this bizarre story, Matt Damon tells how his local store in New York refused to sell him a case of wine as a result of a dodgy credit card. Nice to know that the rich and famous also have issues with banks. What he doesn’t mention is the name of the $100 a bottle [...]
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 [...]
Oh my! Did that just happen?
Man stacks shelves with wine. Shelves collapse. Result? No wine. A truly horrifying video of a moment of vinous disaster. Crash, bang, wallop. Poor, poor man!
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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Qantas wins ‘best cellar in the sky’ acolade
WineOfTheWeek has found itself up in the air recently. Over the past couple of months, the day job has required various trips to European cities. Those who have shared this experience will know there is nothing glamorous about the 5.30am flight out of Heathrow and midnight return into Gatwick (find your own way home mate). [...]
AOL buys WineOfTheWeek for undisclosed sum
After months of negotiation, US Internet firm AOL has agreed to buyout WineOfTheWeek. Details of the deal have yet to be revealed but insiders have confirmed that the price is likely to be equivalent to a bag of chips and some cheap chardonnay. WineOfTheWeek was set up in 2008 by Gavin Williams and is considered [...]
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 [...]
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