The average drinker may find a glass of vino relaxing and finds that it slows things down to a mellow pace, but this isn’t the case for your average bit of superconducting material. Scientists experimenting with immersing superconductors in liquids to see how this affects their superconductivity started their trials with water and ethanol and [...]
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 [...]
The science is in: Wine is stronger than Lager
Procrastination is considered by some to be the enemy of productivity. However, combine procrastination with the flabbiness of the Internet and suddenly you have the tools to answer questions that you’d never before thought of asking. Wineoftheweek is currently in a heightened state of procrastination and we were therefore chuffed when someone sent us a [...]
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: [...]
It’s Beaujolais Nouveau the Fox Providence way!
Dress a man in a beret. Put him in front of a camera and roll out as many cliches as possible. Yes, folks it’s Beaujolais Nouveau time again! Actually (whisper it) we think this feature is rather good.
Bottle of wine sells for $304,375 at Christies. Gulp!
We live in crazy times. We really do. Forget the age of austerity, Forget the imminent collapse of western free market democracy. We live in a world where someone is prepared to pay $304,375 for a bottle of wine. If you’re struggling to pay your mortgage this month please look away now. The 1947 vintage [...]
Police seize hoard of drugs hidden in wine bottles
An international drugs trafficking ring that hid cannabis is bottles of wine has been rumbled by the authorities. A ‘joint’ operation involving Europol, Danish Forces and Guardia Civil arrested a 7 people and seized 270 kilo’s of hash in Marbella, Mijas and several locations in Denmark. The operation began in August when Danish police noticed [...]
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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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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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6 litre bottle of 1961 Latour sells for £135,000
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Who Madoff with all the wine? Bernie did!!
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MorayJ: Customer Recommended Auction Price - geddit!?...
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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...
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Hibbert: Being a devoted fan of Manchester United & tha...
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Leen: I'll take a shot of that spo-dee-o-dee! Anybody r...
