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Schoolgirl gets an A-Grade for hangover-free wine

by on 16. Feb, 2011 in WOTW News

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 [...]

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British sommeliers braced for invasion of rude Argentinians

by on 17. Aug, 2010 in WOTW News

Tourism chiefs have produced a curious list of national characteristics designed to help Britons avoid offending foreigners when they visit England for the 2012 Olympic games. The list is a truly bizarre set of generalisations, many of which feel like they have been lifted directly from Fawlty Towers. What has this got to do with [...]

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Setanta Comes Out Fighting as Theo Tastes Velvet

by on 10. Sep, 2008 in WOTW News

England vs Croatia on the radio and I find myself opening a bottle of Setanta Cuchulain Shiraz 2004. A pure coincidence that my choice of wine this evening shares the name of the beleaguered Satellite company that has endured sustained criticism from irate armchair fans all day. The wine is from the Adelaide Hills region of [...]

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