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Victoria Moore’s Golden Rules for Supermarket Wine

by Gavino on 03. Jan, 2010 in WOTW News

Victoria Moore starts the New Year with a cracking article in The Guardian entitled “Wine: Five Golden Rules for the Supermarket”. Here’s Victoria’s five with an extra one from WOTW for good measure: ) Never risk a bottle with a bird, insect or animal on the label. This will keep you mercifully clear of Yellow [...]

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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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A Flying Visit to Berry Bros Gives Way to a Frogs Leap

by Gavino on 18. Dec, 2008 in WOTW News

Took a quick trip down to Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR) today. Lucy needed to drop off a shirt for one of her clients in St James’s so a good excuse for me to visit the grandest wine store in London. BBR is Britain’s oldest wine merchant and they have a great back-story. The company [...]

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Some Christmas Deals: What Not to Buy and Some Choice Picks

by Gavino on 11. Dec, 2008 in WOTW News

Deals, deals everywhere! It’s the run up to Christmas and wine sellers all across the land are offering Christmas Cases, Winter Cases, Party Cases and Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh my! But what to buy? You need quantity, you’d love quality and value is important too. Right?  Well here’s my 3 tips on what not to do [...]

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