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It’s wine Jim, but not as we know it…

by on 02. Mar, 2011 in WOTW News

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 [...]

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Nigel Pargetter is dead

English Wine Industry mourns Nigel Pargetter

by on 05. Jan, 2011 in WOTW News

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 [...]

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Miracle Cure! Turn Blossom Hill into Chablis in 30 Minutes.

by on 22. Oct, 2008 in Gadgets & Paraphernalia

“An entrepreneur claims to have invented a machine that turns a cheap bottle of plonk into a vintage-tasting wine in a matter of minutes.   Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects  of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle. The Ultrasonic Wine Ager, which looks [...]

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The Wine Society, not really a Society but they definitely sell Wine

by on 10. Oct, 2008 in WOTW News

The Wine Society (TWS) is in equal parts inspiring and frustrating. Unique in the mail order landscape, the Society is a co-operative that doesn’t pursue the profit principle. It exists in stark contrast to the behemoth that is Direct Wines and the UK consumer is all the better for it. I’ll declare my association right [...]

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