Hugh Johnson is one of the wine worlds cuddly creatures. He may not be seen too much in the media these days, but he still delivers his hugely successful ‘Pocket Guide to Wine’ each and every year. The ever popular paper version of the Pocket Guide now finds itself reformatted for the iPhone and WineOfTheWeek [...]
May I bring Sir the iPad?
by MorayJ on 22. Sep, 2010 in Gadgets & Paraphernalia, Wine Tech
Throw out your wine menus and roll in the iPads is the message coming from a recent article in the New York Times. Interviewing a number of restaurateurs who have been experimenting with transferring their traditional wine menus to the digital platform, the paper claims the device has lead to a 10% rise in wine [...]
5 iPad wine apps reviewed and rated
by Gavino on 12. Jul, 2010 in Apps, WOTW News
The iPad has been out in the world for a couple of months now so we thought it time to make an early assessment of the first wave of wine apps to hit the iTunes store. Let’s start be saying that “best” is an extremely relative term when it comes to describe the early contenders. [...]
Pulp Fiction Wine Labels: Bought to you by Some Young Punks
by Gavino on 22. Jun, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities
It’s 3am. The phone rings. It’s the D.A’s office. A gruff voice barks “Get down to the parking lot at 59th street, Marlowe needs you”. You roll out of bed, stumble into your car and head downtown. Rain is falling. You pull up alongside the flashing blues. A wine bottle lies empty on a road, [...]
Wineoftheweek is now on the iPad!!
by Gavino on 27. May, 2010 in Gadgets & Paraphernalia, WOTW News
Wineoftheweek can now be viewed on the iPad. I know this because I’ve just received my brand, spanking new (and shiny) piece of Apple hardware and very excited I am too. Here in the UK, we’ve been looking enviously at our American cousins for the past few weeks while we waited for the iPad to [...]
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