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Lock Up Your Jewellery Jancis – There's A Burgler About!

by Gavino on 06. Jul, 2009 in WOTW News

First it was Hugh Johnson’s priceless garden antique  and now it’s Michael Broadbent’s bicycle. Yes, dear readers, a crime-wave seems to be sweeping over Britain’s most revered wine writers. Back in March this year,  Mr Johnson had a 17th century astronomical sphere  ”half inched” from his Essex garden. Johnson, the legendary glass sniffer, lives in [...]

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Damien Hurst Turns to Wine for Some Comic Relief

by Gavino on 05. Feb, 2009 in Wine Label Oddities

Notorious Shark Pickler Damien Hurst has designed a brace of wine labels in support of the BBC’s charity event “Red Nose Day”. No longer old enough to be classified as an “Enfant Terrible” the infamous taxidermist has returned to his faithful “dot” for the two designs. Red nose Red Pinotage Shiraz 2008 and Red nose White [...]

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