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Oddbins returns but does it know what it’s doing?

by on 19. Oct, 2011 in WOTW News

One of the amusing aspects of wine blogging is the challenge of deconstructing PR puff.  Fancy a go? Let’s try this press release title: “Oddbins is back on a high street near you… Unique initiative allows Oddbins’customers to choose the price of wine…” Except, of course, Oddbins has never really been away and there’s nothing [...]

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Tesco wine chief hoists himself by his own petard. Ouch.

by on 25. May, 2011 in WOTW News

Wineoftheweek returned from an enforced absence this week wondering how we might resume hostilities in the war against vinous pomposity. So a big thank you for @HarpersWine for this magnificent tweet from last weeks London Wine Fair. It seems that Tesco’s Dan Jago thinks that Naked Wines’ Rowan Gormley is Nigel Farage. Just so we [...]

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Fight!! Tonight Only! Naked Wines vs FindWine

by on 10. Nov, 2010 in Wine on the web

Two of Britain’s newest wine retailers go head to head tonight in a dramatic ‘Clash of the wine tiddlers’ taste-off. Naked Wines and FindWine are the digital darlings of the UK wine scene and they’ve decided to hold a taste-off in a bid to find out which of their respective business models delivers the best [...]

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Mandela, Wine and the John Barnes Rap

by on 11. Jun, 2010 in WOTW News

Yes, the World Cup kicks off today and wine retailers across the land are surely trying to find a way to drive sales through any kind of footballing link they can think of. Right? Actually no. Take a cursory look across the online landscape and you’ll see no mention of the World Cup at Majestic, [...]

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The Real Naked Wines – An Arresting Story

by on 02. Jun, 2010 in Just Plain Weird, WOTW News

The world of wine has been getting its clothes off recently. From the sublime UK online retailer Naked Wines to the ridiculous U.S. wine vod-cast ‘The Naked Wine Show’, wine drinkers are being assaulted with all kinds of nudity. Indeed, even artists have jumped aboard the nudewagon, as photographer Spencer Tunik demonstrated with last year’s [...]

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Are The Good Times Over For Laithwaites?

by on 13. Jun, 2009 in But Seriously...

Question: What do Laithwaites, Sunday Times Wine Club, Telegraph Wine Service, Natwest Wine Club, British Airways Wine Club, Warehouse Wines, Avery’s, and (pause for breath!) Virgin Wines have in common? Answer: They are all owned by Direct Wines, the behemoth of the UK wine by the case market. Founded upon one man’s passion for Bordeaux [...]

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Naked wines? Ex-Virgin Boss Returns to Strip Bare Wine Online.

by on 05. Dec, 2008 in WOTW News

A few years ago, I did some contract work at Virgin Wines, just as CEO Rowan Gormley was about to sign the deal that transferred a majority share of his business to Direct Wines.  The deal no doubt made him a wealthy man but the relationship with Direct Wines eventually went sour and he was [...]

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