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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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Oddbins farewell to the web…

by on 06. May, 2011 in Wine on the web

In these difficult times, we’re all used to passing by ‘closed down’ stores on our high streets. Here is what a closed down online shop looks like. Poor old Oddbins.

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5 iPad wine apps reviewed and rated

by 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. [...]

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Ever Been Puzzled by Wine Labels?

by on 22. Jan, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

I imagine the thought process went something like this: Wino 1: ‘I was in the White Burgundy section of Oddbins yesterday and I really found the wine labels puzzling” Wino 2: ‘Yes they can be difficult to decipher. By the way, I was doing this word puzzle on the train this morning and couldn’t find the [...]

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Threshers and Wine Rack Stare Into The Abyss

by on 29. Oct, 2009 in But Seriously..., WOTW News

And so it comes to pass. First Quench, the owner of Threshers and Wine Rack, have announced that they are to go into administration. The news comes as no surprise to those of us who have watched the retail giant lumbering along a path towards irrelevance over the past few years. And yet for those [...]

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Voting Irregularities as Obama gets set to declare "It's the Economy Stupid"

by on 04. Nov, 2008 in But Seriously..., WOTW News

Here we go again! Voting irregularities, electors facing poll closures before they can mark their “X” and electronic machines short-circuiting due to rain storms. God Bless America, it makes you long for the hanging chad. Obama or McCain is the choice that faces the voters in the bankrupt superpower across the Atlantic and we Brits [...]

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