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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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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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