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Wine enthusiast orders £20,000 worth of wine from Twitter

by on 08. Feb, 2012 in WOTW News

Berry Bros. & Rudd have posted some impressive online numbers this week as they continue to reap the rewards of their investment in tech and the web. In 2011 the 300 year old fine wine retailer sold over £25m of wine online and, among the stat ladled press release Wineoftheweek just received, is this gem: During 2011, [...]

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MSNBC bloke wakes up to wine on Facebook

by on 06. Oct, 2010 in Wine on the web

This just in from REUTERS. An article by MSNBC wine journo Edward Deitch (check out his blog) states a whole bunch of obvious stuff and backs it up with a bunch of stats from some puffy research. Here’s the article in full: Social media is exploding in the wine business and a new survey illustrates [...]

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Nil Points! Is Robert Parker Still Relevant?

by on 19. Jan, 2009 in But Seriously...

This weekend’s Financial Times carried a full page reader offer for 2004 Chateau Langoa-Barton with the by-line “Awarded 90 points by Robert Parker, this wine is not to be missed”. The rating of 90 recalled to mind an article by professional cynic John C Dvorak who describes a 90 point Parker rating as “the chicken [...]

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Social Media takes a Bazaar turn at the Ice Bar

by on 05. Nov, 2008 in WOTW News

So a really good day for your blogger, ending with a return to the Summit party at the Ice Bar in London. My companion for the night was Lucy Adams, an inspiring girl who has just set up her own business armed simply with a blog and a will to acheive. Check out Lucyadams.co.uk for an [...]

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