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DrinkOware: Fake Shardonnay from Austrlia. Hic.

by on 14. Oct, 2011 in WOTW News

When WineOfTheWeek lived in Camden Town, only desperation would lead me to buy wine from the local Costcutter. During the summer months a lack of air-conditioning would see bottles leaping off the shelves with sheer heat exhaustion – ‘Wine dies in Hot Shops’, So it comes as little surprise to learn that the aforementioned ‘supermarket’ [...]

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It’s wine Jim, but not as we know it…

by on 02. Mar, 2011 in WOTW News

There is a certain amount of hullaballo when it come to the insatiable appetite of the Chinese wine drinker. But amid all the opportunity in the fastest growing market in the world comes a stark warning about the threat of fake wine. The founder of Hong Kong’s Independent Wine Centre went public this week with [...]

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Tesco refuses to sell dad wine because 8 year old daughter had no I.D.

by on 28. Sep, 2010 in Gitmo

Yet another example of gitmo supermarket behaviour reached WineOfTheWeek at the weekend with the news that a father who went shopping with his daughter was unable to buy a bottle of wine because his eight year old child did not have ID. Despite explaining his daughter was only eight, Navid Asadi claims that Tesco staff [...]

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Victoria Moore’s Golden Rules for Supermarket Wine

by on 03. Jan, 2010 in WOTW News

Victoria Moore starts the New Year with a cracking article in The Guardian entitled “Wine: Five Golden Rules for the Supermarket”. Here’s Victoria’s five with an extra one from WOTW for good measure: ) Never risk a bottle with a bird, insect or animal on the label. This will keep you mercifully clear of Yellow [...]

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