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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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Le Beast Seduces Virgin

by on 28. Oct, 2009 in Video Magic, Wine Label Oddities, WOTW News

I first encountered Le Beast earlier this year at the untamed frontier of You Tube. Type “wine” into the video sharing site and you are generally confronted with an endless stream of Gary Vee’s crazed thunderpants, but look closer and an even more beastly presence  will reveal itself. Unlike Gary, this beast is small, furry [...]

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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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