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Why David Cameron’s Big Society does not include wine

by on 17. Oct, 2010 in WOTW News

David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ seems to depend on the willingness of volunteers to give up their free time in order to apply their skills for the public good. As the Coalition government lit the ‘bonfire of the quangos’ last week, much media scorn was directed towards the ‘Foreign Office’s Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the [...]

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Why building your own vineyard is a complete waste of time

by on 06. Aug, 2010 in Wine Tech

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a multitude of gaming consoles, must be in want of a life. And yet gaming is evolving. It’s no longer the preserve of teenage boys or men over the age of thirty who wish they were still teenage boys. Gaming is everywhere. [...]

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Blood Into Wine: Tool Frontman and his Arizona Wine Mission

by on 03. Jul, 2010 in Celebrity Vino, Video Magic

Maynard James Keenan is my kinda man. By day, Keenan works the soil in the service of Bacchus the god of wine. By night he kneels at the alter of the rock gods as the frontman of Tool and the hydra-headed Puscifer. Over the years WineOfTheWeek has been guilty of sneering at the long list [...]

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Pulp Fiction Wine Labels: Bought to you by Some Young Punks

by on 22. Jun, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

It’s 3am. The phone rings. It’s the D.A’s office. A gruff voice barks “Get down to the parking lot at 59th street, Marlowe needs you”. You roll out of bed, stumble into your car and head downtown. Rain is falling. You pull up alongside the flashing blues. A wine bottle lies empty on a road, [...]

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