Wine adverts that have gone fishing
I am all for creative marketing ideas to promote wine in general; wine drinking, wine travel, wine culture, wine beauty treatments ... even wine dancing, but if I were to make a commercial called "I...
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Great news those who love to taste wine
Did you know that the law detailed EXACTLY how much wine you had to be poured? Thankfully, that law has just been made a little more wine-friendly. Most of us have been used to seeing 175ml (small)...
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Taking Wine to the People (and shoppers)
Wine spends a lot of time getting us to find stuff. "Find us on the supermarkets""Available in specialist shops""On all good Wine lists" but if you want people to REALLY see the brand, you've got to...
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A pannier of ... Apples
This panier de fruits is quite a find for lovers of wines off the beaten track. This fruit basket is definitely heavily biased towards the apple orchards. The first impression on the nose is an...
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Long Day. Good Day. it definitely deserves something a bit special, like this
Vino Di Anna, IGT Sicilia 2009 - a 'natural' Wine made from Nerello Mascalese and bought from Green & Blue in east dulwich Tasting note coming later Permalink | Leave a comment »
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More than a consolation, a prize
Tonight the boiler has broken down AGAIN. That makes it about the fourth time in this recent spell of winter. In consolation of another night of cold, I decided to open this, something I picked up...
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Mouth Health and Wine Tasting
Apologies in advance. If you are not in the business or habit of tasting wines regularly, I strongly suggest that you ignore this post. I need advice from my peers who taste wines regularly, not just...
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Coffee cool
See the full gallery on Posterous Check out the style that makes my local coffee shop a cool place to hang out.Of course it has great coffee (REALLY good), and the people who run it are lovely and...
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Hot desk, Cool wines
Working from home sounds like such bliss ... until you've been doing it for 6 years, in which case you may start to adopt a hermit-like loathing of having to leave the cave (aka home office) or you...
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Its a Lot to ask for - Lot18 Launches in UK
Last night a select group of individuals that combine an interest in wine with the habit of spending a lot of time talking about it on social media, gathered at Quo Vadis. The table groaned under the...
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A surprising Sunday afternoon Hungarian fruit experience #wine
This is a rather unusual wine - unusual because of its provenance, the grapes it is made from, and the style of the wine itself. First, the country. This wine is from Hungary. This shouldn't be a...
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Tonight's Croatian wine, thanks to @mountainvalleyw
Croatia is firmly on my radar screen right now. I was bowled over by wines I tasted on the Pacta Connect table at a tasting a few months ago, and wrote about the Croatian wine love affair, and in part...
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On the dismemberment of UK wine drinkers
I'm looking for a graphic artist - probably someone familiar with the more modern graphic and explicit comics, that can bring to life a vision I have in my head. This vision concerns the UK wine...
View ArticleSpring wines you really need to try from @thewinesociety
I am a regular attendee at The Wine Society (TWS) Press Tastings - they serve a useful double purpose; a chance to find interesting wines to recommend to the world at large ... and a shopping list...
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Exploring Laithwaites' Eastern Promise
I was very excited to be invited to a wine bloggers' tasting recently with a bit of a difference. This one was hosted by Laithwaites, in their swanky showroom under the railway arches next to...
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Croatia in Colour
Four Soils (Photo credit: thirstforwine) We were introduced to Istria, this beautiful corner of Croatia on the Adriatic coast, as the "land of the four soils", and it is very hard to move in food and...
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Quick sample tasting and a bit of time travel
See the full gallery on Posterous I was in the area, as you do, and as I had a little cash left on my sampling card I decided to pop into The Sampler in South Kensington. I found I had just over £5.50...
View ArticleWine Cheered the Video Star
I feel I HAVE share this video. I'm always on the lookout for examples of wine appearing 'naturally' in popular culture. If people feel it is appropriate to include wine in whatever they are doing...
View ArticleReally enjoying this Portuguese white from @UltimateWines
A new one to me, this wine is from a mystery 6 pack that Paula at Ultimate Wines (www.ultimatewines.co.uk) put together for me. Siria, Quinta dos Currais, 2008 - £9 Lots of fresh acidity but also a...
View ArticleSome purchases from Waitrose with 25% off deal
I'm not really the kind of wine person to tell you what you should buy - I have no idea what you like and when you will be drinking the wine.What I can do, if it happens to interest you, is let you...
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