Posted in Video Magic, tagged merlot on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You want to get funky with wine tasting rap? ”Vintertainer” Alan Arnopole, not only pours wine, he yodels to it, raps about it and sings along with it.
Live from the Peju Province Winery (and stick with this!), I give you DJ Arnoploe…
more about “Peju Province Winery – Bios – The Yod…“, posted with vodpod
Posted in But Seriously..., Video Magic on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Red Wine Pill is in the news again. A study has shown that the resveratrol capsule provides more health benefits than drinking hundreds of glasses of the “sweet nectar of the gods.”
About Seventeen years ago, the CBS program 60 Minutes first examined the so-called “French paradox”, which suggested that the French – despite a [...]
Posted in Wine Label Oddities, tagged dry creek valley, harley davidson, v-twin zin, wine, zinfandel on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Scott and Lisa. Their mission is about “motorcycling, making wine & making a difference.”
I’ll let them tell you their own story:
It’s simple, really. We love wine and we love motorcycles. My wife & I were both born and raised in Sonoma County – 4th generation. I have spent nearly 25 years working in the [...]
Posted in Gadgets & Paraphernalia on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are some pointless inventions that, despite their utter pointlessness, are technically astounding or creatively beguiling. The “watering can” decanter is not one of these.
Take a look at the picture opposite and answer me me honestly, “Why?”
This ‘RainMan’ decanter is supposed to provide a curious way to aerate your wine. A number of holes in [...]
Posted in Gadgets & Paraphernalia, tagged cabernet, crushpad, fusebox on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Introducing the “blend your own wine” kit. It’s called Fusebox and I want one now.
According to the makers “You’ll learn how to turn a good wine into a great one and gain an appreciation for why blending is the highest art form in winemaking.”
What you get is 6 bottles of blending wine, one mystery wine, [...]
Posted in Video Magic on February 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve become somewhat addicted to a Korean wine soap opera called Terroir. If this isn’t a testamant to the dangers of following links on your Google Alerts then I don’t know what is. I’m locked in now and will have to see it through to the bitter end. Come and join the ride with me?
Here’s [...]
Posted in Just Plain Weird, Wine Label Oddities, tagged abu ghraib, osama bin laden, tasmania on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Australian winery has launched a new range of wines featuring images of Osama Bin Laden and hooded torture in Abu Ghraib.
The wines are produced by the Moorilla winery in Tasmania (owned by who news.com.au refers to as “millionaire gambler” David Walsh).
The images are taken from political graffiti from the streets of Hobart and Melbourne.
The stencil [...]
Posted in Just Plain Weird, tagged asda, wal-mart on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This posted by David Stoesz at Seattle Weekly. It has an American Slant of course (what is Trader Joes?!) but as Wall-Mart owns ASDA in the UK I’d like some suggestions with a specific UK slant. Chateau Hood de la Chav anyone?
Tim Dempsey, a friend who’s on a budget but without access to Trader Joe’s, has [...]
Posted in Wine Label Oddities, tagged chenin blanc, comic relief, damien hurst, jancis robinson, pinotage, tim atkin on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Notorious Shark Pickler Damien Hurst has designed a brace of wine labels in support of the BBC’s charity event “Red Nose Day”.
No longer old enough to be classified as an “Enfant Terrible” the infamous taxidermist has returned to his faithful “dot” for the two designs.
Red nose Red Pinotage Shiraz 2008 and Red nose White Chenin Blanc [...]
Posted in WOTW News, tagged berry bros, dean spanley, golden compass, jeremy northam, philip pullman, sam neill, simon berry, tokaji on February 4, 2009 | 17 Comments »
I recently saw Dean Spanley at the cinema and for the second year running found myself watching a movie that used that sweetest of Hungarian tipples, Tokaji, as a plot construct.
In this latest example, Fisk Junior (Jeremy Northam) shares a bottle of Tokaji with the Dean (Sam Neill) and discovers that his drinking companion starts [...]
WOTW is a self confessed wine twit. The man behind The Wine Society's website he's also consulted with Laithwaites, Tesco, First Quench and Naked Wines. He writes for Classic Wine Direct and drinks copious amounts of Tokaji.
