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Concha Y Toro Killed My MacBook Pro

Posted in But Seriously..., WOTW News, tagged , , on July 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »

I’m devastated. Distraught. Bereft. Less than three weeks after I purchased a brand new MacBook Pro, the poor machine is now lying dormant, unable to power up, utterly f*cked. And it’s all the fault of a Malbec from Concha Y Toro.
Here’s the sequence of events:
2008-2009 – I pontificate, procrastinate and ruminate about buying a MacBook [...]

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“I Was At This Conservative Party Fundraiser the Other Day…”

Posted in WOTW News, Wine Label Oddities, tagged , , , , , , , on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I recently attended a Conservative Party fundraiser. There. I’ve said it.  Just to be clear,  I will sit through a plague of Coldplay gigs before I ever vote Conservative, but when you’re under a three line whip from your mother-in-law you soon leave your political ideology hanging off the footscraper near the front door.
And besides, [...]

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Lock Up Your Jewellery Jancis – There’s A Burgler About!

Posted in WOTW News, tagged , , , , on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

First it was Hugh Johnson’s priceless garden antique  and now it’s Michael Broadbent’s bicycle. Yes, dear readers, a crime-wave seems to be sweeping over Britain’s most revered wine writers.
Back in March this year,  Mr Johnson had a 17th century astronomical sphere  ”half inched” from his Essex garden. Johnson, the legendary glass sniffer, lives in Saling [...]

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Vinious Musicas! Harry Potter Casts a Spell Over Wine Glass Muggle!

Posted in Just Plain Weird, WOTW News, tagged , , , , , on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Harry Potter is about to return to the big screen again, and it’s fair to assume that we’ll get another two hours of tedium until we get to the good bit at the end where Dumbledor is killed by Snape. (SPOILER ALERT!! I’ve just spoiled it!)
Anyway, I knew there had to be a wine theme [...]

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