Naked wines? Ex-Virgin Boss Returns to Strip Bare Wine Online.
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...
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Are The Good Times Over For Laithwaites?
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...
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The Real Naked Wines – An Arresting Story
What's thong with this picture? The world of wine has been getting its clothes off recently. From the sublime UK online retailer Naked Wines to the ridiculous U.S. wine vod-cast ‘The Naked Wine Show’,...
View ArticleMandela, Wine and the John Barnes Rap
Yes, the World Cup kicks off today and wine retailers across the land are surely trying to find a way to drive sales through any kind of footballing link they can think of. Right? Actually no. Take a...
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Fight!! Tonight Only! Naked Wines vs FindWine
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...
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Tesco wine chief hoists himself by his own petard. Ouch.
Wineoftheweek returned from an enforced absence this week wondering how we might resume hostilities in the war against vinous pomposity. So a big thank you for @HarpersWine for this magnificent tweet...
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Oddbins returns but does it know what it’s doing?
. Oi, Lazurus! Wake Up! Image from www.thecolour.com One of the amusing aspects of wine blogging is the challenge of deconstructing PR puff. Fancy a go? Let’s try this press release title: “Oddbins is...
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