Berry Brothers & Rudd, only the oldest wine merchant in the world, wine purveyor to The Queen, rumoured to have labrynthine cellars that stretch from St. James to Buckingham Palace – Has joined the twitterati. Not only have they joined the twitterati @winematters , they even did a Twitter Taste live from said cellars...
read moreFirst of all, if you’re reading this before 23:00 (GMT) on Aug 26th, run over to here and vote for me and The Boy!! The Winesleuth and Bibendum Dan (aka The Boy) took part in a fabulous social media experiment hosted by the award winning Italian restaurant L’anima. L’anima’s Head Sommelier, Gal Zohar,...
read moreOk, here’s is a crazy idea. Invite consumers to try some wine, pick the ones they like best, set a price and then buy $100,000 AU worth of wine based on their recommendations at a live online auction for your online wine company. Who would be so crazy as to let consumers do that? Rowan Gormely founder of Naked Wines,...
read moreI just got an invite to what sounds like a really cool event. Galvin@Windows is going to be hosting a live online oyster and Champagne tasting event. Now how did they know I adore champagne? and add in oysters…have I died and gone to heaven? Galvin@Windows is on the 28th floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane and is a...
read moreWow! I just find this twittering fascinating. I joined Twitter back in October when I attended the WBC in Sonoma because it seemed everyone out in CA was using it but once I got back to London, I kind of forgot about it because it seemed nobody was using it. Well, that seems to have changed. Andrew from Surf4Wine turned me on to...
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