Category: Style & Packaging

Italy does design well, yet it is also arrogant, sexist and self-indulgent

Wine doesn’t always have to be serious. If, instead, you take your fun time seriously, your wine should fit the moment.

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 personable too, but in a sense this is expected. A coffee place needs to deliver with [...]

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 take it to THEM. That’s the great thing about the Champagne bar at Westfield (and elsewhere). Put the bar [...]

A quick aside to look at an odd “cork” I came across the other day. This is the Ardea Seal AS-Elite (also, apparently known as the Guala Seal Elite) …, what do YOU make of it? See the full gallery on Posterous This is taking “technical” corks to the extreme as it is a HIGHLY [...]