Category Archive for "Popular Culture"

03 Feb 2014

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BBC Food & Drink returns to UK TV screens
Popular Culture

BBC, food, food & drink, TV, wine
Last year we celebrated the return of the classic "BBC Food & Drink" programme from the 1980s under a greatly revised format and outlook, with Chef Michel Roux Jr. and Kate Goodman. It had a...
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03 Feb 2014

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Wine advertising at Superbowl XLVIII
Popular Culture

advertising, superbowl, video
I never thought I'd see wine advertising at the Superbowl, and if you blinked, you didn't. For most Americans, the Superbowl is a beer event - at least from an advertising point of view. It was...
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22 Jan 2014

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The right way to handle a bottle of wine
Popular Culture

french, funny, video, wine
Some very serious advice on storing and handling a bottle of wine ... but if you can focus on what he is saying, and not watch the guy in the background, you're better than me. Wine...
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13 Jan 2014

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Getting the cork out of a wine bottle without a corkscrew
Popular Culture

advice, cork, corkscrew, Mirabeau Wine, video
How do you open a bottle of wine with a cork if you don't have a corkscrew? It seems many of us have struggled with this issue because this particular video has been extremely popular,...
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13 Jan 2014

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Downton Abbey branded wine launched
Popular Culture

bordeaux, branding, downton abbey, marketing, wine
I somehow missed this story here in the UK ... I fear this is either (or both) a missed opportunity, or what the Americans love to call "jumping the shark" [caption id="attachment_1353" align="aligncenter" width="648"] Read more
20 Dec 2013

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Getting wine drunk on television
Popular Culture

Alexander Armstrong, BBC, Britain, champagne, christmas, food, Giles Coren, wine
Whatever you think of Giles Coren or Alexander Armstrong as the presenters, the BBC show "The 12 Drinks for Christmas" was entertaining TV and a snapshot of a very British attitude to drinking. [caption id="attachment_1326" align="aligncenter"...
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19 Dec 2013

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Flippin’ food and music
Popular Culture

bacon, food, Jack Conte, Nataly Dawn, Pomplamoose, wine
I like to promote the idea of getting wine "content", i.e. talking about wine, out of wine-only sites (like this one) and making it part of other conversations - usually ones more people actually care...
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Category Archives Popular Culture

BBC Food & Drink returns to UK TV screens

Wine advertising at Superbowl XLVIII

The right way to handle a bottle of wine

Getting the cork out of a wine bottle without a corkscrew

Downton Abbey branded wine launched

Getting wine drunk on television

Flippin’ food and music

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