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The New York Times Is Now Selling Wine
12:10AM Hamilton Nolan | The New York Times Co. is now also selling wine. Good wine! Not that cheap shit. Hey buddy, need some wine? More »
LA Wine Fest Is Here: Whatever You Do, Don’t Order The Merlot
7:55AM Defamer Hollywood | Act like a Sideways snob for two days during the Third Annual LA Wine Fest with a smattering of other oenophiles. You can taste over 500 wines during the festival (there’s booze, too, for those of you who don’t know the difference between cabernet or chardonnay). By then end of it, you might be giving speeches about how “wine is alive,” and how you root for pinot because it’s “thin-skinned and temperamental.” Merlot fans can rejoice–the varietal has bounced back after the initial smack-down in the movie where Paul Giamatti’s character whines, “No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am not drinking any fucking Merlot!” More »
Mcnaughty In Trouble Again
11:15AM Clem Bastow | Poor old Erin McNaught just can’t seem to catch a break, although this time we’re inclined to agree with the naysayers.
In short, there’s a bit of a kerfuffle regarding McNaughty’s appearance in Cockatoo Ridge’s new “She likes a cockatoo” ad campaign.
GEDDIT? A COCK OR TWO?
Lordy, there’s a party down the bottle-o – it’s like it’s 1956 and everyone’s invited!
The wine label’s managing director Peter Perrin defended the campaign, stating: “It’s time for the brand to shake off its old image and get in the minds of mainstream younger Australian and European wine lovers.”
McNaught wasn’t red-faced over the ad series’ sexual references either.
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