Archive for July, 2009

Celebrity Grogger ‘Outing’ Part Two

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

After our ‘outing’ of the venerable Michael Broadbent as a Grogger, we have the pleasure of unveiling another vino-aesthete:

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Answering Design Week’s Voxpop question “Which world record would you like to break?”, Ron Cregan of Navyblue Design manages to dispel his boozy fug long enough to envisage a record attempt that involves, well, drinking with his friends and family. Sir, we salute you. And should you need assistance in your endeavour, the Grogger team will be more than willing.

Review: Salomon Groovey 2008

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

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Famous Austrian exports: Mozart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, singing families in matching paisley outfits, Brüno and Hitler. Not so famous Austrian exports: Grüner Veltliner. Which is a bloody shame, because if ever there was a food-friendly, not-too-alcoholic summer refresher to show Pinot Grigio how it should be done, then Grüner Veltliner (or ‘Groovey’ as it is sometimes known, but only by wine-tits) is it.

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Az-Tech

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

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As those of you who have bought the Legandary Cars expansion pack for Burnout Paradise will now, there are only four automobiles worthy of rendering in glorious HD: Knightrider’s Kit, the Ghostmobile, the Hazzardous Dodge Charger and the sleek, industrial, that’sthebloodyfuturerighttherethatis DeLorean.

So, how does this relate to wine? Well, after one last trip with Marty to witness the ancient Inca civilisations, let’s say ol’ Doc Brown has had enough of his Flux-Capacitor and decides to install a little drinks cabinet into his central armresty-bit. What what booze could posibly match the glorious, metal’n'wire aesthetics of the DeLorean?

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