Random Matters
Sydney Time
Copyright © Ric Einstein 2008
These items generally don't warrant a complete story in their own right, but are still worthy of space.
Snippet: Parkers Secret is Out - But I don't geddit
Snippet: They do they believe this crap - More pleasant perfume topped with a whiff of flatulence
Snippet: False Advertising - Get Wines Direct Crosses The Line
Snippet: It had to eventually happen - The Southcorp Chickens Come Home to Roost
Snippet: Alcopop Tax Stupidity - This makes the oxymoron of "Army Intelligence" look intelligent
Snippet: Are Grange Buyers Stupid? - Peter Gago seems to think so.
Snippet: I am Confused! - Is wine good for you or not?
Snippet: Corporate Bastardy Lives On - A leopard does not change its spots just because it changes its name
Snippet: Half of what you read is bull and the other half is ****
Funnies: Why Beer is Bad For You
Snippet: Wirra Wirra's Woes - Wow! The pictures say it all.
Not Wine Related (and certainly not funny) - The Good The Bad and the Downright Ugly of Web Hosting
Snippet: Fleas, Spam and Other Serial Pests - You wouldn't want to do business with these guys
Snippet: POME Wowsers at it Again - More proposed insanity from the do-good brigade
Funnies: Wine and Health - This sums it up nicely
Snippet: French Court Loses the Plot - wine articles now require health warnings
Funnies: The Way You Sleep After Drinking - Guaranteed to bring a smile to your dial
Snippet: Tesco man gives our wine exporters an earful - and the room reeks of bull$hit
Funnies : Its Official - The lunatics are running the wine selling asylum - you wont believe this one!
Funnies: Wine related Which would you rather have?
Funnies: News - Stop the presses - NSW Wine Distributor Runs for Federal Parliament
Snippet: Like a Bad Smell, They Don't Go Away - everything you need to know about not investing in wine
(Not so) Funnies: The Worst of Both Worlds
Snippet: Slack journalism or do they believe this crap - A good rant!
Snippet: The Mollydooker/Parker Debate aint going away any time soon (8 comments)
Snippet: Oh Dear Me Some interesting comments in the press re Fosters Results are analysed
Snippet: The Debate and Fallout Continues (4 comments)
More comments caused by Halliday's remarks on Mollydooker - and TORB crosses swords with ......
Funnies: Politically incorrect and sexist, but certainly wine related.
Snippet: Yanks Get Their Knickers in a Twist (
11 comments)
Some of our friends on the Robert Parker/Squires Forum are not happy with James Halliday!
Funnies: Two Different Perspectives - His and Hers!
Snippet: Hunting Season (6 comments)
Grange is no longer the trophy!
Snippet: How to Rip off Mug Investors
This may explain the stupid prices Heritage paid for their investment inventory.
Funnies: The way things used to be!
Snippet: Marketing Wine to Women (2 comments)
Two different approaches
Funnies: More strange than funny. Two Press Reports
Funnies: Flacco on Wine and Oz Politics (Once at the site, click on the "Show Transcript" link.)
Funnies: Chateau Furking Expensive H20
Interesting article on
Snippet: From “Greed and Ignorance” to “Avarice and Stupidity ” (
11 comments)
Wine or $$$$$ greed - you will have to see this to believe it!
Funnies: An Office Essential
Snippet: More on the Heritage Investment (sic) Wine Fiasco
The latest details from the Liquidators, and the news is not good.
Snippet: The Scourge of the Wine Forums (6 comments)
The title says it all!
Snippet: French Delusions of ad
equacy
Welcome to the real word.
Funnies: Only in America - Bad year for wine license plates in Utah
Snippet: "Do these guys believe their own bovine manure?
Marks and Sparks think the days of high alcohol wine are over. (3 comments)
Snippet: Micro-Oxygenation and The New Wine for the 21st Century
All you need to know in simple language
Snippet: Why basket presses impress higher-end winemakers
The Pros and The Cons, According to the Pros - this is worth reading.
Funnies: Water and Wine Education
Another great reason why wine is good for your health.
Snippet: Heritage Fine Wines (PDF)
The latest poop on what's happening with the liquidation of the plonk.
Funnies: Sherry - some things are meant to be
An interesting story of how TORB can into possession of Sherry, normally not his preferred choice.
Funnies: The Royal Family
Does this stink or what?
Snippet: Foster's looks at culling its wine portfolio
The move that everyone expected!
NWR: Dog Mobiles
How TORB's family get around town.
Snippet: Is this the most tasteless wine snobbery of all times?
Penfolds Lauches New Members-Only Grange VIP Club and Concierge Service
Funnies: Government Warning about Alcohol Free Days
Download a small Word file for a good laugh
Funnies: NWR: Every Wonder Why Some People Do Well at Work?
Snippet: Wine Forum Moderation or blatant censorship
You Be the Judge (8 comments)
Snippet: Caveat Emptor
Auction house playing fast and loose with the facts. (
5 comments)
Snippet: Foster's Annual Results and Plans
Some surprises here, but the cynical wine lover may not think so. (3 comments)
Funnies: Brighten your day
Politically true and Old Age
Snippet: Glug - Glug
Don't let the facts get in the way of a personal agenda.
Funnies: Something to Brighten Your Day
Famous Sex quotes
Snippet: The cork spin witchdoctors are at it again.
Funnies: Office Party
Thanks to Kris Goman for this one!
Snippet: Shonky marketing
Even Constellation's own staff doesn't want to drink their wine, even if they don't have to pay for it! Or as one wag put it, Constellation couldn't organise a piss up in a pub.
Funnies: This winemaker
Is a brave man!
Funnies: Have a smile time
A very unusual way of "picking" ripe grapes!
- The Christmas of Scrooge McPlonk
Reality: TORB's Cellar
Take a quick tour around a very unusual cellar!
The title says it all; but does it?
I knew it would happen; I am just surprised that it took so long (all of a week) but Cross's Pie Laws have found to have been lacking and a new law has now been added. Compulsive reading .... well for all you "sick" meat pie junkies.
Australian Translation of French Wine Terms
An Australian finally gets o understand what the French mean when describing Bordeaux
My top flight secretarial helpers hard at work
As a Winemaker, Do You Laugh or Cry?
This could only happen in real life.
The Philosophy of Life and Wine
A great approach to life!
A real life coffee addicts perspective
We have all read the classic Christmas tale but this version has been written with the Oz wine lover in mind. The more you know about Oz wine and the wine industry, the more you will appreciate this story which is irreverent, humorous and worth reading over a glass of good FRS (that's fizzy red $h*t.)
Don't get caught with your pants down
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An interesting wine label
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- A rough night of partying
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Good for a quick laugh
For those that believe in the 100 point wine scoring system
Have a look at this one
Grange-O-Mania - is it worse than SARS?
A very light hearted look at 1998 Grange Fever and bound to raise a few eyebrows
and hopefully generate a few chuckles.
This is a great example of revenge
My doctor told me that three glasses of wine a day is the perfect amount if I am to remain healthy - no worries!
- What shade of red bigot are you
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My good mate commonly known on wine forums all round the world as "Murray Oz" recently commissioned a poll on Auswine Forum that took a humorous look at the shade of peoples red bigot prejudice. As Murray is not a red bigot, Red Bigot himself added a few.
This one has an interesting label and one of the most truthful you will ever see.
