Awards and citations:


1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Showing posts with label petty Olympic sponsorship rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label petty Olympic sponsorship rules. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Oddbins' protest + 30% discount with strings – more photos

 Oddbins@London Bridge

As already reported in the previous post Oddbins are running a campaign against petty imposition of Olympic sponsorship rules, especially in relation to small businesses. During the games all Oddbins shops will have window displays featuring the campaign. I popped up to London Bridge where Simon was putting the finishing touches to their display.  

For Vauxhall and iPhone owners there could be a big bonus in the shape of a 30% discount if you go into an Oddbins store during the Olympics with the following items:

'anyone wearing Nike trainers and has in their pocket a set of Vauxhall car keys, an RBS MasterCard, an iPhone, a bill from British Gas and a receipt for a Pepsi bought at KFC will receive 30% off their purchase.'



The display


Union hijacked by Lanson
There is nothing quite as shameless as the Champenois – not even the appalling sight and sound of Lesley Garrett's rendition on Sunday on the Champs Elysées comes close... 

A fishy look at the Oddbins corner@London Bridge (above and below)

 Oddbins shop and new build

 A leftover from Euro-fever in the shop