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PLB snaps up HwCg. The PLC was DNR and the deal went through PDQ on the QT.

My word is my Biondi-Santi

Italian banks will soon start to accept fine wines as collateral. Gianni Zonin, chairman of the Banca Popolare di Vicenza and head of wine producer Zonin, which owns 10 estates across Italy, proposed the idea this week.

‘We’ve done it with cheese, so why not with good wines like Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti Classico?’ he said.

‘This is a great idea, it has my blessing’, said agricultural minister “Pope” Vince Anto.

The bankers have just awarded themselves a massive Grana Padano. Reports that RBS and HSBC are taking on barrels of English rhubarb burgundy and tubs of Dairylea dunkers in a similar vein have not been verified.

Crack appears in Australian marketing campaign

It’s a great idea, enthused a spokesperson for the Australian Wine Bureau: Buy a bottle of Aussie wine, get a ball of cocaine free.

Unbearable lightness of being

The world’s lightest bottle will be released into supermarket in early January next year. Pioneered in this country, apparently, it is 50% glass and 50% hot air and will automatically rise to the top shelves of the superstores.

Twits?

The restaurant which asked its customers to vote for wines on Twitter has decided on another revolutionary method of selecting some old vintages of fine wine. They are going to hold a séance and ask the spirit of Thomas Jefferson to choose their claret list.