May 25, 2006
“stormhoek” the viagra of the wine industry?”
Kim Maxwell has written an article about Stormhoek on the preeminent South African Wine Website wine.co.za. We were aghast when we read that she called Stormhoek the “Viagra” of the wine business.
We work too hard crafting each hand-blown bottle from imported Madagascar silica, painstakingly cultivating every vine on our 900 year old estate with nothing but a pair of nailclippers, to be referred to in such flippant and disrespectful terms.
Our beautiful maidens, who gently press each and every one of our precious grapes individually between their thighs, will shudder in fury when they hear this outrage.
This is blasphemy, I tell you! Utter blasphemy!
[And we thought we were the Kool-Aid of the wine business.]
I suppose the trick to marketing is to know when and when not to take it seriously.
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I suppose the trick to a productive work day is to not read about beautiful maidens who press individual graps between their thighs.
Am I the only one amazed that they included the old label alongside the new designs!
Hi Hugh, just wondering how transparent the conversation is at Stormhoek these days. Moderated comments don’t seem to be getting posted, I’ve tried a couple of times to comment and still nothing. are they too busy or is it some glitch of technology?
Adrian, I have no idea what you’re talking about
Hugh, I’ve made an effort to post to two or three Stormhoek entries, I’ve emailed them too, and no response. Their comment system says thanks for the comment, it will get published after moderation.
I see some entries have comments, so at some time they’re getting approved.
I wondered if there was a software issue [their TypeKey system asks for you to login, but when you try the next page says that facility hasn’t been activated]
I felt it must be an interface issue rather than obfustication or censorship.
Thoughts?
We need to upgrade the software, basically. Too much spam etc.
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