http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13739 Paul Jardine Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:57:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13739 They say that the blind have acute sense of hearing, i.e. that the other senses are heightened by absence of one. Therefore it is entirely possible that non-drinkers will find the smell, and colour of Stormhoek to be alluring in themselves. Perhaps non-drinker wine-'tasters' would evolve with larger noses... They say that the blind have acute sense of hearing, i.e. that the other senses are heightened by absence of one.
Therefore it is entirely possible that non-drinkers will find the smell, and colour of Stormhoek to be alluring in themselves.
Perhaps non-drinker wine-‘tasters’ would evolve with larger noses…

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13738 Steve Bates Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:34:34 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13738 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13737 Jay Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:31:08 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13737 I don't drink and just this past Saturday hosted a very small party where Stormhoek was the featured drink. The drinkers in my life definitely dug the taste and the screw-off top - what ease of use! - a hell of a lot. More than most other wines I've seen them imbibe. I don’t drink and just this past Saturday hosted a very small party where Stormhoek was the featured drink.
The drinkers in my life definitely dug the taste and the screw-off top — what ease of use! — a hell of a lot. More than most other wines I’ve seen them imbibe.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13736 Jay Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:30:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13736 I don't drink and just this past Saturday hosted a very small party where Stormhoek was the featured drink. The drinkers in my life definitely dug the taste and the screw-off top - what ease of use! - a hell of a lot. More than most other wines I've seen them imbibe. I don’t drink and just this past Saturday hosted a very small party where Stormhoek was the featured drink.
The drinkers in my life definitely dug the taste and the screw-off top — what ease of use! — a hell of a lot. More than most other wines I’ve seen them imbibe.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13735 Leah Maclean Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:24:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13735 The question "why can't Stormhoek be the wine non-drinkers would drink, if they did?" is not so silly after all. Even if non-drinkers don't actually imbibe they still may be purchasers of wine - as gifts, to take to a dinner party, or on behalf of someone else (business, boss, partner, etc). So the non-drinkers geek dinner would allow the non-drinkers to be made aware of how much the drinkers in their life would like Stormhoek. The question “why can’t Stormhoek be the wine
non-drinkers would drink, if they did?” is not so silly after all. Even if non-drinkers don’t actually imbibe they still may be purchasers of wine — as gifts, to take to a dinner party, or on behalf of someone else (business, boss, partner, etc). So the non-drinkers geek dinner would allow the non-drinkers to be made aware of how much the drinkers in their life would like Stormhoek.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13734 B.L. Ochman Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:31:43 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13734 Me too. this is fun, not therapy. Me too. this is fun, not therapy.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13733 Hugh MacLeod Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:06:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13733 I prefer the "exclusively for non-drinkers" angle, but it's BL's party, so it's her call who she invites. I prefer the “exclusively for non-drinkers” angle, but it’s BL’s party, so it’s her call who she invites.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/surreal-marketing-a-stormhoek-dinner-for-non-drinkers/#comment-13732 David Cox Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:51:59 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2953#comment-13732 This works for me. As an ex-drinker who's comfortable around imbibers, I could easily see attending a wine dinner hosted by another non-drinker. I suspect there are plenty of others out there like me. Drink. Not drink. I don't mind the giggles. And I love the somewhat bizarre, doesn't quite compute dimension of wine dinners hosted by non-drinkers, or even exclusively for non-drinkers. How about an AA sponsored 12 Steps for Stormhoek Geek Dinner? This works for me. As an ex-drinker who’s comfortable around imbibers, I could easily see attending a wine dinner hosted by another non-drinker. I suspect there are plenty of others out there like me. Drink. Not drink. I don’t mind the giggles. And I love the somewhat bizarre, doesn’t quite compute dimension of wine dinners hosted by non-drinkers, or even exclusively for non-drinkers. How about an AA sponsored 12 Steps for Stormhoek Geek Dinner?

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