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Neil Appleby 
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Spotted this today at Get Wines Direct. The cab/sav is from the Heathcote region. There's a shiraz, a couple of whites and a sparkling too. All priced at over $25.
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Neil Appleby
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droversdog65
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Oh dear neil, I'm not belittling this thread and I certainly would never belittle a drop of good red but naming a bottle of plonk after your daughter and advertising the fact??????
Seems like we moved Dids on none to soon, obviously senile dementia is setting in early. 
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Neil Appleby
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Well Dids isn't the first wine maker to name a drop after a family member; it's a very common thing. De Bortoli's 'Deen' series and D'Arenburg's 'd'Arry's Original' spring to mind.
I do see a difference with Dids though; unless he has been away studying viniculture, he's just allowed his name to be used on a bottle in much the same way as Lou Richards has and as Collingwood has with its Copeland Trophy - Scott Pendlebury label.
There is a common thread here; all of these wines (Louie the Lip, The Copeland and Indi) are marketed and presumably bottled by Get Wines Direct, which is owned by passionate Collingwood supporter, Tony Sells.
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stoliboy 
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droversdog65
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| Neil Appleby wrote: | Well Dids isn't the first wine maker to name a drop after a family member; it's a very common thing. De Bortoli's 'Deen' series and D'Arenburg's 'd'Arry's Original' spring to mind.
I do see a difference with Dids though; unless he has been away studying viniculture, he's just allowed his name to be used on a bottle in much the same way as Lou Richards has and as Collingwood has with its Copeland Trophy - Scott Pendlebury label.
There is a common thread here; all of these wines (Louie the Lip, The Copeland and Indi) are marketed and presumably bottled by Get Wines Direct, which is owned by passionate Collingwood supporter, Tony Sells. |
If I grew up named after a bottle of plonk and had to put up with the schoolyard taunts and cheap shots then I think I would certainly carry a grudge against whoever 'gave me that awful name' - with respect to the late, great Johnny Cash.
Just sayin, it's an extra burden for the kid who will have more than enough growing up as a child of a magpie 'great'.
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"What Good Fortune For Governments That The People Do Not Think" - Adolf Hitler.
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
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| droversdog65 wrote: | | Neil Appleby wrote: | Well Dids isn't the first wine maker to name a drop after a family member; it's a very common thing. De Bortoli's 'Deen' series and D'Arenburg's 'd'Arry's Original' spring to mind.
I do see a difference with Dids though; unless he has been away studying viniculture, he's just allowed his name to be used on a bottle in much the same way as Lou Richards has and as Collingwood has with its Copeland Trophy - Scott Pendlebury label.
There is a common thread here; all of these wines (Louie the Lip, The Copeland and Indi) are marketed and presumably bottled by Get Wines Direct, which is owned by passionate Collingwood supporter, Tony Sells. |
If I grew up named after a bottle of plonk and had to put up with the schoolyard taunts and cheap shots then I think I would certainly carry a grudge against whoever 'gave me that awful name' - with respect to the late, great Johnny Cash.
Just sayin, it's an extra burden for the kid who will have more than enough growing up as a child of a magpie 'great'. |
The wine was named after the child not the other way around. Being the offspring of Dids will make you much loved by some, ignored by others and looked upon as a one toother by the unwashed. I am sure they will be able to hold their own
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droversdog65
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Member such niceties matter not in the schoolground. She will have to carry around the 'wino' label as well as the usual anti-Collingwood taunts plus Did's own less than savoury history. Kids will use any excuse to taunt and Dids just gave them another.
Doubtless she will cope but some parents are thoughtless in what thier actions will mean to their kids down the track.
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stui magpie 
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| droversdog65 wrote: | | Neil Appleby wrote: | Well Dids isn't the first wine maker to name a drop after a family member; it's a very common thing. De Bortoli's 'Deen' series and D'Arenburg's 'd'Arry's Original' spring to mind.
I do see a difference with Dids though; unless he has been away studying viniculture, he's just allowed his name to be used on a bottle in much the same way as Lou Richards has and as Collingwood has with its Copeland Trophy - Scott Pendlebury label.
There is a common thread here; all of these wines (Louie the Lip, The Copeland and Indi) are marketed and presumably bottled by Get Wines Direct, which is owned by passionate Collingwood supporter, Tony Sells. |
If I grew up named after a bottle of plonk and had to put up with the schoolyard taunts and cheap shots then I think I would certainly carry a grudge against whoever 'gave me that awful name' - with respect to the late, great Johnny Cash.
Just sayin, it's an extra burden for the kid who will have more than enough growing up as a child of a magpie 'great'. |
So, all the Jim's, Jack's, Booker's, etc have issues?
Now if you're called Chardonnay, Passion Pop, Spumante I can understand some angst.
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droversdog65
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Lol stui it depends but seriously it's not so much the name but the fact that her very famous father has so publicly come out and trumpeted it that could make her a target.
Kids are cruel m8 and there will certainly be some that use it.
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| droversdog65 wrote: | Member such niceties matter not in the schoolground. She will have to carry around the 'wino' label as well as the usual anti-Collingwood taunts plus Did's own less than savoury history. Kids will use any excuse to taunt and Dids just gave them another.
Doubtless she will cope but some parents are thoughtless in what thier actions will mean to their kids down the track. |
Kids who have strength and character and backed up by loving and supportive parents will do ok irrespective. I do not see an issue.
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droversdog65
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| Well then as we don't see this little tidbit from the same perspective perhaps its as well to let it go?
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Woods 
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| Mmm, a Hells Angels forecast in that first line of the label: "The Next Chapter ..."
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droversdog65
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| Woodsy you devil lol
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