The Smiling Grape Company

Recent news highlighted the fact that the average adult Scot drinks the equivalent of 46 bottles of vodka per year which is a quarter more than the consumption in England.  The Strathclyde Police also released statistics about the famous Scottish “Buckfast Tonic Wine” which has been mentioned in 5,000 crime reports over the past three years. 

Buckfast only accounts for just 0.5 per cent of Scottish alcohol consumption so is crime also related to the abuse of Scottish beer or whisky?  “Erm, we don’t know,” was the response.  “We haven’t collected statistics for any other drink.”

Try our delicious Alba Scots Pine Beer from Lanarkshire but don’t blame us if you get into a fight.

This tongue and cheek advertisement from Cockatoo Ridge Wines in Australia ruffled a few feathers including Erin McNaught who appears in the advert.  The former Miss Universe called the billboards “a bit rude” when they appeared across Australia without her knowledge.  Cockatoo Ridge Wines went into receivership yesterday - the directors called it a ”complete cockatoo-up”.

According to a highly reliable top UK news source (!) pop star Pink is to make her very own Champagne as well as studying to become a Master of Wine.

So we could see this fizz coming soon to the liquor stores of downtown Los Angeles with pink packaging and a free brown paper bag for extra sophistication…