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Naked Wines named Startups Business of the Year 2010

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Innovative online wine merchant wins Startups Business of the Year award.

Online wine retailer Naked Wines , which has recently announced a £10million investment fund to unearth new winemaking talent, has been named the Startups Business of the Year 2010.

The Norwich-based company, which invests in independent winemakers in return for exclusive wines at preferential prices, also won the Online Business of the Year category.

Set-up six years ago to recognise the best of UK entrepreneurial talent, the awards were judged by a panel of 10 UK business leaders including the Toni & Guy Chairman Toni Mascolo.

The judges comments: “Naked Wines has enjoyed phenomenal growth both in sales and registered customers, and gained tremendous brand recognition in just two short years through its clever use of social media marketing, word-of-mouth and celebrity endorsements. We recognised the enormity of this achievement in such a competitive marketplace and commended founder Rowan Gormley and his team not only for the commercial success of the company, but for the business’ mission to fund other independent businesses. At a time when the government is waxing lyrical on the importance of an enterprise-led recovery, Naked Wines is certainly doing its bit, both for its army of loyal customers, and the wider business community.”

Rowan Gormley, Founder of Naked Wines and former CEO of Virgin Money and Virgin Wines: “To win two Startups awards, especially the big one, is an absolute honour. And it’s thanks to two sets of people; thousands of UK wine drinkers, our customers, who took the plunge and trusted us with their money. And our first few winemakers, who trusted us with their wines and adopted a new way of doing business. Since launch, we’ve helped 22 winemakers set up shop, create 85 new wines and sell over 1million bottles between them – and our goal for 2011 is to double this.”

Previous winners include Alliance & Leister, beathhatquote.com , Wonga and Glasses Direct.

To find out more about Naked Wines and their online wine community, which has attracted more than 100,000 customers, www.nakedwines.com

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Sweet, exotic melon water improves performance at work

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Gert Strand AB has, under the brand name Aromhuset, achieved great success with their flavours for carbonated water. There are twenty flavours in the range of 30 ml bottles, all with the same healthy qualities of zero sugar or artificial sweetener, and all fulfilling the stringent taste requirements. The result has been a wide variety of rich flavours, all of which can be combined in endless combinations to create new tastes. The essences are mixed with sparkling water, either home carbonated using a sodastream or shop bought. The essences have been so successful primarily because they are suitable for everybody from children to diabetics and dieters, causing no negative side effects such as sugar shock, dental cavities or increased calorie intake.

Now Aromhuset is launching six of the 20 flavours in larger bottles, developed for workplace water dispensers. One of these flavours is melon, a sweet, refreshing, exotic taste that appeals to most people. The new 270 ml bottle is equipped with a clever pump to make adding the dose simple. For a typical 150 ml plastic cup one pump is enough, while for a half litre bottle 3-4 pumps should suffice. Using this method it is easy to either drink a cup of water on the go, or dose a larger container to take back to your workplace.

The water dispenser at work provides staff with the possibility of topping up their bodies water levels whenever they need to, leading to better health and, not least, increased performance on the job. If you have a dispenser with cold, fresh water, an extra tap for carbonated water, and now also the possibility flavour this water with Aromhuset’s healthy essences, you increase the chances that your employees will remember to – and enjoy – drinking water on a regular basis, thus keeping their senses sharp and maintaining a good mood. Compare this with a cup of lukewarm water from an uninspiring tap, and most people would prefer to head straight for the coffee machine.

Coffee has a negative effect on the water levels in the body as it is a diuretic. It is common to drink coffee at work for a quick “hit” to get refreshed, but it is more likely a sign of dehydration when we start to feel slow. Drinking coffee in this state has the opposite effect, so all employers encouraging their staff to drink water on a regular basis are doing the right thing. One effective way to do this is to offer them fresh water that is both carbonated and flavoured. It is a small investment that quickly yields results.

Salesman for Aromhuset’s products, Thomas Strom, says that having a bottle of Aromhuset’s melon essence next to the water dispenser makes it a pleasure for staff to go there at regular intervals for some well-earned refreshment. Strom also points out that he is on the lookout for new importers for his innovative essences.

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Schweizer Award für Berliner Start-up: DELICARDO Foodcard ist Preisträger des aha!award 2010

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DELICARDO Foodcard ist stolzer Preisträger des aha!award 2010 des Schweizerischen Zentrums für Allergie, Haut und Asthma.

Berlin, Germany, December 06, 2010 — Am 18. November in Bern wurde Simone Graebner für die Entwicklung der DELICARDO Foodcard – ein Produkt, das Menschen mit Nahrungsmittelallergien und -Intoleranzen hilft, ihre Lebensqualität zu erhalten – mit dem aha!award 2010 des Schweizerischen Zentrums für Allergie, Haut und Asthma ausgezeichnet.

“…dass wir den Preis gleich im ersten Anlauf nach Berlin holen konnten, macht mich überglücklich! Ich bin sicher, nach Deutschland-Österreich-Schweiz wird uns jetzt auch noch der Sprung über den großen Teich gelingen.”, sagte Simone Graebner, Geschäftsführerin und Gründerin von ENOMIS GmbH. “Unser Ziel ist es, das Leben von Menschen mit Nahrungsmittelallergien und -Intoleranzen beim auswärts Essen und auf Reisen leichter und angenehmer zu machen”.

Die Jungunternehmerin Simone Graebner machte aus der Not eine Tugend: Aus eigener Allergiebetroffenheit entwickelte sie für alle Allergie- und Intoleranz-Betroffenen eine international einsetzbare Gastrokarte als Bitte an den Koch zum Schutz vor Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeiten. Bereits jetzt zeigen Schweizer HealthCare-Firmen Interesse an dem einzigartigen Berliner Produkt.

Der aha!award ist eine Initiative des aha! Schweizerischen Zentrums für Allergie, Haut und Asthma, steht unter dem Patronat des Bundesamtes für Gesundheit der Schweiz (BAG) und wird von Persönlichkeiten aus Wissenschaft, Medizin und Industrie mitgetragen sowie von innovativen Schweizer Firmen unterstützt. Mit dem aha!award werden herausragende Leistungen und innovative Projekte mit hohem Stellenwert und direktem Nutzen für Allergiebetroffene ausgezeichnet.

Die Empfänger des aha!award 2010 werden von einer Vergabekommission aus namenhaften Ärzten, Stiftsräten, Mitgliedern von aha! und Vertretern des Schweizer Gesundheitsministeriums gewählt. Der Hauptpreis ging an Christian Bohren für sein jahrelanges Engagement in der Bekämpfung des invasiven und hochallergenen Unkrauts Ambrosia. Neben den DELICARDO Foodcards wurde ein Kinderbuch-Konzept zum Thema Neurodermitis von Minca Huber ausgezeichnet.

ENOMIS GmbH, ein Berliner Start-up, hat im Jahr 2009 unter dem Motto “Lebensqualität trotz Allergien und Unverträglichkeiten” die DELICARDO Foodcard als Lifestyle-Produkt für Menschen mit Nahrungsmittelallergien und -Intoleranzen auf dem deutschsprachigen Markt eingeführt. Mit der visitenkartengroßen Karte können Betroffene bei der Bestellung ohne mühsame langwierige Erklärungen den Kellner und Koch dezent und präzise über ihre Allergien und Intoleranzen informieren.

Weitere Informationen über DELICARDO Foodcards unter http://www.delicardo.de

Kontaktinformationen:
Michael Bosson
Enomis GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 30 27 87 44 090
Fax: +49 (0) 30 27 87 44 099
presse@enomis.de
http://www.delicardo.de

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Could The Dilemma Of Buying For That ‘Person Who Has Everything’ Finally Be Over?

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With only twenty-three days of shopping left to go, things are really starting to heat up for consumers battling against the icy conditions, determined to buy friends, family and colleagues that perfect Christmas gift.

Whilst Christmas wish-lists and dropping the odd hint might go some way to help make Christmas gift giving that little bit more straightforward, each year still poses the dilemma – what to get for the person who has everything?

Thankfully, gourmet gurus – Highland Fayre – think they’ve solved the problem with their range of luxury Christmas Hampers; jam-packed with festive fayre and other goodies to suit absolutely any budget.

Discussing the versatility of Christmas hampers, Highland Fayre’s business development manager – Samantha Barrie – explained:

“The Christmas rush can become a stressful time of year, even for the most organised amongst us. This isn’t helped when you’re attempting to buy for that fabled ‘person who has everything’ or even someone who’s not sure what they’d like for Christmas.

“In situations like these, luxury Christmas hampers serve as an excellent gift; loaded with treats that can be enjoyed throughout the festive season and beyond. Our bespoke hamper service also allows you to tailor your gift to the personal preferences or dietary requirements of the person you’re gifting to and when presented in one of our Christmas gift baskets, trays, hampers or cartons they really make something of a show-stopper.”

The solutions posed by christmashamper.com needn’t stop there either as the flexibility of this style of gift giving means customers can peruse hundreds of pre-made collections at their leisure, from the comfort and warmth of their home.

Furthermore, as Samantha Barrie explains, this year’s Christmas hampers collection could be just the ticket for people buying for other potentially tricky recipients:

“As well a buying for people who have everything, there’s often other people on our to-buy for list who we might not know very well but still want to gift to – a child’s school teacher or long distance relative being a good example of this.

“In cases such as these, Christmas hampers act as a thoughtful gift and can be made as personal as need be. We’ve found that our range of Scottish Christmas Gift Hampers, for example, are particularly popular with people gifting to Scottish expats who may have lived out of the country for some years now but are still delighted to receive a gift reminding them of where they grew up.”

ENDS

For more information on Highland Fayre, Christmas Hamper or any of the hampers mentioned please visit http://www.christmashamper.com or contact Samantha Barrie atsamantha@highlandfayre.co.uk

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Gourmet Coffee Gift Baskets Arrive in Time for Holiday Season

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Online gourmet coffee retailer is set to lose significant holiday sales due to supplier error. New source of gift baskets found that meet the retailer’s specifications.

Treasure Island, FL, November, 2010 — CoffeeFromPanama.com, online retailers of estate gourmet coffee, were worried they would have to go through the holiday season without the custom coffee gift baskets they had designed and ordered. Having placed the order in the summer believing there was ample time for production and shipment, they received notice their order with Manickam was scheduled for shipment by December 7th, 2010.

They immediately canceled the order and began feverishly making calls in search of custom gift bags that hopefully would be the right size, design, price and available quantity. More importantly, would the company be able to expedite the order in time. Fortunately, they found Bella Vita Bags and have secured sufficient quantities and styles to fit the theme of the holidays.

CoffeeFromPanama.com has been selling fine gourmet coffees from Panama, the smallest coffee producing country in the world, since 2003. As in most retail companies, the holiday season is a major contributor of a company’s revenue. As owner Suzanne Goldstein states, “I spend a fair amount of time in our design of our coffee gift baskets each year. When you carry the best coffee in the world, you want to offer a gift basket or bag that is complimentary to the quality of the product.”

For the 2010 holiday season, CoffeeFromPanama.com will be offering the following Estate gourmet coffees in their gift baskets.

La Esmeralda Especial (Geisha) – The world’s foremost coffee having ranked number one more than any other coffee. This coffee received number one from the Specialty Coffee Assn of America (SCAA) for years 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004. For 2010, 2009, and 2008 they ranked number two. With a jasmine like aroma and a hint of citrus and honey, this specialty coffee is rare, limited and only grown in Panama.

Lerida Estate – SCAA winner in 2003, this coffee has consistently been rated in the top of the world cupping competitions. Superb acidity, excellent body, unsurpassed bouquet with a unique nutty taste combined with a hint of floral taste.

El Burro Estate – A top ten ranking in world competition, this excellent coffee offers a bold, strong, full bodied, complex taste with a pure crisp lemon-like finish. A perfect wake up call at breakfast.

Elida Estate – From an old established estate, this coffee is lighter in flavor with a rich and savory body. A perfect compliment to your dinner. Elida Estate coffees consistently rank in the top ten cuppings of Panamanian coffees.

Paso Ancho Estate – Another top ten Panamanian coffee, Paso Ancho is full of aroma, flavor, body and acidity with a nice note of blueberry. This estate is located on the western side of Panama’s highest mountain, the volcano Volcan Baru.

Finca Santa Teresa – Also on the western side of Volcan Baru, Finca Santa Teresa has produced top ten Panamanian coffees in recent cupping competitions. This wonderful coffee comes alive with a splash of creme.

About CoffeeFromPanama.com:
Owned by Panama born Suzanne Goldstein, CoffeeFromPanama.com carries fine gourmet coffee beans inclusive of organic beans, Swiss water processed decaf beans, special blends, espresso, green beans and a variety of gifts. Their roaster is Panamanian and from a large coffee farm family in Boquete, Panama.

Press & Media Contact:
Suzanne Goldstein, owner
Coffee From Panama, LLC
Treasure Island, FL
407-620-7408
info@coffeefrompanama.com
http://www.CoffeeFromPanama.com

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2010 Christmas hampers for ladies added to Fine Food Store

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An established online business Fine Food Store is constantly adding new products to its online inventory enabling both existing and new online shoppers to potentially find the ideal gift from the web shop.

For this forth coming Christmas the finefoodstore.co.uk has added a new collection of unique Christmas gifts and hampers especially for Ladies. These Christmas gift ideas have been developed with many months of painstaking visits to a plethora of suppliers from across the globe.

David Porter, Managing Director of The Fine Food Store tells, “The Christmas collection for ladies offers something different from the mainstream gifts that can be seen in department stores and across the Internet. Gourmet food gifts with fine wine and champagnes are now trendy, our latest Xmas gift boxes and festive chests are filled with delicious tastes and will dovetail perfectly with customers that are looking for that something unique.

We have added The Luxurious Victorian Chocolate Box, which is filled with of luxurious chocolate treats that are packed into a reproduction hatbox, styled in a Victorian theme. This amazing gift includes the finest in hand made Belgium chocolates, indulge on House of Dorchester & Duchy Originals.

The Vintage Organic Food Chest is packed full of delightful organic foods, including the exquisite Duchy Originals collection with organic preserves, vinaigrettes, biscuits, nibbles and chocolates and to complete this gourmet collection we have added delicious Organic Pate, and Fair-trade Organic coffee.

Veuve Clicquot Traveller Bag is an amazing Christmas present for the lady in your life, colleague or friend. This luxury bag from the Veuve Clicquot fine champagne house is the ultimate party accessory. Inside there is a 75cl bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne and 2 x glasses with Veuve Clicquot inscribed on the bases.

The http://www.finefoodstore.co.uk secure web shop is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, all luxury gifts and hampers are dispatch Monday to Friday via DHL. Saturday delivery is also an option with a small surcharge,” David concludes.

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Fine Food Store launched corporate Xmas gifts Brochure

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For the upcoming 2010 Christmas period the Finefoodstore.co.uk has produced an in-depth luxury corporate gift and hamper brochure, showing the plethora of luxury gifts and hampers perfect for the corporate and business market place.

Managing director of The Fine Food Store David Porter explains, “The New Christmas brochure shows a luxury selection of Christmas gifts and Xmas hampers, including large collection of vintage trunks and hat boxes filled with gourmet treats, all are perfect for the festive period. This brochure captures the essence of Xmas, with gourmet foods, fine wines and luxury champagnes being modern and trendy, the packaging is sleek, the tastes are amazing and the latest gifts will fit perfectly with the Christmas audiences that are looking for that something different and quirky.

By placing your orders early through the brochure or web shop http://www.finefoodstore.co.uk you can save as much as 25% off the current retail prices, with the discounts decreasing the closer to Christmas.

The Finefoodstore.co.uk web shop is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and telesales on 0208 1444495 are open 8am – 8pm every day. All luxury Christmas gifts and hampers are dispatch Monday to Friday via DHL our national courier service. Saturday delivery is also an option with a small surcharge. The in-depth website offers the highest in online security, with all online transactions being processed by sage pay (formally protex),” concludes David Porter.

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Organic Coconut Oil Your Best Friend

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The health benefits of extra virgin organic coconut oil is a great way to look and feel your very best. It can be used for a variety of things you need in your life. You can get rid of costly products and avoid side effects. The organic nature of it means you won’t have to deal with any ingredients that aren’t good for you either.

Many people with serious skin problems including psoriasis have been able to benefit from coconut oil for skin. The deep layers of skin are reached when you use coconut oil. As a result your skin starts to repair itself from the inside out. The moisture will be retained too so you can say goodbye to dry skin once and for all.

If you want smooth skin you should use coconut oil as it will help to exfoliate the damaged and dead skin cells. What remains is soft and silky with a very pretty tone and color to it. Should you be seeing fine lines and wrinkles on your body the use of coconut oil can help to make them disappear.

We do lots of damage to our hair from the wind, the sun, coloring it, and styling. Coconut oil for hair though leaves it soft and manageable. It can also help to stop the itchiness and dryness of the scalp. That can often be the result of harsh chemicals found in most shampoos. The nutrients in coconut oil will also help your hair to grow faster and to have a lovely shine to it. If anyone in your household gets lice this can also help to kill the eggs and the adults quickly.

When it comes to your diet, you should use coconut oil for cooking due to the nutritional benefits. You can enjoy delicious tasting foods but without using lots of fats. The foods you prepare will taste amazing too so you will want to continue to use it for all of your cooking needs. If you are interested in eating healthy but also enjoying your food then coconut oil is the way to make it happen.

Coconut Oil UK
PO Box 11045
Solihull
B90 1ZD
+44 871 666 1355

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Tagaytay Wedding Suppliers | Señor Chef Mateo Catering Official Website

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Señor Chef Mateo a known catering service in entire Cavite has its own official website.

People can now enjoy good food without worrying about spending too much.  This has been made possible when Town’s Delight, the Caterer extends its time-tested savoir faire to another venture as it opens Señor Chef Mateo, a sister company, to give Caviteños a variety of options for their catering and events management needs.

Señor Chef Mateo Catering created a Website that can help the company to reach out further to their supporters, fans and past-future clients as well.

Señor Chef Mateo Caterer is a well known Tagaytay Wedding Suppliers, caterer and wedding service provider that prides itself as a longest running Caviteños business in town. To be able to reach more people and showcase the Caviteños skill in terms of food service management, the Website is created.

Señor Chef Mateo updates its website to keep the valued customers up to date about the latest information and details about the company. Contains tons of information about Señor Chef Mateo plus photos of the foods, weddings and venues of the latest events Señor Chef Mateo handled. Also, the site will be use to start conversations with customers about their concerns, feedback and suggestions. The website also accepts customer’s inquiry as well.

Señor Chef Mateo, as a well known Tagaytay Wedding Suppliers, caterer and wedding service provider, seeks to strive for the advancement of the food service industry through an institutionalized professional management of the company’s various services and a more competent system of implementing its various food service operations

Get in touch and know more about Señor Chef Mateo on its official website. Know more about the latest wedding fashion and trends indulge your senses to the mouth watering delicacies; experience exquisite catering and fine dining, have a one of kind wedding in the top of the notch venues and unforgettable sceneries that Señor Chef Mateo has to offer.

Visit http://www.chefmateocatering.com/main.html. To know more about Town’s Delight the Caterer food and services.

About Señor Chef Mateo

Señor Chef Mateo basically maintains the same standards as those of Town’s Delight and offers similar services in packages that will give Caviteños less expensive options.  This is because the company believes that Filipino family celebrations should not be hindered by budget limitations.  Through affordable packages that go with the same delicious food and superb services, celebrations can now go on without the hassles of unreasonably rising costs of food preparations and set-up.

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Real Time Press Release Distribution

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In today’s Internet the real time information is already playing a significant role in how businesses and people access and consume the information online. Technologies online have emerged up to the point where 2 minutes may sometimes be the difference between having tens of thousands of people not only seen your PR announcement, but creating a long tail of reactions across the vast real time online space adding up to your overall online presence/reputation and your message being buried down among millions of other identical pieces of information.

Considering how crucial the real time information for the average business and web user appears to be, one can only imagine how great the impact of the real time information flow over the public relations business online can be.

That’s why we think it is about time for RealTimePressRelease.com — real time press release distribution online.

In a nutshell RealTimePressRelease.com is a do-it-yourself publishing platform for real time press release distribution. It’s free and you can instantly have your press release published on RealTimePressRelease.com as well as released via the Web, the Blogosphere and the Twitter. Having spent almost 2 decades within the PR industry, and currently engaged with EPR Network, one of the largest press release distribution networks online, it’s been just a matter of time for us to realize how vital a real time press release distribution service online is.