We’re Colin and Ben, and we drink wine. Ben has actually been involved in the wine industry for many years, initially through hospitality before opening a rather trendy wine bar and shop in East London 3 years ago. Colin on the other hand while being an enthusiastic patron of said bar, has nothing more than a string of empty bottles in terms of experience within the trade. But then that’s kind of the point of winehack. The wine industry has a reputation of being a bit highbrow, stuffy and, well, old. And we think that’s because it is. Websites strewn with Times New Roman, job titles that sound like they’ve been bestowed by the Queen, and reviews catering for the 1% who actually have an underground wine cellar. We decided to have a crack at doing something different, to find the good and the great amongst more easily accessible wines (yes we mean cheaper) through a sociable and semi-scientific approach to tasting and rating wines. We hope to have a laugh while trying some new wines, and provide some useful guidance to those who enjoy a glass and want to avoid being the person that brings a bottle to the party that gets passed back to them on a return visit 2 months later.