Hats off to Ireland's latest wine website for bringing a spot of satire to the more mundane business of e-commerce.

WineOnline (www.wineonline.ie) has made special provision within its comprehensive site for an Ansbacher Case of wine. Featuring a range of names the buyer is guaranteed to recognise, the participating wines have spent many years tax free (in bond) and have just been discovered.

WineOnline suggests the bottles "may need putting away for a few years but will benefit greatly from some time in the `cellar'."

With a confident flourish WineOnline rather cheerily advises any investment in the Ansbacher Case should repay handsomely.