Giles Andreae an advertising campaign for the soft drink Vimto. Purple Ronnie was sold in April 2007 to Coolabi, the small UK company which manages the Hammer House of Horror brand, for £3.3m. Since then the company have tried to break the US market by adapting the designs and language to suit. Giles Andreae Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) is a British artist, poet and greeting card writer, creator of the "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton" series. As a child Andreae went to Eton College where he was best friends with David Cameron. He then went on to Oxford University (Worcester
Vimto as the Cheeky Vimto or "Crazy Vimto" is also drunk in the UK. However, Vimto is not an ingredient of this beverage, the name comes from its resemblance to the original product; instead, it contains port and Blue WKD. There is also a variant of this cocktail called "Dirty Vimto" that replaces the port with Buckfast Tonic Wine. Vimto is also often made as a hot beverage by simply adding boiling water to the concentrate, and is very popular in this form throughout the North of England. Vimto is often made with hot water especially during the winter months. It