Fellow Wine Lovers,
This week has been a bit hectic if we’re honest, it took us ages to find the bulb that wasn’t working in the lights, Wayne was a bit wobbly on the ladder with the tinsel, and we haven’t even stuck the star together yet.
Elsewhere we saw Yodel wave the white flag really early (10th Dec is surely some record), Fidel Castro won a peace award, and Heineken has been struck off of the JD Wetherspoon’s Christmas Card list.
In wine news we discovered that Jose Mourinho’s price per play is a “nice bottle of red” if you’re a rookie, and two ladies in Abruzzo have been fined, and imprisoned, for stealing two bottles of wine from a church.
Tastings done
All our closed shop evening tastings for this year are now done, rest assured we’ll be back with some more in the New Year.
We finished on a bit of a high though with some stunning wines on Wednesday night, the Bollinger Grand Année 2004 (£70) was particularly fine, and, with a slice or two of smoked salmon, might just make the perfect Christmas morning breakfast.
Presents Wrapped
We have a perfectly shaped gift that keeps on giving. £150 will buy a place at the table on our six week wine course. We’ll talk about sniffing, slurping, swirling and of course wine. Wine is the entire point really, you’ll taste around 60 different ones including sweet and bubbly styles. It’s very easy to wrap up and full details are attached…
Stories Told
Those of you with a better memory than Wayne will recall us mentioning our new English bubbly Hambledon Classic Cuvée (£29.99). What we never got round to talking about was the history behind the wine. It seems that Hambledon was in fact the old name for Wimbledon which for many centuries was known as Hambledon on the Hill. It was only when Elisabeth Beresford wrote her thesis on a rare pointy nosed beast that inhabited the common at the top of the hill, that the area was re-named. So there you go folks, a fizz from Hampshire with a name uncannily like the ancient name for our area.
One for the Road
This week we will be pulling a cork, shooting the breeze and with a bit of luck selling a bottle of wine or two. To help us get through the day we will open…
Lunetta Prosecco Brut NV, Veneto £10.49 to help Alex celebrate a new grey hair in his beard (Italian at Uni blah blah)
Pulenta Chardonnay 2013, Mendoza £12.99 a lovely creamy Chardonnay from Argentina
Chateau Durandeau 2006, Bordeaux £9.99 absolutely delicious mature Bordeaux for a tenner!
Domaine de la Pointe 2010, Pomerol £34.99 because it’s Pomerol and our friend Mark used to go dancing with the lady who does the winemaking!
Taxi!
I would just mention our deal on Bollinger a six box for £198 makes it just £33 a bottle, at some point we will run out, you’ve been warned!
Ding dong
Wayne & Alex