Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve been beavering away this week, carry boxes down stairs, carry boxes back upstairs, drop them off at people\u2019s houses, book couriers to drop them further afield. As a result, we have missed much of the shouty-shouty stuff going on over in Westminster. We heard there was a lot of fuss about legal advice being published but couldn\u2019t understand why, given that the world, it\u2019s mother, three monkeys and a giraffe had already stated which way they planned to vote.<\/p>\n
And vote they will, as next week sees one of the most important votes in recent history. I\u2019m surprised there\u2019s not been more mention of it in the press if I\u2019m honest, given the very serious impact it could have on people\u2019s finances. We\u2019ve been conducting a straw poll amongst customers and it would appear to be fairly finely balanced, so the question on everyone\u2019s lips is – will they or won\u2019t they? However, before we get to the Wimbledon Park Golf Club vote on Thursday, we just have to get past this vote on the Brexit nonsense.<\/p>\n
We have been wondering how much all the hot air expelled on the subject is contributing to global warming? As I type this on a December day in Wimbledon Park, the temperature is a rather balmy (or barmy, you choose) 13\u02daC. I\u2019m not so sure that\u2019s normal for this time of year if I\u2019m honest but maybe it\u2019s the new normal.<\/p>\n
For some, the world may have already ended. The O2 network spent most of the day yesterday without data services and hardest hit of all were our young people. Unsure how to communicate without Snapchat, Instagram or WhatsApp they have all become somewhat surly and sullen. It would all appear to be so unfair.<\/p>\n
Talking of fair, don\u2019t miss Alex at the Wimbledon Park Primary School Christmas Fair on Sunday. Do pop by and say hello if you\u2019re there and perhaps buy a bottle of the Foxdenton Christmas Liqueur (\u00a320)<\/strong> to get you in the right frame of mind.<\/p>\n It seems we may have scooped the BBC by about three years or more as Foxdenton\u2019s Sloe Gin (\u00a324.99)<\/strong> made it into the BBC Good Food Christmas Taste Awards. \u201cFoxdenton claim a business heritage back to 1935, and are currently run by the descendants of the founding Major Radclyffe. With a definite affinity to the hunting-and-fishing end of sloe gin\u2019s reputation, this is a rich fireside warmer or hipflask pull when out in the cold. Boozy, but not hot, on the nose, it wafts Battenberg at you, with lots of plum and glac\u00e9 cherry fruit after the initial almond heft. Drunk, it leads with intense plum and plum skins, the fruit competing with marzipan. A rich, full mouth, especially given it is not one of the sweeter examples. Spicy pepper and coriander notes come in as well, as it finishes long.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Told you it was good!<\/p>\n Wine School places have been flying and there are only three spaces left, so don\u2019t delay if you\u2019ve been planning to come! Details attached. Our Christmas cases are just about ready, the last wine arrived halfway through paragraph three above.<\/p>\n Tasting This Weekend<\/strong> Wearing the white tuxedo you\u2019ll find Meerlust Chardonnay 2017 (\u00a322.99)<\/strong> recently declared one of the top five South African Chardonnays.<\/p>\n In the red velvet waistcoat we\u2019ll be putting Lopez de Haro Gran Reserva 2010 (\u00a321)<\/strong> which has complex berry, coffee and vanilla notes and a lovely velvety finish.<\/p>\n Cheers,<\/p>\n Wayne & Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, We\u2019ve been beavering away this week, carry boxes down stairs, carry boxes back upstairs, drop them off at people\u2019s houses, book couriers to drop them further afield. As a result, we have missed much of the shouty-shouty stuff going on over in Westminster. We heard there was a lot of fuss about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChristmas Gifts – I mentioned sending boxes above and that\u2019s very much what we\u2019re doing this week. If you\u2019d like us to help with some corporate gifting or if Great Aunt Zelda in Putney deserves a Christmas box, do come and see us. It\u2019s better done early rather than late from both a choice and success of delivery angle. Maybe a box of six Bollinger for \u00a3210<\/strong>?<\/p>\n
\nBubbling over with enthusiasm will be Leveret IQ Brut NV (\u00a315.99)<\/strong> a traditional method sparkler from New Zealand.<\/p>\n