Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How\u2019s your week been? We\u2019ve\nbeen bumbling along in our normal fashion, tasting here, delivery there, quick\nsquizz at the horses running at Cheltenham, is it time for lunch yet? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As many of you know, and many\nmore suspected, we are no strangers when it comes to the subject of pies. Over\nthe Christmas period we tend to have the odd mince pie or two handy, we have\nbeen known to partake of the odd Melton Mowbray after, or even before, a wine\ntasting and are even known to pop over to Manuels for an emergency sausage roll\non a chilly day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can imagine then, our\nexcitement to read the BBC headline \u201cEmma Haruka Iwao smashes pi world\nrecord with Google help\u201d. <\/em>Sadly, the story went on to explain that Ms\nIwao has not harnessed Google\u2019s computing power to make the crust that finite\nbit better, crustier, or melt in the mouth. She has just extended the number of\ndecimal places in \u043b from 22 trillion to 31 trillion, which if recited would\ntake 332,000 years or so. We\u2019ll spare you, 3.14159 has always been good\nenough for us, but suffice to say: Well played Ms Iwao!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheltenham Gold Cup today, for\nmany it is the highlight of the race calendar, Wayne\u2019s been looking at Might\nBite or Presenting Percy but I warn you he\u2019s a bit off the pace this\nweek. It\u2019s also the finale of the Six Nations this week, so if you\u2019re\npartaking of the fun at Twickenham give us a wave, we\u2019ll be watching on the\ntelly. We\u2019re a bit surprised to see big Joe left out this week, but then we run\na wine shop not the England Rugby team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know that moment when a\nsong pops up in your head and just won\u2019t go away, a proper earworm that bugs\nyou even though it\u2019s a song you love? We\u2019ve had a bit of that with Joy Division\nthis week. We pulled up the BBC website and that triggered it: \u201cConfusion\nin her eyes that says it all She’s lost control\u201d. <\/em>Counting the boxes in the\ncellar for the stockcount there it was again: \u201cAnd she’s clinging to the\nnearest passer-by She’s lost control\u201d <\/em>Alex loading the car for a delivery,\nup it pops: \u201cAnd a voice that told her when and where to act, she said I’ve\nlost control again.\u201d <\/em> We\u2019re a bit puzzled as to why this song keeps\ntormenting us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile Trumpolina has spoken\nabout Brexit: \u201cI’m surprised at how badly it has all gone from a standpoint\nof negotiations but I gave the prime minister my ideas of how to negotiate it,\nshe didn’t listen to that and that’s fine but it could have been negotiated in\na different manner.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In wine news, word on the\nstreet is that Pernod Ricard might be putting Jacob\u2019s Creek and Campo Viejo up\nfor sale as part of their move away from focussing on discounting. Meanwhile\nover in the land of the weird diet or ten (aka USA) we couldn\u2019t help but think\nthat one punter has taken it a little bit too far. Del Hall, director of sales\nat Ohio\u2019s Fifty West Brewing Company, says he will refrain from all solid food\nuntil Easter, drinking only beer for sustenance, as well as water. We can see\nthe appeal of a simple shopping list like that, and couldn\u2019t help but wonder if\nthat made him a vegan, but don\u2019t feel it is something we can recommend. Like\nany form of extreme exercise, we feel you should check with your GP before\nembarking on such practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t know about you but all\nthe drama in the press this week leaves me reaching for a glass of wine. My\naperitif glass of wine is Deep Roots Riesling 2018 (\u00a312.99)<\/strong> a classic\ndry Riesling from Rheinhessen with citrus and orchard fruit character, a touch\nof minerality and quite possibly the best partner for that Pad Thai for supper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Main course red will be One\nBlock Grenache 2015 (\u00a313.99)<\/strong> from Jonathan and Rachel\u2019s Domaine Treloar in\nthe Roussillon. I quite like a glass off it on its own, but I see absolutely no\nreason not to chomp on a lamb chop with it if you\u2019re peckish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With that I\u2019m off to sun, sand and fish curry. Wine? Less likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, How\u2019s your week been? We\u2019ve been bumbling along in our normal fashion, tasting here, delivery there, quick squizz at the horses running at Cheltenham, is it time for lunch yet? As many of you know, and many more suspected, we are no strangers when it comes to the subject of pies. 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