Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The writing was\non the wall, it\u2019s been a long time coming, still that doesn\u2019t remove the\nelement of surprise does it? Here we are at the end of May, and despite wanting\nto stay in place and get on with getting on, there is no longer any support for\nthe position. Time to move on we cry, and have put in place a very convoluted\nselection progress to select the successor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have had 11\napplications for the position; we\u2019ve also had to listen to all of their\narguments. Between you and me, some of the arguments are very similar, and some\nare ridiculously far-fetched. Nonetheless,\nwe have written all their names on a piece of paper that we like to call a\nballot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ballot paper\nhas been circulated amongst all of the interested parties with the two most\npopular to go up in front of a very secretive committee. When the committee has\ndecided the winner, our chum Malcolm who sits outside JJ Spoon in Tooting will\nlight his clay pipe, and puff white smoke before declaring the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, if\nproof were needed that you should resolutely ignore our sporting tips, the Giro\nd\u2019Italia\u2019s pink jersey now looks like it\u2019s for Richard Carapaz to lose, unless Vincenzo\nNibali can \u201cdo a Froome\u201d on Saturday\u2019s mahoosive\nday in the Dolomites. Our suggestion of Simon Yates looks unlikely to win,\ncurrently being 7 minutes off the pace. It\u2019s been a brutal race and they all\nlook a little tired if I\u2019m honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cricket\nWorld Cup started yesterday at The Oval with England scoring first blood,\ndefeating the South Africans by 104 runs, look out for Ben Stokes catch if you\nhaven\u2019t seen it. Today sees the West Indies and Pakistan putting willow to\nleather at Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other news\nTrumpolina is coming to visit next week. The Queen is super excited to be\nhaving him and his entire family round to Buck House for dinner. Can\u2019t wait to\nhear how fabulous he is at building walls and where he is suddenly going to\nfind all those rare earth minerals for next generation technology. She\u2019s even\ngot the builders in so he can\u2019t stop over for breakfast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now I don\u2019t know\nabout you, but I saw him on TV yesterday and his hair looks yellower than ever.\nIt has that weird fluorescence yellow colour that a glass of Red Bull has.\nMaybe he\u2019s colouring it with Red Bull for a bit of extra lift?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ooh hold on,\nwe\u2019ve just seen white smoke from Malcolm\u2019s clay pipe\u2026. June is to succeed May,\nas soon as tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it\u2019s English\nWine Week I thought I\u2019d mention our two English Sparklers, we can offer them at\n16.66% off 6 bottles. (That\u2019s 6 for the price of 5 to you at the back)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HAMBLEDON CLASSIC CUV\u00c9E ROS\u00c9 \u2013 \u00a340 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Only released\nin November 2016 this blend of 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir from Hampshire\nis truly delicious. Rich strawberry\nnotes wonderfully offset by some tart cranberry character. Creamy texture and a clean crisp finish with\nsome nice yeasty complexity too \u2013 really good! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also it\u2019s rather\nappropriate as it\u2019s where the rules for the game of cricket as we know it were\ndrawn up in the 18th<\/sup> century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n HERBERT HALL BRUT \u2013 \u00a332.99 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Handmade\nusing organically grown grapes in Kent. \nA crisp, fruit laden nose and a palate woven with finesse and\nelegance. Hints of biscuitiness in the\nmid-palate are evidence of the length of time the wine sat on its lees. A really well managed dash of acidity on the\nfinish keeps the fruit and creaminess nicely balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheese & Wine Tasting \u2013 Thursday 18th<\/sup>\nJuly<\/strong> at 8pm Still a few\nplaces for our last one before the autumn. As usual \u00a320 saves your seat at the\ntable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wine School \u2013 <\/strong>The next course\nis on Wednesday evenings (with a break between week 3 & 4 for half term) as\nfollows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To book, call\neither Alex or Wayne on 020 8944 5224.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As usual \u00a3150\nper person and payment reserves your place. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tasting\nThis Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As I mentioned it\u2019s English Wine Week this week, so we shall populate the\nwhite corner with New Hall Vineyard Bacchus 2018 – \u00a314.49. <\/strong>A cracking,\nsummery white with a lively elderflower character from some of the oldest\nBacchus vines in the country, grown in an area originally planted by Romans\u2019,\nnot far from Chelmsford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the red corner, we\u2019ll be aiming for some barbecuing given the weather\nI think, and what could be better with some barbecued lamb than a Rioja. We\u2019ll\ngo with Palacio Del Camino Real Crianza 2016 (\u00a310.99)<\/strong> which we like with\na butterflied leg, or else some koftes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it from us, drop in for a taste of Essex\u2019s finest and have a great weekend! Fellow Wine Lovers, The writing was on the wall, it\u2019s been a long time coming, still that doesn\u2019t remove the element of surprise does it? Here we are at the end of May, and despite wanting to stay in place and get on with getting on, there is no longer any support for the position. […]<\/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-1149","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\/1149","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=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Week 1<\/strong> <\/td> Week 2<\/strong> <\/td> Week 3<\/strong> <\/td> Week 4<\/strong> <\/td> Week 5<\/strong> <\/td> Week 6<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr> 02\/10\/19<\/strong> <\/td> 09\/10\/19<\/strong> <\/td> 16\/10\/19<\/strong> <\/td> 30\/10\/19<\/strong> <\/td> 06\/11\/19<\/strong> <\/td> 13\/11\/19<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
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