Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, this week\nhas been a lot less about tennis and cricket than last week. Fear not, we\u2019ve\ngainfully employed ourselves with stocking up the shelves, pushing the broom\nround the shop followed by a Cheese & Wine tasting. Oh, and the Tour de\nFrance, which has been really rather thrilling so far, the first time since forever\nthat the first twelve stages have rewarded us with twelve different winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But of course\nthe appearance of the Tour de France really is just an outlying signal, warning\nof an impending disappearance. The world was in black and white, Wayne was at\nschool and the end of term was definitely signalled when French lessons evolved\ninto discussions as to who was following the Tour de France. Bernard Hinault\nwas the man then, winning in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. Indeed his final\nvictory in 1985 marked the last French winner of the race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, end of term\nis rearing its head, with Prosecco parties in the park, letters from the\nheadmaster and thoughts of ice-cream. This\nweekend sees an abundance of festivals too, with George Ezra, Lana Del Ray and\nSnow Patrol at Latitude, whilst Kraftwerk, New Order and Hot Chip do the\nbusiness at Blue Dot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, are you staying\nlocal or going somewhere nice? Reading the press, it doesn\u2019t sound like you\u2019ve\nbooked with Thomas Cook, so perhaps the A303 is going to be a tad busy at\npoints. Pop in and take a case of ros\u00e9 and bubbly with you, it\u2019s going to be a\ngreat summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere in the\nworld, Facebook may be about to be fined\n$5billion for privacy violations with regard to Cambridge Analytica antics,\nwhilst half the world gives free access to their photos for a Russian app to\nage them twenty years. Face recognition technology in free development!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otherwise, just\nwhen you thought he could go no lower, Trumpolina finds a longer stick to\nscrape the real depths of the barrel, turning to outright racism at a rally in\nCarolina. Whilst on the subject of incompetent fools, Corbyn and May tried to\nout-racist each other with institutionalised anti-Semitism and Islamophobia\ntaunts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
May is, of\ncourse, about to be replaced by another incompetent fool, which looks likely to\nbe Boris who strangely chose to wave a kipper about at the final hustings. Urban Dictionary<\/strong>: \u201cto be done or stiched up like a kipper, clearly means to be duped or\ntricked by false information that was there for all to see\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the plus side,\nwe\u2019ve been informed that our water will be clean and the planes will still be\nflying in the event of a no deal Brexit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the realm of\nthe \u2018drinks and drinking\u2019 media it feels like some of the grown-ups have gone\non holiday and the student interns are running amok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pernod Ricard\nare introducing a \u201cpremium alcohol-free dark spirit\u201d which will have sweet\nvanilla, spices and oak cask wood flavours, retailing at around \u00a325. A \u00a325 bottle of rum includes an \u00a38.05\ndonation to the exchequer in the form of duty, plus the VAT of about \u00a34. This\nnew alcohol-free drink at \u00a325, just the \u00a34 of VAT. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m\nhappy to see some alternatives to a glass of Highland Spring for those who\nprefer not to drink, but it just seems some of our trade are starting to take\nthe margin-mickey. Twenty five quid seems a lot of cash for flavoured water to\nput in your ginger ale!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wine School <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve sold over\nhalf the spaces now, so if you\u2019re thinking about joining the fun do give us a\nshout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Six Week Wine School \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday 2nd<\/sup> October \u2013\nWednesday 13th<\/sup> November (half term 23rd<\/sup> October) – \u00a3150\nper person<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Future Tastings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n WINE & CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 12th<\/sup> September at 8pm\n– \u00a320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 10th<\/sup> October at 8pm –\n\u00a320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 7th<\/sup> November at 8pm –\n\u00a320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 28th<\/sup> November \u2013 Cheese & Wine\u2019s Greatest Hits for 2019<\/em>\nat 8pm – \u00a320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If Cheese &\nWine is not your thing we also have these\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 17th<\/sup> October Domaine Treloar<\/em> at 8pm- \u00a320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 5th<\/sup> December Champagne & Fizz<\/em> at 8pm – \u00a330 <\/strong>(Half Sold!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n What Are We Tasting This Weekend?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re going to\nsuggest a glass or two of Fleurie Cuv\u00e9e\nSept 2018 (\u00a314.99)<\/strong> in the red corner, possibly lightly chilled as next week\nlooks likely to be a scorcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sporting the\nwhite golf shirt with an open collar will be Domaine Landrat-Guyollot Pouilly Fum\u00e9 \u2018La Rambarde\u2019 (\u00a320.99)<\/strong>, it\nmay have nothing to do with Northern Irish Golf but it\u2019s a real winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it from\nus this week, be nice to someone, help a stranger and come and taste some wine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Well, this week has been a lot less about tennis and cricket than last week. 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