Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another week\nshudders to a halt and with it the 8th<\/sup> month of the year. Schools started going back yesterday, legs\nand feet that had been wearing shorts and flip flops all summer were cruelly\ncoaxed into long trousers and new shoes whilst in some quarters the dawning\nrealisation that the blazer was still at the dry cleaners made for some choice\nwords in the early morning pandemonium\u2026. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n And so,\nexcepting a week long hiatus in late October, that\u2019s them back on the treadmill\nuntil Friday 21st<\/sup> December \u2013 I know, how good is that, pretty much\nthe rest of the year with them under someone else\u2019s feet. Earnt it though, haven\u2019t we!? Some households we know, who haven\u2019t yet\nrestarted, are now on day 57 of the holidays. \nTo put that into perspective, how\nabout we consider that for the summer term there were only 46 days of school\nfor the children in question \u2013 now that\u2019s a work\/life balance we could all\nenjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bank holiday\ndelivered everything it promised to, arguably to excess. Sunshine galore, record Ros\u00e9 sales, random\ntraffic jams and everyone pretended to be really pleased to be back at work on\nTuesday. Whilst Wayne was dancing his\ndance in Notting Hill on Sunday, Ben Stokes was dancing down the wicket somehow\nsalvaging the 3rd<\/sup> test and the series, for now at least. Last week we wrote: Cricket continues to delight and despair us \u2013 and also scare us just a\nlittle bit too\u2026.. Still, as we all know\nby now, anything can happen in Test cricket.<\/em> And it did \u2013 even the non-cricket fans\namongst us were glued to their seats, whooping with the rest of us \u2013 quite glad\nit\u2019s a rest week this week! On the bike,\nwe also suggested that Rigoberto Uran might be a potential winner of La Vuelta\nbut, sadly, after yesterday\u2019s horror crash, that will have to be another year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And then our\nhearts lifted yesterday when we read this obviously misleading headline – New study has found that red wine could\nprevent obesity and lower cholesterol<\/em> – but we were willing to be knowingly\nmisled particularly if it meant more red wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Spoiler alert:\nit didn\u2019t mean more red wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To cut the\narticle down to a bite size morsel, researchers at King\u2019s College have found\nthat red wine is healthier for your gut than white wine, beer or spirits. It\u2019s all to do with the polyphenols in the\ngrape skins we\u2019re told and the positive effect these can have on gut\nhealth. The obesity claim only really\nappeared in the headline; the only other real reference to it in the text was\nthe fact that a 250ml glass of wine contains 228 calories, equivalent to a\nslice of cake but we\u2019ll move on from that shall we. Anyway, apparently you only need to drink a\nglass of red once a fortnight for it to have a positive effect, so no, it\ndidn\u2019t mean more red wine and in fact a much more efficient route to gut health\nwould be just to eat enough fruit\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In our communal,\ncaring and sharing world that is our select readership, we often receive an\nemail from one of you recommending an article that they think is of interest\nand suggest we put it in our Friday missisve. \nIt is no doubt a testament to our poorly executed weekly roundup that rarely\nare these articles wine related and the one we were pointed towards yesterday\ncertainly wasn\u2019t, however it did make us smile. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a story\nfrom the end of July relating to Proctor & Gamble\u2019s $8 billion write-down on\nGillette \u2013 and it\u2019s all down to the hipsters! \nApparently there is a shrinking market for blades and razors as relaxed\nsocial norms in developed markets means consumers shave less frequently – in\nthe past 5 years, according to Euromonitor, the U.S. men\u2019s market for shaving\nproducts has shrunk by over 11%, whilst net sales in the grooming business have\ndeclined in 11 out of the last 12 quarters. \nWho knew that Rag\u2019n\u2019Bone Man and Bradley Wiggins would bring down the\nbrand who claimed to be the best a man can get?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other news,\nwe read an unfortunate tale but also a salutary reminder of the danger of unattended\nchampagne bottles. Theo Campbell, a\ngentleman who once appeared on every teenager\u2019s favourite programme, Love\nIsland, lost his eye recently when a champagne cork flew into it at full\nthrottle. This is actually far from a\nrare occurrence, there\u2019s a very good reason why there\u2019s a cage holding the cork\nin place since the pressure inside the bottle is roughly 90 psi, two or three\ntimes that of the tires on your car and the end of the cork is the same size as\nyour eye socket\u2026 I know, ouch. So when you\u2019re popping your corks for fizz\nFriday, pop a cork for Theo and use a towel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking of\nFriday drinks, we\u2019ll have a some bottles open tonight and tomorrow as usual for\nyour, and indeed our, delectation. We\nreckon it could be a warm one again so have erred on the side of sunshine\ndrinking\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n First up we\u2019ll\nbe opening the fizzy pink sensation that is Domaine du Landrau Cremant de Loire Ros\u00e9 NV – \u00a315.99. <\/strong>As we all know, but I\u2019ll remind you, this\nis a blend of Grolleau and Cabernet Franc. \nDelicious, with a fine mousse, crisp fresh raspberry tinged fruit and a\nlovely mouthfeel, this is a perfect aperitif and awesome with an indulgent pile\nof smoked salmon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In white we will\nopen Le V\u00e9ritable 2017 – \u00a310.99.<\/strong> Nestling between Pau and Biarritz, in the\nsouthwest of France, we find this gem made from Gros Manseng, a local grape\nvariety which loves the climate here in the Pyrenean foothills. Intense in the aroma department, with pear\nblossom, a touch of straw and ripe apple; the palate is crisp and fresh, with\napple and pear fruit again and the slightest hint of apricot. A truly delicious ap\u00e9ritif white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And\nthe red, well this will also be from France this week – Domaine Fournillon\nPinot Noir 2016 – \u00a314.99.<\/strong> The hill of Epineuil is near Chablis,\nopposite Tonnerre, with soils the same Kimmeridgean and limestone mixture. The fruit aromas are cherry, strawberry and\nliquorice focused and are followed by a lovely fruit-driven fresh palate with\nfine tannins and a nice freshness of finish. \nWe think it offers great value, if you can use that word in a Burgundian\ncontext! Alex wrote a tasting note of\u2026 \u2018soft, nice fruit, no-brainer at this price\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So that\u2019s about\nit from us, no mention of politics this week \u2013 can\u2019t be anything going on or\ndid I miss something? Anyway, we\u2019ll\nleave you with a paragraph lifted from the Drinks Business article published\nyesterday, called The Rise and Rise of Ros\u00e9\n\u2013<\/em> it\u2019s the last statement (highlighted) that tickled us most:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social media is awash with photos of\nmillennials relaxing with glasses of pale ros\u00e9, having fun, often in the sun.\nInstagram is sometimes credited for the US boom in ros\u00e9. \u201cRos\u00e9 has become the\nChampagne of millennials\u201d, said anthropologist Richard Delerins at the 5th\nInternational Ros\u00e9 Symposium (Rencontres Internationales du Ros\u00e9) in Marseille\nin January. \u201cRos\u00e9 is more than a colour:\nit is a mode of self-expression that captures the moments of spontaneity and\ninner truth that are the values of millennials,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re still\ntalking about a glass of wine, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with that,\nwe\u2019re gone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Another week shudders to a halt and with it the 8th month of the year. 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