Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a knock on\neffect of the Queen\u2019s decision to prorogue, the Friday email will be suspended\nfor the next 5 weeks \u2013 there will be no debate on this and Wayne has already\nleft for Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actually\nno. That was a lie. Or was it? \nI\u2019m not really sure what lying is now as the media seem to have a\nvariety of definitions depending on political bent, the Scottish judges another\ndefinition, definitely not political, and your man Boris, well he has spent\nmost of his career and personal life on the truth\/lie fence. So I will take the advice Wayne left in his\nnote for me before he left with his one way ticket to Greece and what looked\nlike the contents of the safe \u2013 trust nobody, Alex\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, in a fit\nof preparedness I am one of the people who has actually read the Yellowhammer\ndocument and, greatly enlivened by that experience and in a boxset frame of\nmind, went on to read about Operation Brock (currently suspended) and am\nawaiting my clearance to read Operation Redfold. Having read the synopsis and\nseen the trailer, I do hope we avoid Redfold. \nSuffice to say, I am now an expert on base scenarios and remain\nunsurprised by the warnings that Yellowhammer contained since they are all\ntopics that have been well discussed over time \u2013 slow border crossings, the new\neast Kent lorry park, delays, delays, delays \u2013 in truth, things that we are all\nvery accustomed to dealing with!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But we\u2019ve not\nleft yet, the sun is shining and promises to do so over the weekend and the\ncricket no longer matters. We ventured\nup to the Oval on Tuesday for a wine tasting and the pitch looked in tip top\ncondition and frankly would have been amazing as a grand finale but the cricket\nno longer matters. If we hadn\u2019t\nconcentrated on the World Cup, if Anderson hadn\u2019t got injured, if Smith had\nstayed injured, if we\u2019d been able to build unbeatable totals but no, Alex, the\ncricket no longer matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because what\nmatters now is the Rugby. Thus time next\nweek the first game (Japan v Russia I believe) of the 2019 World Cup will be\ncoming to a conclusion and the fun will have begun. Saturday will bring big victories for Fiji,\nArgentina and, for the first time ever, an incredible 0-0 tie in the last game\nof the day that sees both teams removed from the tournament\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking back, in\n2011 we tipped France as potential finalists, in 2015 we thought England would\nbeat Wales so frankly we are not really rugby tipsters. New Zealand maybe? There you go, that\u2019s sunk their ship\u2026 and\nleft it wide open for the surprise package of 2015 and the hospitable hosts \u2013\nJapan, 80-1 to reach the final!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before we get\nthere though we must finish this week first and that always coincides with us opening\na couple of bottles of wine. As a\ngentlemanly salute to the Aussies, we\u2019ll be opening some of their fine wines\ntoday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the cricket\nwhites we find Flametree Sauvignon\nBlanc\/Semillon 2017 – \u00a316.99, <\/strong>a cracking drop made by our chum Cliff Royle,\nwe\u2019ve not discussed cricket with Cliff, but do know that he makes awesome wines\n– this blend of 80% Sauvignon and 20% Semillon\nhas cracking lychee, lime and stone fruit character and a real elegance to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in the red\nlifeguard shorts Flametree Cabernet\nSauvignon\/Merlot 2017 – \u00a319.99<\/strong>, the first vintage in 2007 won the Jimmy\nWatson Trophy, and frankly the winery hasn\u2019t looked back since! This is\nclassically aromatic, showing cassis, violets and blackberry, balanced with\nnotes of freshly dusted cocoa and dark chocolate; fresh in the mouth and,\npacked with dark fruits, bitter chocolate and subtle spicy French oak characters.\nRumour has it there might be some barbecueing at the weekend. Brisket or\nburgers would be awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Park Vintners Autumn Wine School<\/strong> is surreptitiously creeping up on us.\nJust about 3 weeks to go and there are a couple of places left if you fancy\njoining in the fun and improving your wine smarts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 Week Wine School \u2013 Wednesday 2nd<\/sup>\nOctober \u2013 Wednesday 13th<\/sup> November (half term 23rd<\/sup>\nOctober) – \u00a3150 per person<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And with that\nwe\u2019re gone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yassas \u0010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, As a knock on effect of the Queen\u2019s decision to prorogue, the Friday email will be suspended for the next 5 weeks \u2013 there will be no debate on this and Wayne has already left for Europe. Actually no. That was a lie. Or was it? I\u2019m not really sure what lying […]<\/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-1193","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\/1193","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=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}