{"id":1203,"date":"2019-10-11T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2019-10-11T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:59:00","slug":"ninjas-cunning-plans-and-cheesy-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Ninjas, Cunning Plans and Cheesy Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A story that\ncaught our attention this week and put a good feeling in our bellies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eimi Haga got\nfull marks for an essay she handed into her professor entirely written in\ninvisible ink. She was studying Ninjas and to write up her essay on a trip to\nthe Ninja Museum of Igaryu, she used an ancient Ninja technique called\naburidashi. You make the invisible ink by soaking soybeans overnight then\ncrushing them and squeezing out the juice. I suspect what really caught our attention\nwas that you can go to University to study Ninjas. We might save the invisible\nink recipe for a Weekly Wine in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst we\u2019re on\nthe subject of invisibility and espionage it seems Colleen Rooney has been up\nto mischief trying to find out who has been leaking stories about her to the\npress. The story is too dull and attention seeking to go into here but headline\nwriters have run amok. It even made it onto Peston which I had believed to be a\npolitical comment show. Wagatha Christie indeed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internationally,\nTrumpolina has again out fooled his advisers, this time withdrawing US troops\nfrom Northern Syria and abandoning their Kurdish allies. Ergon Dunit surprised\nnobody by immediately invading, killing civilian Kurds in the process of\nfighting those self-same allies.&nbsp; Impeachment\nmeanwhile is moving closer with even a poll on Fox News stating that 51% of the\npopulation wish to see him removed from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closer to home a\nmuch talked about deadline approaches with what seems like indecent haste. For\nthose who have not kept up, Boris Johnson is Prime Minister, he prorogued\nParliament, which turned out to be naughty, so everyone came back to\nWestminster and shouted. The Speaker lost his voice (dereliction of duty\nsurely?). A slightly amended deal was put to the EU with customs checks\nconducted in a shed down the road from the Irish border with some bathroom\nscales and a tape measure for accuracy. The EU sniggered and is thinking about\nit. Meanwhile, Boris and Leo have met up in the Wirral for a pint and a chat about\nthe possibility of having either two sheds, or just an honesty shed with a\ncamera. Funnily enough, where they held their meeting was where Coleen Rooney\nhad her 21<sup>st&nbsp; <\/sup>birthday party!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources have\nleaked to us what we think might be a Dominic cunning plan\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Boris triggers a vote of no confidence in\nhimself, triggering a coalition of national unity. <\/em><\/li><li><em>Given that the opposition agree that the\nonly thing worse than a no deal Brexit and you as Prime Minister is having to\nwork together, this would probably trigger a general election. <\/em><\/li><li><em>To wipe out short shouty man, and not\nsplit the Tory party would be a bit tricky. <\/em><\/li><li><em>How about a referendum on the ways and\nwherefores of leaving or not: &nbsp;\u201cWe your\nhumble servants are incapable of finding a way through the impasse\u201d. <\/em><\/li><li><em>One can then campaign to Leave to keep\nshort shouty man on board, but obviously not enthusiastically enough to win. <\/em><\/li><li><em>The referendum lost, we\u2019d expect the EU to\nbe so happy we\u2019re not leaving that they\u2019ll revoke Article 50 and have a party. <\/em><\/li><li><em>Then you can call a general election, win\nhandsomely as all the opposition parties are in disarray at the audacity of it\nall.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Victory speech \u201cAs you were ladies and\ngentleman sorry about a spot of timewasting the last three years.\u201d &nbsp;Then you\u2019ll have plenty of time to swan around\nin an ill-fitting suit quoting Herodotus.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s enough\ntheory from us. In booze news this week, we heard that Seedlip continue to roll\nout the Emperor\u2019s Wardrobe with the launch of&nbsp;\nNogroni. If the name wasn\u2019t enough to upset you, I can\u2019t help but think\nit\u2019s not even a new thing. Similarly flavoured Bitter Kas is an alcohol free\nbitter aperitif that\u2019s been available for donkeys years, both Alex\u2019s Dad and\nWayne have been known to partake on many occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Careful if\nyou\u2019re out drinking in Dorset\u2026The son of a millionaire market owner, was\nrefused service at the Sandbanks Yacht Club in Poole on 20 September reportedly\nvisibly drunk. The guy then lifted his top, showed the bartender the handle of\npistol tucked into the waistband of his trousers and told the him: \u201cDon\u2019t be a\npussy, give me a drink.\u201d He was arrested later at his home, but incredibly magistrates\nagreed to delay sentencing until 4 December to allow this oik to head off on a\nmonth-long family holiday in the Caribbean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knew Poole\nwas so edgy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cheesy Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to\neveryone who joined us for last night\u2019s cheese and wine tasting, an awesome\nevening was had. Thanks also to the fine folk at Beillevaire for the\nscrumptious cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next one is <strong>Thursday 7<sup>th<\/sup> November at 8pm<\/strong>.\nThere are still a few places left at \u00a320 per person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tasting This Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It being\nNational Curry Week we thought it would be remiss of us not to open a bottle of\n<strong>Munay Torrontes 2017 (\u00a315.99).<\/strong>\nCrisp, dry and zesty fresh but with an aromatic profile that works really\nnicely with those spices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the red front\nwe\u2019re going to go with a Bordeaux. <strong>Chateau\nGrand Gamelle 2015 (\u00a313.99)<\/strong> is an unoaked blend of 60% Merlot, 25 %\nCabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc with lots of plummy fruit. Whilst\nclaret might not be the first thought when pairing with curry, my friend Harry\nand I both think the young fruity style goes down a storm with the more earthy\nPunjabi style curries and the Sri Lankan devilled dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rugby is\nblown off so there are no excuses not to drop in and say hi!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Wine Lovers, A story that caught our attention this week and put a good feeling in our bellies. Eimi Haga got full marks for an essay she handed into her professor entirely written in invisible ink. 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