Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so we bumble\non and I think once again we have more questions than answers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many weeks have\npassed since there was much frivolity to speak of in the media and now as the\nmornings get darker and the evenings start earlier it does feel like we are\nslowly moving towards something but god only knows what and he\u2019s taken the last\ntrain for the coast\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will Canning Town\nbe the moment that Extinction Rebellion misjudged the focus of their protests\nand actually lost some support by mucking up people\u2019s early morning commute? Or has it served to make their message\nclearer \u2013 it may be inconvenient but something needs to be done now, not\nlater? Not sure the tube, that can carry\nbest part of 5 million people per day, was the most sensible target \u2013 perhaps\nthe lorries chugging in from Tilbury on the eponymous flyover nearby would have\nbeen a better focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will Wayne\u2019s\nbest buddy, Boris, get the deal he has agreed with Europe past the disruptors\nin parliament? Less than 48 hours for\nthe MP\u2019s to thumb through the legal jargon before their Saturday detention when\nthey will have to discuss it all and ideally come to an agreement \u2013 and then,\nas always happens when you cram, they\u2019ll have forgotten everything by Monday\nand start all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will Trump or\nErdogan win Man of the Year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a world where\nyou can now unlock your BMW with your phone, should we be worried that anyone\u2019s\nthumbprint can unlock the Samsung S10 or that the Pixel 4 Face Unlock works\nwhen your eyes are shut? Perhaps test\nyour tech before you release it, chaps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Video Games by\nLana del Rey wins song of the DECADE at the Q awards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
250 tubes of\nProsecco and Pink Peppercorn Pringles, that were a Christmas special here last\nyear have been seized from a supermarket in the Veneto, northern Italy, home to\nthe infamous sparkling wine. There are\nstrict laws in place preventing the use of the word Prosecco for anything other\nthan the local wine and thus they are suitably up in arms about this as they\nfeel it breaks these protective laws. I think\nthey\u2019re right. It was a crime against\nwine, a crime against crisps and the pink peppercorns should feel ashamed of\nthemselves from getting involved with such a cheap publicity stunt. Above all though, why wouldn\u2019t you want to\neat something containing \u2018polvere di Prosecco\u2019 or Prosecco powder to you and I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Has Owen Farrell\npicked the right team to beat Australia? \nSorry, did I say Owen Farrell, silly me, I meant Eddie Jones. Anyway, I\u2019m sure dropping Ford won\u2019t come\nback to bite us. Farrell getting red\ncarded for a no arm tackle and us being down to 14 men, now that\u2019s what\u2019s going\nto really hurt. Then we\u2019ve got Ireland\nagainst New Zealand straight afterwards so we might all need a stiff drink by\n2pm on Saturday. Sunday brings us\nconfirmation that there will definitely be one Northern Hemisphere team in the\nsemi-finals as Wales and France lock horns and then Japan meet their world cup\nrabbit, South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine England,\nIreland, Wales and Japan in the semis? 269-4\nare the odds of this four-cast, should you fancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I\nmentioned needing a drink by 2pm on Saturday a moment ago however, I suspect\nsome of us may need a libation before that. \nWe all drank rather a lot of the fine wines from Domaine Treloar last\nnight courtesy of Rachel, Lady Treloar, so I think we might avoid the southern\nreaches of France for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, we\u2019ll\nopen a white from the DO Ribeira Sacra in Galicia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alma Larga Godello 2017 – \u00a316.99<\/strong> is from precipitous vineyards\noverlooking the river Sil in Ribeira Sacra. The terraced vineyards here are really steep\nand contain vines even older than Wayne and, much like him, less productive\nover time! The significance is that older\nvines produce better quality grapes as evidenced here, rich with citrus orchard\nnotes, a touch of mineral and a lovely long finish – of course, Wayne produces\nbetter quality work, as evidenced every day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the red will\nbe the Familia Cecchin Carignan 2017 –\n\u00a313.99. <\/strong>This is a bit off the beaten\ntrack in a way, a slightly unfashionable French grape variety surfacing in\nMendoza. What we have is a bit of old\nvine Carignan, organically farmed and utilising minimal sulphur. The wine itself is packed full with red\ncherry fruit flavours with a little wood spice and leathery note. Layered and complex, this is a wine that\nreally delivers and for those interested in such things, it is both organic and\nvegan \u2013 ticks all round!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So that\u2019s about\nit for us \u2013 let\u2019s all play nicely and stay calm, we\u2019ve got a tricky few days ahead of us and that\u2019s\nbefore we add half term into the equation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, And so we bumble on and I think once again we have more questions than answers Many weeks have passed since there was much frivolity to speak of in the media and now as the mornings get darker and the evenings start earlier it does feel like we are slowly moving towards […]<\/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-1205","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\/1205","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=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1206,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}