Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Going to\navoid politics this week, for the UK at least, which is easy because all sorts\nof fun and games have been going on away from Downing Street and Westminster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two sackings this week but only one\nappointment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To use his\nother nickname, Air Miles Andy was given the Spanish Archer by her Maj and not\nbefore time it would seem. He doesn\u2019t,\ndrink, doesn\u2019t smoke or do drugs but what he does do is no longer going to be\nsuffered in silence by Elizabeth II. Our\nfirst question was do we now get some of his travel money back? Browsing through Wayne\u2019s copy of Sovereign Grant Report 2018-19: Royal Travel\nAppendix <\/em>we gulped at a couple of his trips last year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nDuke of York – Scheduled Flight – 4th-6th April: London – Bahrain – London <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Official FCO visit to Bahrain to open the\nUK Naval Support Facility in Bahrain and visits to British University of\nBahrain and Fintech Bay. Visit and\nattend Award Ceremony for Huddersfield University\u2019s programme with Bahrain\nMinistry of Interior. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a316,272<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scheduled\nFlight – 21st-22nd August & 9th-12th September: London – Budapest – London <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Staff planning visit and staff advance\ntrip.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nDuke of York \u2013 Charter – 10th-12th September: Farnborough – Budapest – Aberdeen\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Official FCO visit to Hungary. Meetings\nwith the President, Prime Minister of Hungary and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Attend a British Community Reception at the\nResidence and Dinner with British and Hungarian business leaders. Visits to Hungarian Academy of Science,\nNational University of Public Service and an Inclusive \/Paralympic sports\ntraining facility. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a322,208<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a338 grand \u2013\nbearing in mind he was being wined and dined and probably provided a pillow and\na bidet for the night, it seems an awful lot of money that we can now spend more\nusefully elsewhere, hopefully? Oh no,\nit\u2019s already been re-distributed apparently\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The other\nsacking also involves money but certainly not the saving of it. Jose Mourinho has returned to football,\nreplacing Mauricio Pochettino but for twice the price. Bearing in mind that Daniel Levy spent a\nwhole year not giving Poch any money to buy players, he clearly believes the\nspecial one\u2019s hype \u2013 will he last the season? \nThey\u2019ve not published the odds yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In other\nsport, the cricket started in New Zealand on Wednesday evening and boy did the\nweather look nice, everyone sitting on the grass, catching some rays, just\nminutes from the surf\u2026 a nice bit of chilly evening escapism, if you can get\nit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump still\nfaces impeachment, perhaps, and Netanyahu is being charged with corruption \u2013\ntwo charmers who are probably overdue a day in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More locally\nwe have had some very exciting wine news \u2013 I\u2019ll leave it to Nina and Edu to\nexplain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Pulenta Family is delighted to be\nsponsoring Wimbledon Hockey Club. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We feel that we share many of the traits\nthat have made the club so successful over the years: dedication, hard work, no\nlittle skill and perhaps most of all, loving what we do.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are a family owned winery with\nvineyards in Mendoza, Argentina and we have been making top quality wines since\n1912. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We plan to hold a number of tastings and\nevents during the season to give you an opportunity to taste and enjoy our\nwines. Look out for news!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And now the\nexciting bit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the meantime, we have partnered with\nour friends Wayne and Alex who run Park Vintners in Wimbledon Park to offer all\nmembers and friends of Wimbledon Hockey Club a 10% discount on our wines for\nthe duration of the 2019\/20 season.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can email them\nshop@parkvintners.co.uk, call 020 8944 5224 or pop in to their shop on Arthur\nRoad, Wimbledon Park.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a great season!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nina & Edu Pulenta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n As I said,\nvery exciting. If you\u2019re a member of the\nmighty Wimbledon Hockey Club then you already know about this and can\nparticipate (not you Joe, you\u2019re only 15) but even if you\u2019re not a member you\ncan benefit from the fact that we now have the majority of the Pulenta range in\nstock:<\/p>\n\n\n\n White<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Estate Pinot\nGris 2017 – \u00a313.99 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Estate Chardonnay\n2016\/18 – \u00a314.99 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Red<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n La Flor\nCabernet Sauvignon 2017 – \u00a315.69 <\/p>\n\n\n\n La Flor\nMalbec 2018 – \u00a315.69 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Estate Malbec\n2016 – \u00a322.99 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gran Malbec\n2015 – \u00a336.99 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gran Corte\n2016 – \u00a337.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n And they\u2019re\nall blooming delicious, come and see for yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Wine & Cheese Tasting for 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That probably\nsays it all. It\u2019s the best four cheeses\nfrom the year, the best wines from the year \u2013 who will be pronounced the\nHomecoming King & Queen for 2019 we wonder? \n7 of you will definitely find out but we do have space for 5 more of you\n\u2013 come on, you know you want to be a part of history in the making!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 28th<\/sup> November \u2013 8pm –\n\u00a320 per person \u2013 call us on 020 8944 5224 or respond to this email. Or go old school and pop your head round the\ndoor!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One week to go\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Next\nThursday, the USA and its citizens around \nthe world celebrate the annual day of Thanksgiving. Better known as Black Friday Eve<\/strong>, this day is commonly celebrated with family\ngatherings, turkey cooking and over consumption of sweet and sticky things \u2013\nvery similar in fact to the traditional Boxing\nDay Sales Eve<\/strong> that we commonly celebrate here on December 25th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway,\nhistorically Black Friday Eve has also involved the consumption of wine,\nnotably wine from America and with this in mind we have decided to open a couple\nof our new listings from the Vina Robles winery in Paso Robles, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How a civil\nengineer from Zurich ended up with a wine estate in California is a story for\nanother time I think\u2026 In the white top hat we have his 2018 Viognier – \u00a319.99.<\/strong> This\nViognier is planted in the highest part of the Huerhuero Vineyard benefitting\nfrom the cooling afternoon pacific breeze. \nCrisp and medium-bodied with peach and mandarin fruit with a long lively\nfinish \u2013 really rather fabulous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the red\nstripy trousers we have the 2016\nCabernet Sauvignon – \u00a324.99.<\/strong> Classic\nCali Cab Sauv \u2013 full bodied with cassis and black cherry fruits, ripe textured\ntannins and a touch of anise and chocolate in the finish \u2013 a delight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it for\nus pretty much \u2013 Christ the King have their annual Christmas fair this weekend\nso do pop in and see us on the way there or back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bon Weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Going to avoid politics this week, for the UK at least, which is easy because all sorts of fun and games have been going on away from Downing Street and Westminster. 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