Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
**** Today – Friday, 6th<\/sup> March\n– is our annual close-early-and-go-and-run-the-bar-at-the-KCS-quiz-night. So, we must apologise because we will be\nclosing at 5pm today****<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, I think\nit\u2019s time for some good news\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n From today, it\u2019s\ngoing to be a beautiful and long summer. \nSomehow, we\u2019re all going to win the lottery and buy yachts. Elon Musk is going to find a way to turn rain\nand floodwater into electricity. Or\nwine. Or gold. And then give it all to us. Amazon is going to be found to be just using\nall the data they gather for a better customer experience and nothing more. The world will not end, we will survive\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s been a\nbleak week and no mistake. Thanks to the\nweather and the general mood, at times it has felt like I have been put into an\ninvoluntary self-isolation \u2013 the first person through the door yesterday was\nafter 4pm. So, with all this free time I\nhave been gifted, I have been gently exploring different business avenues. Currently the loo roll industry seems a good\none to be in and I\u2019m just trying to work out how I can recycle all the\nnewspapers filled with scare stories into NEW Park Vintners Bathroom Tissue. Sticking with the bathroom, apparently bidet\nsales are on the up in Australia, as a consequence of the loo roll shortage\nhitting them hardest down under \u2013 I\u2019m not entirely sure what information the\nAustralian government has been given about the current health scare but it does\nseem like it\u2019s being approached from an odd angle\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Got to love the\nBritish though and their insatiable love of dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whilst two of\nthe world\u2019s biggest wine fairs, Prowein and Vinitaly, International rugby\nmatches and, potentially, the London marathon are facing postponement or\ncancellation, Crufts: The World’s Greatest Dog Show, Where Every Dog Has Its\nDay opened yesterday, business as usual, no mucking about. Just goes to show that the eccentricity of\nthe English, coupled with a soppiness for our canine friends trumps any virus\nthreat! Whilst reading about Crufts\nearlier I happened across something called Flyball (no, not Flybe) \u2013 it\u2019s a great\nwatch, particularly the whippets, trust me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, I hope\nflyball isn\u2019t the only sport on telly this weekend because it should be rugby\ntime again. Always a funny one the\nEngland v Wales match – that strange time of the year when Wayne and I discover\nhow many of our customers are in fact from the Land of Song when we\u2019d always\nthought they were from Godalming or West Ham. \nAnyway, always adds a bit of spice to the chat over the tasting table on\na Saturday morning \u2013 I fully expect it to be a humdinger as ever \u2013 we really\nmustn\u2019t forget that Wales have lost twice already, so will turn up to\nTwickenham hungry. Home advantage has\nnever been so important although probably what is more important this weekend\nis for Scotland to set Murrayfield alight on Sunday and be the first to beat\nFrance in 2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other sport,\nand back to Australia, the England Women\u2019s Cricket Team were denied the\nopportunity to play their T20 World Cup semi-final because it was raining and\nno one had thought to have a reserve day for this stage of the competition \u2013\ndid I mention it was the semi-final? So,\na team gets all the way to a World Cup semi-final and is then knocked out\nbecause of the weather \u2013 someone needs to rethink the planning of these events\nalthough I\u2019m sure it would never happen in the football (too much money at\nstake perhaps?). Gutted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, if like\nme, sport is of little interest, let\u2019s talk food. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve mentioned this before but, as\na reminder, there is a local pop-up supper club called Dining Room<\/strong> that we provide the wine for. They base themselves out of Coolangatta Caf\u00e9<\/strong> (81 Kingston Road,\nLondon SW20 8LB) and every couple of weeks they take over on a Friday and\nSaturday night. This month they are\ndoing a Mexican Menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhubarb Margarita<\/p>\n\n\n\n ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Butternut Squash, Cheese and\nCoriander Quesadilla, Sweetcorn and Pico de Gallo Salsa, crumbled Feta,\nChipotle Mayo<\/p>\n\n\n\n ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slow cooked Pork Shoulder\nPibil, Escabeche de Cebolla, Arroz Rojo and Mexican Slaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spicy Black Bean Chilli, Arroz\nRojo and Mexican Slaw and Sour Cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Churros y Chocolate<\/p>\n\n\n\n This all costs\njust \u00a340 per person including welcome cocktail, a glass of dessert wine (or\nperhaps tequila), coffee and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sounds pretty\ngood doesn\u2019t it \u2013 I\u2019ve also heard the wines are not bad either!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n