Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, here we are already; we\u2019ve made it to October. I\u2019m using lights for my journey home, the sun is rather low in the sky if it shows up for the morning run and, frankly, is not showing up enough as far as I\u2019m concerned. Sweaters and thermostats aren\u2019t far off, are they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You know what they say about everyday being a school day? Well, I\u2019m definitely coming around to that point of view, as I discovered yesterday that many people say \u201cRabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits\u201d or \u201cWhite Rabbits\u201d on the first of the month. By all accounts it\u2019s to do with a superstition that if you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll have a month of bad luck. I always expect these things to be something to do with superstition but am more concerned that it has taken me way more than 600 first of the months to discover it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps the reason I didn\u2019t know is because we were always a \u201cpinch and a punch\u201d family. I always put this down to the casual violence of the 70\u2019s but it would appear I\u2019m wrong on that. It dates back to when people were afraid of witches. The pinch was of salt, believed to weaken witches, and the punch exactly what it says on the tin \u2013 a punch! So, there you go some information so useless you\u2019ll remember it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst we\u2019re on the subject of information it seems there are 47 different areas under some kind of restriction due to the virus. That\u2019s forty seven different sets of regulations, the ignorance of which could result in a fine of \u00a3200. Different rules may apply in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. I\u2019m really sorry but the rest of this paragraph has been deleted because the rules changed before I\u2019d finished typing it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A court in Dublin has ruled that Subway can\u2019t call its bread rolls bread because there is so much sugar in them. Salami and coleslaw cake anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve had a blockbuster of a Tour de France followed by the UCI World Championships in Italy where Anna Van de Breggen managed a clean sweep in the Women\u2019s, winning both the Time Trial and the Road Race. She is going to spend the next twelve months overheating with two rainbow jerseys on. Chapeau!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Men\u2019s Time Trial was won by Filippo Ganna from Italy, and the Road Race by Julian Alaphilippe triumphing in a really exciting final lap. Poor old Wout van Aert was second in both, always the bridesmaid eh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now we rush headlong into Racetober (pending random rearrangement!). The Giro d\u2019Italia starts on Saturday, and Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge is on Sunday. The Giro should be a wowser, partly due to the lack of a clear favourite and partly because the course looks fabulous. Before it finishes, Vuelta Ciclista a Espa\u00f1a starts, so we are definitely being spoilt plus there\u2019s Paris-Roubaix to come too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve all seen the Champions League draw, looks a tough one for Manchester United eh? Something that did surprise us this week was the announcement of Ladies European Tour Golf in Saudi Arabia in November; surely it\u2019s not only us that think it\u2019s a bit odd? Will there be many Saudi women golfers competing do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the music front it would appear that AC\/DC are reforming, Fleet Foxes are back with a new album Shore which seems to have good reviews and I certainly enjoyed on first listen. Disco lovers will be excited to learn that Horse Meat Disco have released their first album, on pink vinyl if you\u2019re quick enough, and lastly, for those of us of a certain age, I think Annie Nightingale\u2019s book \u201cHey, Hi, Hello\u201d promises to be quite a read, pop it on your list!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the wine front, now the grapes are in it looks like the third good vintage in a row for champagne, so make a note in the corner of the wine fridge, 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages of champagne should be worth seeking out once they\u2019re ready in a few years\u2019 time. In the meantime, 2008 and 2012 are both really rather tasty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POTUS and FLOTUS eh? Hmmmm strokes chin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway that\u2019s enough random musings from us for this week, look after yourselves and, should you be planning to pop in to see us, our revised opening hours are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY to WEDNESDAY – 4pm \u2013 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n THURSDAY & FRIDAY – 2pm \u2013 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SATURDAY – 12pm \u2013 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SUNDAY \u2013 CLOSED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheers,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Well, here we are already; we\u2019ve made it to October. I\u2019m using lights for my journey home, the sun is rather low in the sky if it shows up for the morning run and, frankly, is not showing up enough as far as I\u2019m concerned. Sweaters and thermostats aren\u2019t far off, are […]<\/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-1331","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\/1331","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=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}