Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What a week we\u2019ve had. Sunshine, snow and rain have all featured, neither of us knows what to wear, should we open the door, put a sweater on, open a window and that\u2019s before we\u2019ve even considered what we should wear to the pub garden!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How strange is it going to be having a chat with a mate in real life without a zoom backdrop of the British Library and constantly cutting off one another\u2019s words?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Volvo had a hiccup but has a brand new shiny suspension bit and is making much less noise now. Back on the road again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a brief roundup of other stuff, Myanmar\u2019s coup d\u2019etat reached the streets of London this week when the Ambassador, Kyaw Zwar Minn, was locked out of the embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Italy, the government has finally done the right thing by Venice and issued a decree that the 700 ginormous cruise ships will no longer be able to enter the lagoon the way they have. They will now follow the canal like commercial ships and disembark their passengers at the far end of the lagoon. An important step in the preservation of Venice we think, let\u2019s hope it holds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There has been nightly petrol-bombing all week in Northern Ireland in sectarian violence of the like we\u2019ve not seen in years. Why it\u2019s taken 5 days to get to the newspapers we\u2019ve no idea, but frankly it needs to stop, so if matron could drag some politicians by their ears and get them around the table to start talking, it might not be a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In real sports, Mark Cavendish found himself on the podium again on Wednesday taking 3rd<\/sup> place at the Schelderprijs. Paris-Roubaix scheduled for the weekend is now postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday sees the Grand National at 5.15pm. The favourite seems to be Cloth Cap but will Tom Scudamore whippet across the line in front of Minella Times? Given that\u2019s the mount of Rachel Blackmore who hogged the winners step at Cheltenham this year we\u2019re not so sure. Wayne suggests a small each way on Discorama but his reasoning seems to be that it sounds like an \u201880\u2019s nightclub plus he had a shocker at Cheltenham so do with that what you will. Alex has been talking about Speith but that might be in the golf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve had some new wine show up on the doorstep lately, along with the return of a few old favourites. On the new front, we\u2019d mention Flametree Chardonnay 2019 (\u00a318.99)<\/strong> one of Decanter\u2019s Wines of the Year in their February issue and a real delight. We also have a new champagne, Andre Robert Les Jardins du Mesnil (\u00a347)<\/strong> is a captivating Blanc de Blancs all from Grand Cru vineyards. Aged for five years on the lees it\u2019s a stunning example of the style that you all know we both love. Whilst I\u2019m shooting the breeze about bubbles I\u2019d just mention that we have some Bolney Estate Classic Cuvee (\u00a328.99)<\/strong> chilling in the fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the old favourite\u2019s front, we are freshly restocked with Collequieto Montepulciano d\u2019Abruzzo (\u00a310.99)<\/strong> a cracking everyday drinker for those that haven\u2019t tried it, dark berry fruits soft tannins and versatile on the food front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally we\u2019d like to raise a glass to Prince Philip using his words to the US Ambassador in 1999 \u201cWhere\u2019s the Southern Comfort?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, What a week we\u2019ve had. Sunshine, snow and rain have all featured, neither of us knows what to wear, should we open the door, put a sweater on, open a window and that\u2019s before we\u2019ve even considered what we should wear to the pub garden! How strange is it going to be […]<\/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-1402","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\/1402","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=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}