Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Captain Peacock : Are you free, Mr Humphries?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Humphries : I’m free!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So, on Monday, even though John Inman died more than 14 years ago, as a country we came together to celebrate his most famous catchphrase whilst revelling in our new found \u2018Freedom\u2019. Mick Jagger was there too, singing \u2018I’m free to do what I want any old time\u2019<\/em> over and over again; 70\u2019s blues rockers Free sang \u2018All Right Now\u2019<\/em> whilst chewing their lifetime supply of Wrigley\u2019s Spearmint but sadly neither George Michael nor Freddie Mercury were available to perform \u2018Freedom\u2019<\/em> and \u2018I want to break free\u2019\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We went to the pub, a Free House of course, on public transport using our Freedom Pass (who knew we were both over 66!) and drank beer from the Freedom Brewery, freely. Whilst the beer wasn\u2019t free, this was our free time and we were free to choose how to spend it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, none of this really happened and if I\u2019m honest, Monday was just another day, with the same amount of people wearing\/not wearing masks out and about as we had seen last week. In the pub on Tuesday it was still table service, socially distanced, the staff were all masked and it didn\u2019t feel weird. In the shop we\u2019re still wearing masks when people come in and for the most part customers are too. As mentioned last week, it\u2019s almost as if we can self-govern and work out what\u2019s best for us without outside help although if Boris\u2019 ridiculous behaviour last Sunday when he didn\u2019t much fancy going into isolation are anything to go by, some people, the same people, really do need to have it spelt out to them in words of one syllable \u2013 NO, YOU CAN\u2019T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One person who seems to be taking the whole freedom thing to heart is Dominic Cummings who on Tuesday continued to give us feedback on his relationship with Mr Johnson via interview with the BBC. This continues his drip feed of almost lascivious revelations about what went on, in his opinion, behind the door of Number 10. We have been getting Free Dom updates for a while now and it feels they will continue to flow \u2013 at what point does the mud actually start to stick though?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Wayne\u2019s world of weird sports, the Tour de France completed itself and, as suggested last Friday, Pogacar won and Mark Cavendish kept the green jersey, chapeaux all round. The British Lions take on the Springboks with Eliot Daly at outside centre which only goes to prove that Warren Gatland has a sense of humour. In the world of cricket, The Hundred started on Wednesday which everyone tells me is not simply shortened format T20 cricket but actually a huge innovation in the world of leather and willow (although I suspect neither of these are used in this format).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For me, I\u2019m off on holiday, following a cry for help from the organisers of the Tokyo Olympics. Apparently, they have an unusual problem that I can help them solve\u2026. myself and a crack team of shuckers are being paid just over $1 million to save the canoeing and rowing in Tokyo Bay. Our job is to remove all the oysters that have attached themselves to the floats positioned to protect the racing area from waves. So many oysters have attached themselves that the floats are starting to sink which I believe, by definition, is not what they are meant to do. So I\u2019ve packed, Muscadet and Chablis, a bit of Albari\u00f1o but I just need someone to help me carry the barrel of Guinness \u2013 any volunteers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Should only take about a week and then I\u2019ll be back, clearly not having to isolate as I will be part of the now infamous and perhaps fictitious daily contact testing pilot scheme. In the meantime, we have a few new things to keep you occupied in my absence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Slybeast 1533 Session IPA – \u00a33.70<\/p>\n\n\n\n Park Brewery Phantom Kolsch Lager \u2013 \u00a33.50 (not new exactly but absent for a long while)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Park Brewery Ballet Loop Table Beer \u2013 \u00a33.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sambrook\u2019s Session IPA – \u00a33.40<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Two new whites, seemed sensible given the weather:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pfaffl Wien 1 2020, Vienna, Austria – \u00a314.99<\/strong> \u2013 Made from 60% Riesling, 20% Pinot Blanc, 20% Gr\u00fcner Veltliner all grown overlooking the city of Vienna, we have a wine that is lightly aromatic on the nose with a palate of fresh green orchard fruits with a touch of peppery spice from the Gr\u00fcner and a long, moreish finish \u2013 this is what the Austrians drink on hot summer evenings and I think it\u2019s a bit rude that they haven\u2019t told us about it sooner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I Clivi Malvasia Vigna 80 Anni 2019, Collio, Italy – \u00a324.99<\/strong> \u2013 if you go any further west here you\u2019ll be in Slovenia but that\u2019s just a free geography lesson rather than a tasting note. We loved the rounded leesy nose, the appealing softness on palate, the apple fruit, the minerals, the layered texture and the finish. Our tasting note ended with words of one syllable that we can all understand: I LIKE THIS\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it from us for now, stay hydrated and sit in the shade with a nice glass of white wine perhaps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now , sing along with me, Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ground floor: perfumery, Stationery and leather goods<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wigs and haberdashery, Kitchenware and food<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Going up<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n First floor: telephones, Gents’ ready-made suits<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shirts, socks, ties, hats, Underwear and shoes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Going up<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Second floor: carpets, Travel goods and beddings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Materials and soft furnishing, Restaurant and teas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Going down<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bye for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Captain Peacock : Are you free, Mr Humphries? Mr. Humphries : I’m free! 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