Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welcome to a sunny Friday and, with potential for a rain free weekend ahead of us, I thought I\u2019d jinx it all by opening some ros\u00e9 this evening on the tasting table\u2026 so, when you\u2019re standing under a brolly tomorrow afternoon watching under 13 cricket whilst wearing wellies with shorts (a very British nod to high fashion), you\u2019ll know who to blame!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, before we get tucked in to all things pink, what\u2019s news? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, it\u2019s been a good week for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wayne \u2013 as he is finally off on a well-earned cycle extravaganza in the Balearics, apparently a key part of his training for challenges later in the season. Not sure if he means cycling, dancing or drinking beer challenges but I am sure he is working hard on all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boris Johnson \u2013 yeah, who\u2019d have thunk it. Whilst here in the UK many feel he has outstayed his welcome it would appear that in Ukraine they can\u2019t get enough of him. Fresh from having a street named after him in Fontanka, near Odesa last month, it was announced yesterday by the mayor of the city of Vasylkiv, that their \u201cnew embankment on the Stugna River … will now have the name of a great friend of Ukraine: Prime Minister Boris Johnson.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shareholders in Shell and BP as both companies post record profits<\/p>\n\n\n\n Real Madrid \u2013 showing us all how important it is to play the full 90+ minutes and to not start easing up when the clock starts ticking down<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, someone\u2019s good week is always someone else\u2019s bad one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Will Smith \u2013 the ongoing fallout from his Oscars performance leads to Dave Chappelle receiving an uninvited armed guest on stage during his act<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boris \u2013 Mr Becker this time. Not only given a prison sentence but now facing the distinct possibility of deportation \u2013 not how we thought Boom Boom\u2019s fairytale would end<\/p>\n\n\n\n Golf \u2013 as Lee Westwood (estimated net worth \u00a340 million) becomes another golfer keen to play for Saudi money and thus becoming an apologist for them. Lee, I get that other sports have taken their cash too and I get that playing golf is your job but really, no one is making you do this<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manchester City – showing us all how important it is to play the full 90+ minutes and to not start easing up when the clock starts ticking down<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wandsworth Tories \u2013 not sure they saw that coming<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hay fever sufferers \u2013 high pollen count for the next few days, you can almost see it in the air \u2013 Wayne, stay away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the rest of us, I imagine it has been a reasonably decent week, shorter than some thanks to the Bank Holiday and finishing off with a bit of sunshine, what\u2019s not to like!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, at the top I suggested opening some ros\u00e9, who\u2019s with me? I am going to start the season with our perennial best seller and a wine many of you know and love but not all of you have tasted, Ch\u00e2teau de L\u2019Aum\u00e9rade \u2018Cuv\u00e9e Marie-Christine\u2019 C\u00f4tes de Provence Cru Class\u00e9 – \u00a315.99.<\/strong> The Chateau is a 400 year old vineyard in the heart of Provence. Its red soils are rich in minerals, giving it an edge on the quality stakes amongst its neighbours. This edge was recognised in 1955 when the estate was designated \u201cCru Class\u00e9\u201d. A lovely pale salmon colour, it is indeed cracking stuff with delicate red berry fruits, slightly floral and an impressively long finish. We think it is the perfect wine for summer, great with all manner of food, or just with the Sunday papers and a deck chair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, and did I mention we also offer 6 bottles for \u00a380<\/strong>\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whilst lots of people like ros\u00e9, it doesn\u2019t rock everybody\u2019s world. For those of you who rock to a different beat, I\u2019m going to open Juli\u00e9nas-Chaintr\u00e9 Beaujolais Villages \u2018Cuv\u00e9e Six\u2019 – \u00a310.99. <\/strong>There\u2019s been a quiet revolution going on in Beaujolais, some of the smartest burgundy winemakers have been buying up parcels of land, Co-operatives have been merging and there has been a quality revamp too. This wine is from the villages of Julli\u00e9 and Emeringes, and grown on the sandy granitic soils that produce the best Gamay. Tender, round and fruity as you\u2019d expect from a pure expression of the grape variety and very tasty lightly chilled at lunchtime!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think that\u2019s about it from us for now \u2013 I just want to leave you with some further fruits of my meanderings into the worldwide web. Whilst googling Messrs Johnson and Becker I kept on being offered details of a Japanese band named BORIS, who by all accounts have been active since the earlier 90\u2019s and have a varied genre of musical influences, to wit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n experimental music, experimental rock, noise music, noise rock, experimental\/avant-garde metal, doom metal, post-metal, drone metal, sludge metal, psychedelic music, psychedelic rock, psychedelic metal, stoner rock, sludge metal, drone music, old-school industrial music, ambient music, acid rock, garage rock, shoegazing, dream pop, J-pop, crust punk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, I\u2019m sure that all you people who are far funnier than me could come up with some amazing jokes about The Johnson and The Becker using the tools provided above, so over to you, Hugh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Welcome to a sunny Friday and, with potential for a rain free weekend ahead of us, I thought I\u2019d jinx it all by opening some ros\u00e9 this evening on the tasting table\u2026 so, when you\u2019re standing under a brolly tomorrow afternoon watching under 13 cricket whilst wearing wellies with shorts (a very […]<\/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-1548","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\/1548","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=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}