Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week we learned that 211 Conservative either think that the Prime Minister is doing a good job or that they hadn\u2019t actually listened to the question. Mad Nads set the record straight with a live to TV intervention that\u2019s stated, amongst other things, we were at war with Ukraine, and that Boris had to survive, because donors had given more than \u00a380m to the party coffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps the question is what about him that makes them more likely to donate? Is it the money flagged in the New York Times as alleged money laundering? If we found out would we have to involve the coppers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you see any of the comments after the vote and wonder how the Speaker\u2019s investigation into Class A\u2019s on the parliamentary estate was coming along? Anyway, we\u2019ve all been assured that it was a resounding victory and that the public just wants the government to deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deliver what exactly we\u2019re not sure, we have world beating petrol prices already, levelling down seems more likely than up, and the chances of all those new hospitals being delivered is less likely than Elvis Presley performing at Wimbledon Theatre on Saturday. Meanwhile Domino\u2019s have confirmed they wouldn\u2019t put the government in charge of delivering tonight\u2019s pizza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst all this high stakes political drama was happening in Westminster, the real world launched itself into eight weeks of Love Island. We can\u2019t claim to have any expertise in this area, but understand that it, too, is high stakes drama set in a villa in Mallorca. The dress code is swimmers and bikinis and at the end one lucky couple are declared the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other news, the PGA Tour has suspended members for playing this week\u2019s Saudi funded Liv Golf tournament at the Centurion Club. Not sure that rates as a Nice One Centurion! Already high on the controversial list we suspect this one will run and run\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flushed with success at Lord\u2019s the England Test Cricket team pitches up at Trent Bridge today to face NZ in the second test, let\u2019s see what this ground brings us eh? Pitch is a touch on the green side I understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In real sports, the Crit\u00e9rium de Dauphin\u00e9 currently has Wout Van Aert in the yellow jersey and Ethan Hayter in the young riders white jersey. I do find it slightly disturbing that I\u2019ve got a couple of bottles of wine that\u2019s older than him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next week we have the Tour de Suisse rolling in and if a nod is as good as a wink, keep an eye out for Hugh Carthy! Tour de France time is truly creeping up on us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday is World Gin Day so we\u2019ll take this opportunity to highlight our offering\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eclectic Gin Society – Original Blend (\u00a335.00)<\/strong> – distilled at Kinrara Distillery in the Cairngorm National Park, this is a cracking London style gin distilled in small batches.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hepple Gin (\u00a338.00) \u2013 <\/strong>our bestseller, this is from a Northumberland estate that is lucky to have their own juniper and is at the forefront of a replanting initiative to conserve wild juniper in the UK. The gin is described by Victoria Moore: \u201cIt might be the best martini gin I\u2019ve ever tasted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Renegade Gin (\u00a338.00) <\/strong>\u2013 distilled in Battersea, by Braden who lives around the corner, these guys are the only ones in London starting right from scratch with grain. A punchy style of gin with juniper, citrus and herbs to the front with a lovely dry finish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eclectic Gin – The Spice Blend (\u00a339.00) <\/strong>\u2013 again made for us at Kinrara; botanicals used are Juniper, Coriander, Liquorice, Angelica, Orange, Grapefruit, Cardamom, Grains of Paradise, Cassia and All Spice. Try it with tonic and a slice of ginger!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Procera Blue Dot Gin (\u00a380.00)<\/strong> \u2013 we went a bit off the reservation with this one quite frankly. Distilled in Nairobi Kenya at 1638m altitude, it is the only gin using the African strain of Juniper (Juniperus Procera). With botanicals from Zanzibar, Madagascar, Kenya, Morocco, Sierra Leone and Somalia it\u2019s a truly African gin. Earthy, spicy and slightly nutty, with a fabulous floral note to the juniper and a crisp finish. 96\/100 at the International Wine & Spirits Competition 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tasting This Weekend<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For those not drinking gin and tonic all weekend we shall open Domaine Jouan Menetou Salon 2020(\u00a315.99). <\/strong>These guys have 4 hectares of Sancerre and 1 hectare of Menetou Salon, but it\u2019s the Menetou we love, and not just for the price! Crisp and elegant, do you agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ll stay French and sunny on the reds too with Juli\u00e9nas-Chaintr\u00e9 Fleurie \u2018Cuv\u00e9e Sept\u2019 2020 (\u00a314.99) <\/strong>Fleurie is probably the best known Cru Beaujolais and is sometimes referred to as “The Queen of Beaujolais”, so well regarded are its smooth, supple reds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bon Weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, This week we learned that 211 Conservative either think that the Prime Minister is doing a good job or that they hadn\u2019t actually listened to the question. Mad Nads set the record straight with a live to TV intervention that\u2019s stated, amongst other things, we were at war with Ukraine, and that […]<\/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-1560","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\/1560","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=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1561,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions\/1561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}