{"id":179,"date":"2013-01-25T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2013-01-25T13:32:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:32:16","slug":"cairanne-wine-school-haggis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Cairanne, Wine School, Haggis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n

WALES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Poor old Swansea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They have had a superb season, have flown through the league cup and made the final, even without the help of ballboy Morgan. They have become everyone\u2019s favourite welsh football team (didn\u2019t know you had\/needed a favourite Welsh team? well you do now!) but still, come the finals, they face a no win situation.\u00a0 If they beat Bradford they destroy that Roy of the Rovers dream finale that the press and the public yearn for, and if they lose, well they lose, and everyone questions how a team that beat Chelsea 2-0 over two legs can lose 5-1 on a wet February day at Wembley….<\/p>\n

SCOTLAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So that\u2019s Wales done, we now move onto the Scots…<\/p>\n

Fair fa\u2019 your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftan o\u2019 the Puddin-race!<\/em><\/p>\n

… (INSERT MANY MORE SCOTTISH VERSES HERE)…<\/p>\n

But, if ye wish her gratefu\u2019 pray\u2019r, Gie her a Haggis!<\/em><\/p>\n

Scots, both imitation and true, will be reciting the whole of Mr. Burns\u2019 masterpiece this evening as the Ode to a Haggis gets its annual outing and bottles of whisky get drained in exuberant toasts.\u00a0 We do sell Whisky should the demand rise, but to quote another lyric (The Silver Tassie) by this most famous Scotsman:<\/p>\n

Go fetch to me a pint o wine, And fill it in a silver tassie;<\/em><\/p>\n

We can offer wine in measures exceeding the requested pint and would happily recommend La Cuv\u00e9e Belv\u00e9d\u00e8re 2010 Cairanne<\/strong> \u00a311.49<\/strong> from the southern Rhone as a bonnie haggis wine \u2013 ripe berry fruits with hints of rich black coffee too and some intriguingly savoury characteristics on the finish \u2013 pure dead brilliant!<\/p>\n

IRELAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BOD loses rugby captaincy after many, many, many years – too many?<\/p>\n

ENGLAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As January races on and Christmas is now only eleven months away, it\u2019s time for a couple of Park Vintners January traditions to be put to bed for another year.<\/p>\n

First up, last call for the last few places on our WINE SCHOOL<\/strong> \u2013 it starts next Wednesday at 8pm here in the shop and we still can squeeze a couple more of you in.\u00a0 Umming and aahing time is over \u2013 if you need a bit more info we have attached the PDF or alternatively come in and have a chat.\u00a0 Or phone us if you want.\u00a0 Email would also work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.\u201d<\/em> -B.B. King.<\/p>\n

Second up, 6 for 5<\/strong>.\u00a0 Many of you have taken the opportunity to re-vitalise your new year cellars, but for those of you that haven\u2019t, this mammoth 16.66%<\/strong> discount period folds up its deckchair and heads off for an eleven month break as of close of play Saturday.\u00a0 As of Monday we\u2019ll be back to the normal 5% off 6 and 10% off 12<\/strong> mechanic which means we will now be able to look the bank manager squarely in the eye once more.<\/p>\n

So to recap<\/p>\n