{"id":1914,"date":"2025-01-10T15:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:10:15","slug":"sing-a-long-january-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1914","title":{"rendered":"Sing-a-long January Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Babe, I love you so, I want you to know\u2026<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>That I&#8217;m gonna miss your love, the minute you walk out that door<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>So please don&#8217;t go &#8211; don&#8217;t go &#8211; don&#8217;t go away<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Please don&#8217;t go &#8211; don&#8217;t go &#8211; I&#8217;m begging you to stay<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wise words, written by KC &amp; the Sunshine Band in 1979, covered by KWS in 1992 and sung by wine merchants all over the country this week, these are sentiments that straddle the generations.&nbsp; Welcome to January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A quick admin note though, before we get stuck in \u2013 as often happens in January, there are tastings galore.&nbsp; As a result, we will be closed all day on Tuesday 14<sup>th<\/sup> January to attend some important ones \u2013 apologies, we will be open on Monday and Wednesday onwards\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to it now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s been a brutal start to the year.&nbsp; The Trump caravan has wobbled into town and the attendant nuttiness has perhaps set a benchmark for the months to come.&nbsp; If a man can actively suggest that Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal should now be part of the USA then I fear we can project what his thoughts might be regarding Ukraine becoming part of Russia.&nbsp; Meanwhile his current crush, Mr Musk, famous for dabbling in marijuana and ketamine, has clearly had his doors of perception opened so wide that he has time travelled more than 10 years back in time and has concluded that an individual, whose career has focused on fighting for women and victims of sexual violence, is in fact a witch and should be in prison.&nbsp; Welcome to January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s cold.&nbsp; Whilst we live in a London bubble, even here we have seen the mercury touch below zero and rumour has it snowflakes have been spotted, sporadically.&nbsp; Around the country the news is less appealing and doesn\u2019t seem to be getting better.&nbsp; Flooding in York, snow and ice chaos in Devon whilst Northumberland looks like a lunar landscape &#8211; welcome to January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which all begs the obvious question, what on earth would possess anyone to welcome a \u2018dry\u2019 January?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just to add to all this mirth, a quick look ahead to what is going to happen on February 1<sup>st<\/sup>.&nbsp; Currently, the duty on wines between 11.5% and 14.5% has been set at a standard rate.&nbsp; However, in February, new duty rates will come in to force, meaning a rise in price on most wines, since the new rates will now be on a sliding scale with duty dependent on alcohol content \u2013 effectively every 0.1% ABV will be subject to a different tariff.&nbsp; Thankfully, the ABV for most wine in the UK increases in 0.5% jumps, so that is a small mercy.&nbsp; To cut to the chase, every wine over 12% will go up in price with the hardest hit being those at 14.5% where a bottle will immediately cost 65 pence more when we buy them!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps it might be worth buying a few bottles before the end of the month which segues quite nicely into my next paragraph\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JANUARY SPECIAL OFFER \u2013 SIX BOTTLES FOR THE PRICE OF FIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of you may find this offer familiar, as indeed you should.&nbsp; This is our annual kick-start the year\/make money to pay the VAT bill\/encourage people across the threshold strategy which we have done every year since 2011 \u2013 and it works for us and hopefully it works for you too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.666% OFF SIX BOTTLES <\/strong>is another way of putting it, for those that are good at mental arithmetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, the offer goes on until 31<sup>st<\/sup> January and applies to most of the wines in the shop \u2013 in fact, we\u2019ve attached a current wine list, should you fancy a perusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst we\u2019re talking attachments, we\u2019ve also attached the notes for this month\u2019s WINE CLUB wines.&nbsp; For those of you that don\u2019t know, each month we select 6 wines for \u00a375 and 6 wines for \u00a3100 that we think you might like.&nbsp; The way the club works is simple \u2013 give us your email address and at the start of each month we\u2019ll send you the notes and you can decide whether they tickle your fancy.&nbsp; Should you be tickled, you just need to respond affirmatively and we\u2019ll deliver them to you at a mutually convenient time.&nbsp; There are no strings or fees, just the cost of the wines, so you can dip in and out at will.&nbsp; It\u2019s very simple, just let us know if you fancy joining in\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month the \u00a375 case includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Cave de Turckheim Riesling 2021, Alsace, France<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>De Wetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay 2023, Robertson, South Africa<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Orovela Cuv\u00e9e Chandrebi 2007, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Cantine Povero Barbera D\u2019Asti \u2018Dianae\u2019 2023, Piemonte, Italy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Famiglia Bianchi Malbec 2022, Mendoza, Argentina<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Palacio del Camino Real Reserva 2017, Rioja, Spain<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst the \u00a3100 case contains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Domaine Jouan Menetou Salon 2023, Loire, France<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Max Ferd. Richter \u2018Zeppelin\u2019 Riesling 2023, M\u00fclheimer Sonnenlay, Mosel, Germany<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Meerlust Chardonnay 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Chateau de Paraza \u2018Cuv\u00e9e Sp\u00e9ciale\u2019 2020, Minervois, France<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Finca Bacara \u2018Time Waits For No One\u2019 2022, Jumilla, Spain<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2018La C\u00f4te Sauvage&#8217; Cairanne 2021, Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To whet your whistles, this weekend we\u2019ll be opening the orange wine from Georgia &#8211; <strong>Orovela Cuv\u00e9e Chandrebi 2007 &#8211; \u00a312.99 <\/strong>and then for the red, a new listing,<strong>Famiglia Bianchi Malbec 2022 &#8211; \u00a314.99<\/strong> which seems appropriate for the current climate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it from us; we\u2019ll leave you with these last words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Don&#8217;t you, forget about me<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>As you walk on by, will you call my name?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>As you walk on by, will you call my name?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>When you walk away, or will you walk away?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Over and Out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Wine Lovers, Wise words, written by KC &amp; the Sunshine Band in 1979, covered by KWS in 1992 and sung by wine merchants all over the country this week, these are sentiments that straddle the generations.&nbsp; Welcome to January 2025. 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