Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We find ourselves in a quandary this week. We were about to announce 55.2% tariffs against the landlord, Merton Council and our energy company. We pay them all money every single month and not one of them has ever purchased a bottle of wine in here. Then we saw that Trump had announced: “This is a GREAT time to move your COMPANY into the United States of America, like Apple, and so many others, in record numbers, are doing. ZERO TARIFFS, and almost immediate Electrical\/Energy hook ups and approvals. No Environmental Delays. DON\u2019T WAIT, DO IT NOW!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Knowing his reputation for speaking the truth, we immediately looked into the cost of flights, a container for our stock and the cost of suitable premises. Then it hit us, those ZERO TARIFFS don\u2019t apply to our stock, the walk from the tube might be a bit far for most of you and the Polo is an unsuitable delivery vehicle for crossing the Atlantic Ocean. So we\u2019re staying put, watching from the side-lines, and wondering whether to laugh, cry or just have another glass of wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the meantime, we all have a 90 day breather of only 10% tariffs unless you\u2019re China. The news arrived a couple of hours after a tweet that stated \u201cTHIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!DJT\u201d Apparently, it was Trump\u2019s plan all along, and nothing to do with the Bond Market increasing the price of Government Debt. The stock markets all went back up again. If only the newly slimmed down Securities and Exchange Commission had some staff to look into insider trading I suspect there would be stories to tell on both sides of the house!<\/p>\n\n\n\n How have you been enjoying the sunshine? I had a spin on the bike early Tuesday morning and was a little surprised to see pockets of frost! Definitely should have had a warmer top on! The blossom is all rather stunning as well; let\u2019s take those wins where we can get them, eh? I\u2019ve spent half the week letting dozy bees out of the back window!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the wine world there\u2019s talk of bottles being made from aluminium on the great green frontier. Quick to chill, infinitely recyclable, low weight for shipping all seem to be in its favour. Quick to chill\u2019s obvious flipside is quick to warm up once out of the fridge. Seems a good idea in principle but can you see Domaine Leroy popping their Meursault in an aluminium vessel? Is it a bottle or a bottle shaped can? What about the Appellation rules where they specify bottle shape? So many questions but, on the face of it, a relatively sound idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In proper sports this weekend sees the return of the \u2018Hell of the North\u2019. The route from Paris to Roubaix with all its terrifying cobbles is, as usual, providing the parcours. Will Tadej Poga\u010dar be the first to enter the velodrome on his debut, will Neilson Powless snaffle it from a group of Visma riders, or will Wout van Aert get his name in the showers at last? Wout almost came off yesterday with a puncture on his recon, so let\u2019s hope that\u2019s got that out of the way! In the women\u2019s race it seems Lotte Kopecky is the nailed on favourite, but Elisa Balsamo, who was second last year, is on some fine form winning midweek. That said, you can\u2019t rule out Alison Jackson repeating her 2023 exploits! There\u2019s a slight chance of some early morning rain, so it could be just a bit slippery on the cobbles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tasting This Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We thought we\u2019d go with Domaine d\u2019Altugnac \u2018Les Turitelles\u2019 Chardonnay 2023 (\u00a315.99) <\/strong>Childhood friends, Christian Collovray and Jean-Luc Terrier each grew up in a family of winemakers and shared a bond from a young age. They became closer still, when they married sisters, Brigitte and Florence, also from a winemaking family. They now boast two properties, Domaine des Deux Roches in M\u00e2con and Domaine Altugnac in Languedoc which means you\u2019ve got Burgundy winemakers bringing all their skill and experience to their property in Limoux \u2013 what\u2019s not to like?! Bursting with white floral aromatics and a touch of citrus on the palate, followed by a concentrated and lingering finish this is a complete joy, perfect any day of the week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne Villages \u2018Les Coteaux\u2019 2023, Rh\u00f4ne, France (\u00a313.99). <\/strong>Common practice in the C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne is to bottle the best cuv\u00e9es as a single named Village wine and the rest as basic Rh\u00f4ne Villages. The philosophy here, on the other hand, is to start with the intention of making the very best C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne Villages possible. They source wine from the vineyards of named villages and enrich them with a small proportion of barrel-aged wine from Sablet, S\u00e9guret and Cairanne. The results are fabulous, as you can taste here, with well-balanced brambly fruit and soft tannin that is bang on the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EASTER OPENING HOURS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 17th<\/sup> April – Noon – 7PM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good Friday 18th<\/sup> April – Noon – 5PM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday 19th<\/sup> April – Noon – 5PM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Easter Sunday 20th<\/sup> April – CLOSED<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Easter Monday 21st<\/sup> April – CLOSED<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday 22nd<\/sup> April \u2013 As you were \u2013 Noon \u2013 7pm!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, F Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s The Great Gatsby<\/strong> was 100 years old yesterday so we\u2019ll leave you with: \u201cI couldn\u2019t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy\u2014they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, We find ourselves in a quandary this week. We were about to announce 55.2% tariffs against the landlord, Merton Council and our energy company. We pay them all money every single month and not one of them has ever purchased a bottle of wine in here. 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