Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another week, another weather report, another update on our sartorial selections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our very own Angus Young continues to don his tailored shorts whilst Captain Birdseye still seems ready to embark on a 3 day fishing trip in particularly squally weather. This is probably because the eternal schoolboy believes the BBC when it tells him \u2018temperatures forecast to hit 29c by Friday\u2019 <\/em>whilst the salty seadog\u2019s 2 day old copy of the Daily Mirror highlights \u2018Exactly where thunderstorms will hit UK as rainfall warning issued by Met Office\u2019.<\/em> One of them will be correct, possibly both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that\u2019s the end of the news for this week because, frankly, there\u2019s not a single headline that makes for happy reading \u2013 why are people so rotten to each other, all the time, everywhere?<\/p>\n\n\n\n So instead, we went down an internet wormhole earlier this week, as is our wont, and ended up discovering what the words cupboard, embarrassment and bamboo all have in common. Any ideas? No? Well it was our wormhole, so we\u2019ll tell you later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This weekend sees the annual festival of awful greeting cards as we celebrate Father\u2019s Day. And I mean truly awful cards. My father, a man of a certain age let\u2019s say given my own receding hairline, doesn\u2019t want a card with a racing car on the front and some rubbish about how he great he is at driving and how great he is at being a Dad \u2013 I\u2019m not 10 years old Hallmark, there are grown-up\u2019s with Dad\u2019s too! How about a card that has a bottle of wine and two glasses on the front and a message inside that says something like \u2018Fancy sharing a bottle sometime soon?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what\u2019s the difference between your Dad telling your friends an embarrassing story from your younger, needier days and a collection of Pandas? Nothing apparently, they\u2019re both an embarrassment! Yes, indeed, the wormhole told us that the collective terms for pandas can be a cupboard, a bamboo or an embarrassment! Why an embarrassment? AI informs us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018the exact origin is unclear, it is widely believed to have emerged online or in informal discussions rather than having a historical, scientific, or linguistic root. The term plays on the perception of them as being clumsy, lazy, and sometimes embarrassing in their behaviour, especially due to their fondness for bamboo and their somewhat limited activity.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Father\u2019s Day \u2013 Sunday 15th<\/sup> June and also, Happy Birthday to Nigel Walker, 62, the insanely quick former Welsh Rugby Player with the ability to drop the pass on both wings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In real sport, where they have no need to catch a ball, I\u2019m told it\u2019s the start of the Tour de Suisse this weekend which doesn\u2019t sound terribly flat to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No interesting wine news this week \u2013 it still tastes great and we have plenty for all of you, just say the word. To help with your decision making process, the wines open this weekend will be from Spain and Austria, no rationale behind this decision, just fancied opening them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Palacio del Camino Real Blanco 2023 – \u00a311.99 \u2013 <\/strong>we love a drop of white Rioja and this is a cracking blend of Viura, Malvasia and Grenache Blanc grown in the higher vineyards of Rioja Alta. Pale yellow in the glass, with lovely fresh aromas of stone fruit and citrus, framed with a touch of vanilla from a couple of months lazing around in the barrel. Exceptionally food friendly but equally has enough character to be well chilled should Wayne\u2019s weather forecast be correct!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The red is a new listing for us. We\u2019ve had their Gr\u00fcner Veltliner on the shelf for a few years and now have added Funkstille Zweigelt 2023 – \u00a315.49.<\/strong> These guys are the good guys. All work in the vineyard is carried out sustainably, using their own fertilisers made from grape skins, manure and straw from their fields, to improve the soil structure and vitality of their vines. Grapes are harvested in the early morning and taken to their energy neutral winery, where they are pressed with the must, then transferred into stainless steel tanks for fermentation. However, forget all that, our notes for this describe cherries on the nose, a lovely fresh palate that is joyfully juicy and very, very drinkable! Apparently, Funkstille translates as \u2018radio silence\u2019 so find a quiet spot in the garden, turn off the devices and enjoy it, perhaps even lightly chilled!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unless it\u2019s raining\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it for this week. As a quick heads up, we\u2019ll be opening a bit later on Tuesday 17th<\/sup> June<\/strong> as we have to go to a quick tasting in Islington which only starts at noon but we should be back in the trenches by 3pm, if you can hang on\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember, it\u2019s always better to be known as an embarrassment than a cupboard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Another week, another weather report, another update on our sartorial selections. Our very own Angus Young continues to don his tailored shorts whilst Captain Birdseye still seems ready to embark on a 3 day fishing trip in particularly squally weather. 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