{"id":2052,"date":"2026-01-30T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:57:13","slug":"any-of-you-dry-janners-well-done-welcome-back-now-dont-do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"Any of you Dry-Janners, well done, welcome back, now don\u2019t do it again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoop, whoop-di-whoop, it\u2019s the 30<sup>th<\/sup> January!&nbsp; The first and worst month is drawing to a close and February is ready to go\u2026 however, before we get carried away, some important admin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>As a reminder, tomorrow, Saturday 31<sup>st<\/sup> January, we will be closing promptly at 6pm as we need to be elsewhere in a hurry!<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tuesday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> February we will be opening a bit later, as we need to attend a supplier tasting in the City but we should be back by 3pm.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The famous January sale, 6 for 5 etc etc etc will finish on Saturday 31<sup>st<\/sup> January, at close of play.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We still have a number of spaces available on our Wine &amp; Cheese Tasting on Thursday 12<sup>th<\/sup> February \u2013 starts at 7.30pm &#8211; \u00a330 per person (tickets need to be purchased in advance) \u2013 don\u2019t miss out!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Right, enough of that, more of this.&nbsp; I won\u2019t be telling you anything you don\u2019t know but frankly, it\u2019s been another week worth forgetting.&nbsp; Hosepipe bans have finally been lifted all over the country and our Exeter correspondent tells us that since they have already had 222% of their expected January rainfall, the local Wetherspoons has also experienced a 222% increase in takings.&nbsp; Spooners \u2013 keeping the southwest saturated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of pubs, this week\u2019s government U-turn announcement was that pubs and music venues would receive a rates relief package giving a 15% discount and then a two-year freeze in real terms, followed by a change in revaluation methods before 2029.&nbsp; Hooray, I hear you say and you\u2019d be right, they\u2019ve saved the pub!&nbsp; However, what about wine bars and restaurants, why haven\u2019t they been afforded the same treatment?&nbsp; Shouldn\u2019t pubs and bars and restaurants all be under the same umbrella, don\u2019t they offer similar services?&nbsp; How can the government be so inept and unable to see the whole picture \u2013 oh, wait a minute\u2026 During Covid, one of the rumoured reasons for why we were allowed to stay open as \u2018essential\u2019 was based on the idea that since the supermarkets were allowed to sell alcohol, we should also be allowed to, in order to prevent them having an advantage\/a monopoly\/taking away our business.&nbsp; I know it\u2019s different now to 2020 but surely the caf\u00e9s, restaurants and wine bars are being disadvantaged for no good reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect an imminent U-turn addendum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, the Australian Open tennis continues in sweltering heat and we\u2019ve got a Brit in the Men\u2019s Doubles final.&nbsp; Another Brit, Emma Raducanu (2021 US Open Winner) has parted ways with her 9<sup>th<\/sup> coach since that slam win, a man whose CV includes being a coach to Rafa Nadal for 17 years, during which time he won 22 Grand Slams.&nbsp; It\u2019s not me, it\u2019s you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of faded sporting glory, Tottenham Hotspur FC (First Division Winners 1950\u201351 &amp; 1960\u201361) who can just about score a goal a game in the Premiership and have only won 7 games thus far, somehow managed to finish 4<sup>th<\/sup> in the Champions League first round.&nbsp; They won 5 of their 8 matches, scored 17 goals and have a coach who looks baffled by the whole thing \u2013 perhaps Francisco Roig might be able to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we\u2019re February bound, we are also Six Nations bound.&nbsp; In a first, France will be playing Ireland on Thursday night (5<sup>th<\/sup> February) which is clearly a fixture scheduled with travelling fans in mind rather than big money TV deals.&nbsp; They claim that they don\u2019t want to clash with the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics that takes place on Friday but I\u2019m honestly not sure how much audience crossover there would be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back here in SW19 we\u2019ve decided that the wines on tasting this weekend will be French.&nbsp; With the risk of a 222% tariff being put on their wines exported to the USA, we thought they could do with some help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The white, with a nod to their President, will be <strong>Genetie M\u00e2c<\/strong><em>(r)<\/em><strong>on Charnay \u2018Les Piliers\u2019 2023 \u2013 \u00a317.49.&nbsp; <\/strong>Charnay is one of the smallest of the M\u00e2con Villages, also renowned as one of the best.&nbsp; The name Genetie is from an engraving on a protected pillar at the estate.&nbsp; The wine is excellent, crisp and mineral with spring floral notes and stone fruit character and a full citrusy palate with a lingering finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The red, with a nod to the weather, is a classic claret.&nbsp; <strong>Ch\u00e2teau Curton La Perri\u00e8re 2020 &#8211; \u00a318.29 <\/strong>was a new one to us late last year.&nbsp; It is 100% Merlot from 30-year-old vines grown on clay and limestone just 15km south of St \u00c9milion.&nbsp; Blah, blah, soil types grapes\u2026 I know.&nbsp; To put it another way perhaps we could say<em>\u2026 \u201cthis is like a Pomerol for less than \u00a320. &nbsp;Form an orderly queue!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That must be it from us, and it needs to be, as my hands have gone numb from the cold.&nbsp; Any of you Dry-Janners, well done, welcome back, now don\u2019t do it again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sant\u00e9!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Wine Lovers, Whoop, whoop-di-whoop, it\u2019s the 30th January!&nbsp; The first and worst month is drawing to a close and February is ready to go\u2026 however, before we get carried away, some important admin: Right, enough of that, more of this.&nbsp; I won\u2019t be telling you anything you don\u2019t know but frankly, it\u2019s been another [&hellip;]<\/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-2052","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\/2052","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=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}