Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, Wednesday was nice, wasn\u2019t it, and we know this thanks to The Daily Express who, for the first time this year, was able to use some of their favourite headlines: Met Office maps show 25 areas hotter than Ibiza as 26C scorcher hits Wednesday – full list<\/em> (Tuesday 07\/04\/26) followed by Met Office names 33 hottest UK areas over next 3 days as 26C ‘mini heatwave’ hits<\/em> (Wednesday 08\/04\/26) \u2013 Ibiza must be so embarrassed. The Daily Mirror, not wishing to be outdone, told us: Met Office declares hottest day of year \u2013 but maps reveal snow just hours away<\/em> \u2013 surprisingly, no comparisons with Ibiza here\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given this coverage, it appears that Wednesday was a day without much noteworthy news from anywhere else experiencing high temperatures, like the middle east, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fairness, whilst we mock, there was a small patch in the back of our minds that went to bed on Tuesday night wondering if Trump was going to go nuclear. The man who has been \u201cblasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!\u201d<\/em>, has promised that \u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,\u201d<\/em> and has requested that they \u201cOpen the *$!?\/#@ Strait, you crazy ba234rds, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.\u201d<\/em> Thankfully, the POTUS is a stable, reflective and moderate sort of chap, so a ceasefire was always part of his great masterplan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So that\u2019s the Straits of Hormuz re-opened, business as usual, time to move on, nothing to see here, to the victor the spoils, time to invade Greenland\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back here in the UK, we\u2019re coming to the end of another 4-day week and, when you have some nice weather in the middle of it, it\u2019s easy to get distracted from the day-to-day stuff, which often means big events go unreported or at least get buried behind more pressing meteorological headlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, whilst breakfasting the other day, Wayne abruptly looked up from his copy of The Thunderer, simultaneously dropping his marmalade toast whilst splurting a mouthful of coffee over Alex\u2019s hidden copy of Viz\u2026 \u2018what the devil is this wickedness?\u2019<\/em>, he exclaimed, thrusting the freshly pressed broadsheet beneath his companion\u2019s conk, who adjusted his glasses and proceeded to read the headline out loud: \u2018Gentleman\u2019s Relish fans hope for pot luck as production stopped\u2019.<\/em> And he went on: \u201cWhile we recognise that this Victorian relish has a niche and loyal following, it sadly does not have wider commercial appeal and, despite our best efforts, retailer distribution has dwindled. With Gentleman\u2019s Relish no longer commercially viable and unable to secure a buyer for the brand, we regrettably stopped production earlier this year.\u201d<\/em> Almost 200 years of Patum Peperium\u2019s anchovy-based fun gone, just like that, without a word of goodbye\u2026 Marmite, you\u2019ve got some big boots to fill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having recovered from this upset, the day continued without too much further ado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following on from the excitements of the Boat Race and Manchester City\u2019s march towards the domestic treble this weekend sees us watching the Augusta Masters with one eye (Marco Penge e\/w 80-1; Keegan Bradley e\/w 150-1 10 places) with the other glancing towards the Grand National (Oscars Brother 14-1 e\/w; Mr Vango 66-1 e\/w). The Women\u2019s Six Nations will also gather our attention \u2013 hopefully England can do better here than the men did early this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now to wine\u2026 this weekend we\u2019ll be opening an old favourite and a new wine that Wayne discovered at a recent tasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macia Batle Margalida Llompart 2023 – \u00a326.49 – <\/strong>Bodegas Maci\u00e0 Batle has been making wines in Mallorca since 1856. This one is a blend of Prensal Blanc, a local variety, and Chardonnay. It is an almost translucent yellow colour with greenish reflections, with an intense bouquet of tropical fruit, peach, grapefruit, apple and fennel. The palate is satisfying with ripe peach flavours and a creamy fleshiness that hangs around nicely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The red is from C\u00f4tes Catalanes, right down near Perpignan. Famille Lafage C\u00f4t\u00e9 Sud 2023 – \u00a317.49<\/strong> is a Grenache-Syrah blend from old vines grown in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Open, lively black fruit, a toasted herby note with a touch of pepper and hint of spice. Lovely and juicy in the mouth, a wine that you\u2019ll quickly be pouring a second glass of and exactly what we like about reds from this neck of the woods\u2026 would it work with Scotch Woodcock?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, pop by and have a taste, have a chat and have a lovely weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Well, Wednesday was nice, wasn\u2019t it, and we know this thanks to The Daily Express who, for the first time this year, was able to use some of their favourite headlines: Met Office maps show 25 areas hotter than Ibiza as 26C scorcher hits Wednesday – full list (Tuesday 07\/04\/26) followed by […]<\/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-2078","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\/2078","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=2078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions\/2079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}