{"id":208,"date":"2013-03-23T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T10:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2013-03-23T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T10:40:51","slug":"on-the-subject-of-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"On the subject of weddings…"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n

So it turns out budget day is a lot like Red Nose Day only without the jokes, charity, or record breaking sums.<\/p>\n

Scientists at Duke University in North Carolina have discovered “that for women, poor sleep is strongly associated with high levels of psychological distress, and greater feelings of hostility, depression and anger. In contrast, these feelings were not associated with the same degree of sleep disruption in men.” So gentlemen, that breakfast in bed on a Saturday morning could tactically be a good idea…just saying…<\/p>\n

Poor old Alex is beside himself with the sad news that Girls Aloud are calling it a day after all these years.<\/p>\n

Finally, on a slightly more obscure tack, news reaches us that Jedi Knights could soon be making Scotland \u2018their intergalactic wedding hub\u2019 .\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the subject of weddings… <\/b><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve found a venue, started going to church intensively, invited a hundred fans, found a caterer who is not going to charge you more than Gordon does at Royal Hospital Road, agreed on a honeymoon that combines beach and culture (and a golf course?), got a wedding list at John Lewis, booked the fancy car, ordered button-holes, maybe even tried on a dress or two… but have you sorted out the drinks?\u00a0<\/p>\n

And this is where we become your best chums ever.<\/p>\n

A bit of email tennis confirming food choices, number of guests, pet hates etc and suddenly you are\u00a0 standing in our shop living the adult version of \u2018kiddie in a sweet shop\u2019.\u00a0 We pick out a couple of bottles of bubbly, two or three whites, a similar number of reds, and perhaps even a couple of sweet wines and you know what, let\u2019s open them up and try them all!!\u00a0\u00a0 Genius, we should get married more often!?!<\/p>\n

So if you are getting married, or you know someone who is, then come and talk to us and see if we can help.\u00a0 Between us over the years, we have supplied the wine for dozens of weddings, so have a very clear idea of how the whole thing works \u2013 and you get a fab tasting to boot!<\/p>\n

Tasting this weekend<\/b><\/p>\n

This weekend we thought we\u2019d start in the white corner with a wine from Germany. Riesling Trocken Reichsrat Von Buhl \u00a314.99<\/b> is not one of your lederhosen wearing confected Liebfrau things that give us all the horrors. This is a grown up dry Riesling from Pfalz, where the Riesling has a little more weight, giving us a lively fleshiness to the palate.<\/p>\n

In the red corner we\u2019re going with Smoking Loon Cabernet Sauvignon \u00a311.99 <\/b>a classic Californian Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa. A medium-bodied with silky tannins and cinnamon tinged bramble fruit, but don\u2019t take my word for it, taste it for yourself.<\/p>\n

So there we have it, two wines for after the kids have been put to bed and the grown-ups can have a drink. Perfect for the \u201cafter eight thirty\u201d club.<\/p>\n

Nice weekend all,<\/p>\n

Wayne & Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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