Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good morning, how has your week been? I noticed we had some kind of wet substance fall from the sky yesterday morning. The park still looks like shredded wheat, but perhaps it\u2019s a start, certainly the Bank Holiday arriving normally triggers such behaviour from the skygods. Looking up and down Arthur Road it seems that parking around here is still remarkably easy so I suspect you\u2019re reading from Devon, Wales, the Lake District or Provence and that traffic will be challenging on Sunday or Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy Burnham has abandoned plans to cap political donations; it seems he was got at by vested interests that fund the Labour Party. Seems a bit of an error to me, I think we\u2019d rather the entire funding was reformed to keep the dirty money and bad influence away from our politicians. In unrelated news, it seems Thames Water is not about nationalised either. I guess that\u2019s more dirty water than dirty money, but who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the US, Facebook owner Meta has paid $18 billion to 48 states, the District of Columbia and three US territories to settle a lawsuit that claimed Facebook and Instagram harms children. There will also be a host of protective measures implemented. As you\u2019d expect, Meta claimed they have done nothing wrong. Seems a lot of money to pay to stay out of a public trial though, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In football, UEFA are pursuing criminal legal proceedings against both FIFA and Gianni Infantino over his, now binned, attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. Closer to home, ever larger amounts are changing hands in the transfer window, and rather oddly, Savinho of Manchester City has changed his name to become S\u00e0vio of Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve had the Champions League draw, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool and two Manchesters now all know who they\u2019ll be facing. There are of course other British teams available, but not in the Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Way down in the National League, a place we visit scarcely, I\u2019d just like to point out that Southend United are top. Mostly because 14 year old Wayne can\u2019t imagine writing \u201cSouthend are top\u201d. Even if it is the National League!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In real sports, La Vuelta finished stage six yesterday withTadej Poga\u010dar winning the stage (his third!) and remaining in the red jersey with a lead of over 3 minutes. He almost came a cropper on a descent, overcooking a corner and coming off the road so it\u2019s not over till it\u2019s over! Honourable mention to British Rider Matthew Brennan who has won two stages already and this is his first Grand Tour! The Tour of Britain starts next Wednesday in Lincoln with most of the world\u2019s best sprinters on the start list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In wine news, Majestic staff has, according to The Sun, been busted buying Bollinger from Sainsbury\u2019s after receiving an internal email stating \u201cPlease visit Sainsbury\u2019s today and buy as many as possible using petty cash. If there are fewer than six bottles available, top up the order using Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc to secure the 25 per cent discount.\u201d The email continued: \u201cpark in a discreet position\u201d and to \u201cwear plain clothing over your uniform so you are not recognisable as Majestic staff\u201d. Sounds all a bit peculiar to us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tasting This Weekend<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the white jersey we\u2019ll head to Haute Vall\u00e9e de l\u2019Aude in the Languedoc and start with Altugnac \u2018Turitelles\u2019 Chardonnay 2024 (\u00a315.99). <\/strong>Burgundian in style but without the Burgundian price tag. This makes a lot of sense when you learn that the two owners have a very successful Domaine in M\u00e2con and have brought their skills across to the sunny south. Refreshing acidity and notes of peach, hazelnut, all rounded off with an elegant finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharing the red jersey with Tadej will be Duas Quintas 2023 (\u00a322.49). <\/strong>The Duas Quintas of the name refers to the two Ramos Pinto Douro vineyards where the grapes for this wine are grown. The hotter Quinta de Ervamoira produces ripe rich flavoured fruit, while the high altitude Quinta dos Bons Ares adds freshness and balance. The wine has an expressive, vinous nose with spices, tobacco leaf, sweet peach and orange blossom notes. Rich and full in the mouth, with fine tannins and body followed by floral and spicy notes and a long finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, thanks to Dolly Parton for the songs, entertainment and the books, Tim Curry for playing Dr. Frank\u2019n\u2019Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov in Hunt for Red October and especially Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Good morning, how has your week been? I noticed we had some kind of wet substance fall from the sky yesterday morning. The park still looks like shredded wheat, but perhaps it\u2019s a start, certainly the Bank Holiday arriving normally triggers such behaviour from the skygods. Looking up and down Arthur Road […]<\/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-2130","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\/2130","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=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions\/2131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}