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Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/span><\/p>\n Lulling them into a false sense of security<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Lions lose their last warm up game, the English cricketers lose to Sri Lanka but proceed to the finals of the Champions Trophy, Andy Murray \u2018couldn\u2019t even walk up stairs\u2019 a few weeks ago but now wins Queens, and Justin Rose, well let\u2019s just say that missing the cut in his first 21 professional appearances probably makes him King Lull.<\/span><\/p>\n Rain, Rain, go away!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The board outside our shop says: one day it\u2019s rain, one day it\u2019s shine but everyday it\u2019s wine… <\/i><\/strong>This might not be so true for the producers in Vouvray (Loire Valley, France) this year, who were bombarded with hail stones the size of golf balls early on Monday morning, which destroyed the vines at a delicate time in grape production.\u00a0 The hail also destroyed roofs and dented cars, smashed windows etc so, all in all, a disaster.\u00a0 If you enjoy your off-dry Chenin Blanc then I suggest you buy now rather than wait for anything from 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n Gandolfini<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Never a huge fan of the Sopranos but it seems incredibly untimely that a man who only really hit the big time in his forties should not be able to reap the rewards very far into his fifties.\u00a0 Carpe diem.<\/span><\/p>\n Any news?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Being in the habit of always starting a newspaper from the back, I feel ill-suited to make any pithy comment on current affairs.\u00a0 However, when the P of the USA refers to the Jeffrey, creator of power ballad \u2018On the wings of Love\u2019, in place of our beloved Chancellor, George, much mirth ensues.\u00a0 And to think our Second Lord of the Treasury was quoted, when questioned on adopting George as his nom de guerre in place of Gideon, as saying: Life was easier as a George; it was a straightforward name.\u00a0 <\/i>Until now!<\/span><\/p>\n Wine and Cheese<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Another successful event last night, filled to the gills with fine wine and cheese.\u00a0 The next one in July is sold out, and we\u2019ll take a break over the summer, but come September we\u2019ll be back in the dairy, separating our curds from our whey, ready for the new season of tastings \u2013 watch this space!<\/span><\/p>\n Weekend Wine Worship<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As ever we will be opening a couple of bottles for you to sniff, swirl, sip, spit (the last one is entirely up to you!).\u00a0 From the fridge, looking resplendent in his crisp white robes, we have Saint-V\u00e9ran 2009 <\/b>from Domaine Botti (14.99) <\/b>a deeply satisfying white burgundy with ripe apple notes, a touch of minerality and a crisp clean finish.\u00a0 Off the shelf, a cheeky red with a whiff of the Vatican about him, we have Cuv\u00e9e Jean-Paul 2011 (7.29) <\/b>a rouge from Vaucluse, in the southern Rhone \u2013 a classic Grenache-Syrah blend, very gluggable and delicious all the way to the bottom of the bottle!<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s it from us and I\u2019ll finish as I started.\u00a0 It\u2019s Wimbledon from Monday, a fortnight of campers in the park, visitors emerging from Wimbledon Park Tube to discover that Southfields would have been more convenient, and British tennis victories to be applauded.\u00a0 If you need a drop of patriotic, celebratory bubbles then look no further than Gusbourne Estate Blanc de Blancs 2008 (31.99) <\/b>a superb sparkler from Kent\u00a0 that has just been quietly going about its business, making top-notch wines and winning awards, whilst other producers make a lot of noise and blather.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about the lulling…<\/span><\/p>\n Over and Out.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t be serious, man. YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! That ball was on the line! Chalk flew up! It was clearly in! You guys are the absolute pits of the world\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n 32 years ago, wow!<\/span><\/p>\n Alex & Wayne<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Lulling them into a false sense of security The Lions lose their last warm up game, the English cricketers lose to Sri Lanka but proceed to the finals of the Champions Trophy, Andy Murray \u2018couldn\u2019t even walk up stairs\u2019 a few weeks ago but now wins Queens, and Justin Rose, well let\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","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\/254","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=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}