{"id":358,"date":"2014-02-14T17:20:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2014-02-14T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T16:22:42","slug":"tastings-gusbourne-estate-cahors-wine-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Tastings, Gusbourne Estate, Cahors, Wine and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

As we all open cards, buy double priced roses,<\/span> and wonder if heart shape chocolates were really the best idea;<\/span> I would just mention that, along with Ambrose of Milan, St Valentine is the Patron Saint of Beekeepers. Does that mean a jar of honey may have been better than those chocs? For any late adopters we\u2019re here till 8 and have some cold fizz in the fridge!<\/span><\/p>\n

On the subject of cold, the Winter Olympics are progressing over in Sochi, Team GB are currently lying 23rd<\/sup> in the medal table but have high hopes in both curling and tin tray<\/s> skeleton with Lizzy Yarnold in the lead for the ladies and set to launch herself down the mountain at 90 mph later today. I remember having a go at that as a kid. Fearless, then mostly tired and wet, I was in so much trouble when I got home. The tray was never much good for teacups after that!<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere the Olympic legacy is alive and well with a large increase in both canoeing and windsurfing since Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Wine News<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The folks at Gusbourne Estate in Kent (we sell their delicious Gusbourne Estate Blanc de Blancs 2009 – \u00a331.99<\/b><\/i>)<\/b> are featured in today\u2019s Independent (page 47 I\u2019m told) but I read it on their website. <\/span><\/p>\n

Go and have a look.<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/features\/pick-of-the-bunch-sparkling-wines-from-kents-gusbourne-estates-are-winning-top-awards-9127110.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What we did this week\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed we have opened the shop a little tardily this week.\u00a0 For this we can only apologise, due to a failure of competing suppliers to co-ordinate their diaries we have spent 3 consecutive days off at wine tastings, only making it back here at around 3 o\u2019clock. <\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say it hasn\u2019t been fun, or indeed difficult, in places, we\u2019ve bumped into some friends, sniffed, slurped and spat all sorts of wines, a 1974 Colheita port was very tasty at one tasting, an Argentinian Pinot Noir pretty horrid at another, and it\u2019s always a nice change to have a Pret sandwich instead of a Co-op one. <\/span><\/p>\n

Keep your eyes peeled then folks new wines on the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Otherwise we did a couple of menu matching\/tastings for people organising large events. So if you\u2019re planning a ball, big party or wedding come and have a chat with us, we\u2019ve done it before.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wine & Cheese Tasting<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

When we announced the March date you all went a bit gaga and we sold out as quickly as Glastonbury. With that in mind the April date will be Thursday 24th<\/sup> April, 8pm<\/b> here at the shop bring your taste buds and we\u2019ll sort out the Cheese n Wine. \u00a320 per person.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sherry Tasting<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been asked repeatedly about organising one of these, so watch this space we\u2019re talking to our chum Bea trying to co-ordinate a diary date for this. <\/span><\/p>\n

Taste this Weekend<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Alex has a hankering for some Chateau Paillas Cahors 2002 (\u00a312.59)<\/b> which is a fab vintage for Cahors so we\u2019ll not deny him, and it\u2019ll be offset by Vetiver Blanco 2011 (\u00a310.79)<\/b> our delicious white Rioja.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think that\u2019ll do from us this week, if you\u2019re going out and about don\u2019t forget your Pac-a-mac!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fellow Wine Lovers, As we all open cards, buy double priced roses, and wonder if heart shape chocolates were really the best idea; I would just mention that, along with Ambrose of Milan, St Valentine is the Patron Saint of Beekeepers. Does that mean a jar of honey may have been better than those chocs? […]<\/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-358","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\/358","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=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}