Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
I knew it was going to be a slow news week when our wine news provider sent a story entitled \u201c10 weird ways to open a bottle\u201d. Being August it\u2019s been a slow everything week with the exception of my commute from Balham. No traffic to speak of makes my short cycle whizz past even quicker, I have to go the long way just to keep it interesting! <\/p>\n
Anyway, most of the ways weren\u2019t weird at all, pushing the cork into the bottle when you forgot the corkscrew at a picnic, we\u2019ve all done that I\u2019m sure. The weird bit was taking a toothbrush to a picnic and using that to push the cork in. Do people really take toothbrushes to a picnic? I\u2019m not talking about a camping trip, I\u2019d hope we all take a toothbrush then; maybe I\u2019m the odd one not brushing after my scotch egg in the park.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a good week for sport with the English ladies making it to the World Cup final in the rugby, Mo Farah finding his mojo again in the 10k, and Mark Cavendish back in the saddle at the Tour de l\u2019Ain. <\/p>\n
Performance of the week though must surely be Jo Pavey absolutely bossing the 10k at the European Championships just weeks before her 41st birthday. Inspiring. <\/p>\n
The premiership kicks off this weekend with lots of shiny new players to watch and even a few new managers for the \u2018good team performance\u2019 slot on MOTD, while in what must be surely an unassailable new record, we note that Crystal Palace have parted company with their manager less than 48 hours before the first ball was kicked. Not <\/em>inspiring. <\/p>\n In other news, Raleigh are releasing a limited edition Chopper this year. Sure to be top of the kids\u2019 requests to Father Christmas this year, the picture I saw it looked like it had been given an F1 Lotus paintjob circa Emmerson Fittipaldi\u2019s era!<\/p>\n Finally, following on from last week\u2019s history notes, I\u2019d just mention that 45 years ago today Richie Havens was the opening act at Woodstock.<\/p>\n Wine this Weekend<\/strong> Until next week,<\/p>\n Nanu nanu. <\/p>\n Wayne & Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, I knew it was going to be a slow news week when our wine news provider sent a story entitled \u201c10 weird ways to open a bottle\u201d. Being August it\u2019s been a slow everything week with the exception of my commute from Balham. No traffic to speak of makes my short cycle […]<\/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-448","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\/448","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=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFollowing on from Alex\u2019s Spanish Fiesta last weekend, I\u2019m staying on the Iberian Peninsula and plumping for Ciconia Tinto (\u00a39.99)<\/strong> which hails from Alentejo in Portugal. A winning blend of Touriga Nacional, Syrah and Aragonez (Tempranillo in Spanish!) it is rich and rounded and just the thing to go with a last day purchase from the butcher.
\nOn the white front we\u2019re going with Percheron Chenin Blanc\/Viognier (\u00a38.19)<\/strong> a summery white from old bush vines in South Africa. Good fruit and a nice weight make it a good all-rounder really, but it is particularly good with cold chicken.
\nBoth come with a screwcap so if you\u2019re off on a picnic you won\u2019t need the toothbrush!<\/p>\n