Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
It gives me great pleasure to introduce a new, occasional feature under the working title This feature struggled to life when we came across Moet Ice in the summer and has since been followed up by Guinness flavoured coffee from Starbucks and now we have a new contender for the \u2018But why would you?\u2019 Cup – 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n Let me introduce you to Olives Et Al, a specialist in things that kids tend to scrape off and leave on the side of their plates, based in Sturminster Newton in Dorset. Now, I have friends that used to live the life down in Stur and they always spoke highly of the local food opportunities and I am sure I have eaten more than one olive from Et Al.<\/p>\n But now they\u2019ve blown it with the introduction of the \u2018world\u2019s first\u2019 Alcoholic Olives. Because for me that is the one thing that has always been missing. When I have a bowl of olives in front of me the first thing that springs to mind is \u2018wow, these look great but how much better it would be if they tasted of vodka.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n End of rant.<\/p>\n Another tail (you\u2019ll see what I did here in a minute) that I read, once I had recovered from my olive induced hangover, was of a German Shepherd dog in Folkestone that had to be rushed to the vet having drunk a bottle of Bailey\u2019s Irish Cream. The story could have been tragic since the dog was found slumped unconscious, having chewed off the lid and consumed the sickly sweet contents leading to it having to be put under anaesthetic to prevent seizures.<\/p>\n The dog is very lucky to be alive and the vet warned pet owners to be extremely vigilant at this time of year. Forty one<\/p>\n Fab number this, very important in many ways, not least because it\u2019s the age of a number of our friends.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also a prime number, the atomic number of the element Niobium and also the lowest ground temperature, in Fahrenheit, at which snow will not form. Colder than that and we\u2019ve got snow, kids.<\/p>\n Most importantly though, it\u2019s the number of days left until Christmas. To celebrate this milestone we have been busy shopping this week. In typical festive fashion we have been chasing this season\u2019s must haves, spending more money than we\u2019ve got and waiting for courier deliveries that never turn up when they\u2019re supposed to.<\/p>\n However the good news is that we are slowly building stock for the big day and some new wines are strolling into the limelight.<\/p>\n Hambledon Classic Cuvee \u00a329.99<\/strong> \u2013 the fizz we tasted last week and very much enjoyed. Significantly it has its own character and poise rather than trying to be a Champagne, which is refreshing.<\/p>\n From Burgundy, we have a small parcel of Remoissenet Chambolle-Musigny 2010 – \u00a334.99<\/strong>, a brand new Meursault – \u2018Les Chevali\u00e8res\u2019 2010 from Domaine Coche-Bizoud – \u00a331.99<\/strong> and a wine that we sold for ages when we were plying our trade up the hill in Clapham \u2013 Rully \u2018La Chaume\u2019 2012, Domaine Jacques Dury – \u00a316.99<\/strong>.<\/p>\n South Africa sees the arrival of Klein Constantia Estate Red 2012 – \u00a319.99<\/strong> which we forgot to buy when we bought their white and their Vin de Constance!<\/p>\n 11 bottles of Monte Real Gran Reserva Rioja 2004 – \u00a326.99<\/strong>, an extremely tasty St Emilion from Chateau Jacques Noir 2010 \u2013 \u00a320.99<\/strong>, and hopefully by the time you read this we\u2019ll have some new whiskies on the shelf too.<\/p>\n This is just a snapshot of what is in stock, so how about we invite you over and you can see for yourself? This weekend we\u2019ll taste<\/strong> a splash of Champagne \u2013 the Beaumet 2004 has now become Beaumet 2006<\/strong> so we thought we should open it up. It would seem sensible, as the rugby is on, to taste the Klein Constantia Red<\/strong> but if you fancy some white, we\u2019ll open up the Rully from Dury<\/strong> and then, to finish you off, we still have a load of sherries open from Fernando de Castilla. <\/p>\n Oh, and there\u2019s always some spirits to try too…<\/p>\n Up \u2018n\u2019 at \u2018em, I say,<\/p>\n Wayne & Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, It gives me great pleasure to introduce a new, occasional feature under the working title \u2018Things we didn\u2019t know we needed until someone far cooler than us told us!\u2019 This feature struggled to life when we came across Moet Ice in the summer and has since been followed up by Guinness flavoured […]<\/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-519","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\/519","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=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2018Things we didn\u2019t know we needed until someone far cooler than us told us!\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe would like to add our own message to keep everyone safe \u2013 Bailey\u2019s is awful for all breeds of dogs, cats, and quite probably hamsters too!<\/p>\n