Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
It being January, things have been a little quiet during the day here in Wimbledon Park. Wayne keyed the VAT return, whilst all the time quietly rueing the folly of letting Alex do the considerably smaller previous quarter, and Alex had his nose buried deep in some research. Reading aloud from the study, Alex stated that scientists had discovered that drinking sparkling wine gets the alcohol into your blood quicker than still wine – DUH!<\/p>\n
They concluded that this faster action may increase the chance of a hangover.<\/p>\n
As you can imagine we were impressed. Impressed that anybody had been persuaded to research something that for all our years in the trade we\u2019d taken as a given. These researchers should be in sales not academia!<\/p>\n
We further extrapolated the research and concluded that those of you detoxing this month with fizzy water might possibly be feeling worse than those slaking your thirst with still!<\/p>\n
Sunblock Grapes<\/strong><\/p>\n As Australia struggles through one of its hottest years on record we read, with a mixture of alarm and amusement, that winemakers in the Hunter Valley have been spraying their vineyards with sunblock! So, if in a year or two\u2019s time you open a bottle that has a whiff of the Hawaiian Tropic about it, you\u2019ll know what vintage it is and from what country. Vote For Us, please<\/strong><\/p>\n West London Mums have very kindly nominated our private tastings as one of the area\u2019s top nights out. If you\u2019d agree please do vote for us (voting closes on the 10th Jan) on the link below. We\u2019re chuffed somebody mentioned us and always like something to brag about on a Saturday!<\/p>\n http:\/\/westlondonmum.co.uk\/wlms-live-love-local-awards-2014\/<\/p>\n January Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n Our super deal for January is Six For The Price Of Five<\/em>. Rest assured it is not one of those big chain fake deals, we\u2019ve not bought a lorry load of slightly iffy toasters or tellys, and we\u2019ve not randomly increased the prices by 15% first.<\/p>\n Buy six bottles and you\u2019ll get 16.66666% off.<\/em> Simple, straightforward and helping us to pay the previously mentioned VAT!<\/p>\n Wine School<\/strong><\/p>\n Term starts on Wednesday 28th January at 8pm<\/em>. There are no exams, plenty of practical, and let\u2019s face it, the TV is rubbish on a Wednesday. Phone us on 020 8944 5224<\/em> or email shop@parkvintners.co.uk to join the throng.<\/p>\n Tasting This Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n We started with fizz and we\u2019ll end with fizz. Having spoilt you all rotten with fine wines, spirits and sparklers throughout December, we\u2019ve discovered a bit of a taste for the highlife.<\/p>\n We also like to use you as guinea pigs as much as we can when we are looking at new wines and the second Saturday in January seems like a good time to start.<\/p>\n A little while back, Alex met a winemaker at a tasting (imagine that) and he got chatting (ditto). Ulrich, the winemaker, explained that he had just made some English Sparkling Wine that he was rather pleased with. This was 2011, so the wine was still maturing.<\/p>\n Fast forward 3 \u00bd years and Alex bumps into Ulrich again and once more they chat. Ulrich mentions his wines had now been finished and had been released just recently. Being the gentleman and scholar that he is, Ulrich suggested it might be an idea to send us some bottles that we could try and then feedback on.<\/p>\n Fast forward to now. Tomorrow, we will taste three sparkling wines from the inaugural release of Hoffmann & Rathbone<\/em> in West Sussex.<\/p>\n We have the Classic Cuv\u00e9e 2010, Ros\u00e9 R\u00e9serve 2010 <\/em>and the Blanc de Blancs 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n These are rare beasts indeed, with a total production of only around 6,000 bottles so we\u2019ll have to fight for an allocation. They look the business from a packaging point of view, so why don\u2019t you come in and have a taste and let us know what you think?<\/p>\n I think that\u2019s all for this week, one down, only three left until Feb!<\/p>\n Wayne & Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, It being January, things have been a little quiet during the day here in Wimbledon Park. Wayne keyed the VAT return, whilst all the time quietly rueing the folly of letting Alex do the considerably smaller previous quarter, and Alex had his nose buried deep in some research. 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\nTasting tips as they happen folks, keeping you ahead of the curve!<\/p>\n
\nSo if you\u2019d like to<\/em> know more about wine, want to taste around 60 wines<\/em> come join us, there are, as I write, four places left and it costs just \u00a3150 per person<\/em>.<\/p>\n