Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
Flushed with the success of our campaign at Cheltenham, where we saw horses run and jump over things whilst carrying small men with garish shirts up a steep hill, we thought we would cast our beadies over other sporting events this week.<\/p>\n
So we\u2019ve cast aside the jockey\u2019s diet of a lettuce leaf and two glasses of water, choosing instead the steak and eggs option of the Six Nations. Wayne had a look at the points table and reached for the slide rule causing Alex much mirth, who promptly explained the concept of spreadsheets.<\/p>\n
With this being the final weekend of a thrilling Six Nations, Wayne has put his new found expertise on pages with grids to answer the question on everybody\u2019s lips. He has worked out that if Italy beat Wales in the early game, Scotland have no hope of avoiding a wooden spoon-shaped object.<\/p>\n
In other news we saw that scientists from the University of Illinois are working on \u201changover free\u201d wine. Reading past the headlines however and we discover that by genetically modifying the yeast using a \u201cgenome knife\u201d they believe they will remove some of the toxins that cause hangovers, and may even be able to boost the \u201chealth\u201d benefits of a wine by introducing things like ginseng. The article then went on to say that it\u2019s not just these toxins that cause hangovers, there is a series of other suspects too, many of which they don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve conducted a quick straw poll amongst all our staff and we\u2019re going to stick with an occasional tactical glass of water, and our firm belief that the best winemakers do virtually nothing in the winery.<\/p>\n
Roy Hodgson has named the squad for the games against Lithuania and Italy and again the selection misses out on anyone called either Kevin or Pietersen. We can\u2019t help but think you\u2019ve missed a trick there Roy!<\/p>\n
We can\u2019t think of a better match for some venison.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not entirely sure how we got from venison to cheese, but anyway, Thursday 16th April<\/strong> sees the next outing of our Cheese and Wine tasting. We still have a few places left so don\u2019t be shy, give us a call on 020 8944 5224<\/strong> or swing by, say hi and we\u2019ll book you in. \u00a320 per person and an 8pm start as usual.<\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ve all been asking so… In the white corner this week we\u2019ll have a gargle on Petit Clos Sauvignon Blanc 2013 \u00a313.99<\/strong>. Hailing from Marlborough this was a sheep farm until Domaine Henri Bourgeois, a Sancerre producer for 10 generations, bought the land and planted some Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir grapes. The resulting wine is an unmistakeably Kiwi Sauvignon with a certain amount of French sensibility and restraint.<\/p>\n In the red corner we\u2019ll turn that whole idea on its head with Tahi 2009 \u00a322.99<\/strong>. Here we have a typically French wine made by an Englishman who trained in New Zealand. I\u2019ll make no apologies for this being the 2nd Domaine Treloar wine in a fortnight, the wines are too delicious to have unopened on the shelf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Flushed with the success of our campaign at Cheltenham, where we saw horses run and jump over things whilst carrying small men with garish shirts up a steep hill, we thought we would cast our beadies over other sporting events this week. So we\u2019ve cast aside the jockey\u2019s diet of a lettuce […]<\/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-570","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\/570","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=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Chocolate Block 2013 \u00a323.99 (6 bottles for \u00a3120)<\/strong> – Undoubtedly one of South Africa\u2019s most sought after wines, the 2013 is a blend of Syrah (71%); Cabernet Sauvignon (12%); Grenache Noir (11%); Cinsault (5%) and Viognier (1%). They say: \u201cAn exotic and vibrant vintage with an iron edge running alongside the inky core of prunes, mulberries, cloves and boasting floral notes. Firm ripe tannins on the palate covered by plums, blackberries and olive tapenade. Textured, composed and seamless in style.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\nWine and Cheese<\/ul>\n
\nWine School<\/ul>\n
\nTerm Starts on Wednesday 15th April at 8pm sharp. Over 6 Wednesday evenings you\u2019ll taste around 60 different wines discover new favourites and who knows, maybe make some friends too. There\u2019s nothing on the telly, cost is \u00a3150<\/strong> and full details are attached.<\/p>\n\nTasting This Weekend<\/ul>\n