Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
Diversify they say.\u00a0 To survive against the forces of e-commerce and supermarkets the smaller independent needs to diversify from the norm and concentrate on a point of difference.\u00a0 Or so they say.\u00a0 Mind you when cameras first appeared on phones and hot dogs were first paired with champagne we all laughed and raised our eyebrows.\u00a0 Nowadays no mobile is complete without a capture option and the success of Bubbledogs is plain to see.<\/p>\n
But what\u2019s all this got to do with Park Vintners?\u00a0 Well, after 5 years of trading as a specialist wine merchant we think it\u2019s time to shake things up a bit.\u00a0 In the past we have dabbled with the idea of selling cheese but instead ended up with biltong \u2013 less smelly and a longer shelf life.\u00a0 Otherwise we haven\u2019t really diversified from the norm \u2013 I think the craziest thing we did recently was list an Irish Whiskey for the first time…<\/p>\n
That all changes now.\u00a0 Those of you better acquainted with the layout of our shop will be aware that we have a couple of office rooms downstairs that are currently just used for storage but will now be put to better use (but not in a Thai Spa way).\u00a0 For many, many years Wayne has harboured a desire to sing professionally.\u00a0 Having passed a significant milestone just recently, he decided to carpe diem. \u00a0Conveniently, in one of the upstairs flats we have a professional string player who has been keen to back him for a while.\u00a0 Wayne\u2019s favoured genre is nineties country and western \u2013 Billy Ray Cyrus and Shania Twain are regulars on his spotify \u2013 and his interpretations are really innovative and unusual!<\/p>\n
He first performance \u2018Downstairs at 126\u2019 will be this evening from 6pm \u2013 come and see what you think, there\u2019ll be wine too!<\/p>\n
Not to be outdone, Alex has long bemoaned the fact that whilst there are plenty of places to get your barnet tidied up on Arthur Road, no one is helping out those of us sporting facial furniture.\u00a0 Having trained as a barber whilst at University to make extra cash when he lived in Italy, he now feels it is time to offer a full shaving and styling experience on Arthur Road, Wimbledon\u2019s haircare strip.<\/p>\n
His first bookings at \u2018Uncut @ 126\u2019 are today, appointments available from 2pm \u2013 come and get a trim today, there\u2019ll be wine too!<\/p>\n
Eventually we hope to somehow merge the two alternate revenue streams and create some sort of bespoke barber shop a cappella group currently called A Poor Silly Fad<\/em> – if that\u2019s not enough diversification for them, I really don\u2019t know what to say to them, on today of all days!<\/p>\n And now in other news<\/u><\/p>\n Not a lot to report really \u2013 yesterdays end of year stockcount revealed to us how many bottles of wine we opened for tasting over the preceding 12 months and that someone stole a half bottle of champagne in the same period.\u00a0 Actually not a bad result all in all, so we opened another bottle…<\/p>\n Cricket seems to be in an up phase for now, we are preparing for a downward hurtle anytime now.\u00a0 Football is back on this weekend and the Pig & Whistle is having a refurb.\u00a0 That, I believe, is the main topics covered, apart from what we are tasting this weekend.<\/p>\n Tasting this weekend <\/u><\/p>\n Representing white wine and Argentina will be Michel Torino Coleccion Torrontes 2015 (\u00a310.49)<\/strong> a wine we have enjoyed for absolutely ages but haven\u2019t shared with you since July 2011! Sadly the importer has ditched it so we bought all we could but it\u2019s a case of when it\u2019s gone it\u2019s gone. Fragrant, crisp and dry and grown at 1700m altitude in Salta not far from the Atacama Desert, we believe it an ideal partner to some South Asian cooking.<\/p>\n Our red tipple Domaine de L\u2019Agly \u2018Les Impressions\u2019 2010 (\u00a317.99)<\/strong> is from gnarly old vines on the edge of the Pyrenees. Rich on the nose with dark fruit and spice aromas, the palate doesn\u2019t disappoint either, with black cherry and spice and a long velvety finish. Smoother than a drive in a roller this is the perfect partner to some lamb!<\/p>\n And it\u2019s goodnight from me and it\u2019s goodnight from him \u2013 Goodnight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Diversify they say.\u00a0 To survive against the forces of e-commerce and supermarkets the smaller independent needs to diversify from the norm and concentrate on a point of difference.\u00a0 Or so they say.\u00a0 Mind you when cameras first appeared on phones and hot dogs were first paired with champagne we all laughed and […]<\/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-713","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\/713","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=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}