Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve got Wayne to thank for bringing the sunshine back, though I wish he\u2019d shut up about it raining in Mallorca. Anyway there is some Ros\u00e9 in the fridge (I hope that doesn\u2019t put the kibosh on the weather again!).<\/p>\n
The sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed we were a bit late on Thursday. We had a quick trip up the road to Olympia for the London Wine Fair. We put our palates through a series of tests involving English Sparkling, Champagne, Red, White and Ros\u00e9 wines, finishing with a quick trawl through some Rums. A very satisfying 2.5 hours catching up with a few friends old and new. Watch this space for a few new arrivals!<\/p>\n
In wine news this week Italian luxury fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo are suing a retired American football player for naming his winery after himself. They claim that Vincent Ferragamo is confusing consumers by selling his \u201cinferior\u201d award winning Cabernet and Sangiovese blend (Gold Medal Los Angeles Wine Competition). The estate they own in Tuscany (formerly owned by the Medici\u2019s) markets their award winning wine (Silver Decanter World Wine Awards, Bronze International Wine Challenge) under the name Il Borro. We\u2019re confused.<\/p>\n
Tasting this weekend<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n On the red front we have been hankering after a glass of Domaine Wachau Blauer Zweigelt 2013 (\u00a315.19)<\/strong>. Medium-bodied with dark fruits and soft tannins, we think it\u2019ll be sehr gut with that butterflied leg of lamb you\u2019re barbecuing. Red from Austria, whatever next?<\/p>\n Staying with mainstream wine producing regions, we\u2019ll pop down the A12 for the white. Near Chelmsford you\u2019ll find New Hall Vineyards Bacchus 2014 (\u00a312.99)<\/strong> a lovely fresh white that is perfect as an aperitif, or a cheeky partner to that big prawn brochette you have up your sleeve!<\/p>\n Alex is still on about his ros\u00e9, he has made a big pile of it by the counter. Sixty years as Cru Class\u00e9, Chateau Aumerade<\/strong> is our preferred Provence. Deliciously light and dry, pale in glass and is \u00a313.99 a bottle or \u00a372 for a six box<\/strong>. Chillin\u2019 out in the fridge!<\/p>\n That\u2019s us for this week pop in, say hi, have a taste and have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, We\u2019ve got Wayne to thank for bringing the sunshine back, though I wish he\u2019d shut up about it raining in Mallorca. Anyway there is some Ros\u00e9 in the fridge (I hope that doesn\u2019t put the kibosh on the weather again!). The sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed we were a bit […]<\/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-725","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\/725","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=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}