{"id":731,"date":"2016-05-27T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2016-06-01T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:16:27","slug":"sunshine-cidre-and-sesti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine, Cidre and Sesti"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n

Less than seven months to Christmas.\u00a0 Not had a day this year nice enough to wear shorts for the duration.\u00a0 Yet to sit outside the pub for longer than twenty minutes before admitting defeat.\u00a0 That suncream purchase seems a bit premature.\u00a0 Watching cricket last Saturday wearing a beanie and two coats, sitting on the bonnet of the car to steal the engine warmth.<\/p>\n

Come on, snap out of it, Alex, be positive.<\/p>\n

Midsummer looming, Maypole dancing, mead by the bonfire, silly shenanigans.\u00a0 Half term next week, hurray.\u00a0 Thunderstorms predicted, and we all know that thunderstorms are tropical creatures.\u00a0 Tropical storms lead to clear blue skies and beautiful sunshine \u2013 FACT.\u00a0 Bank holiday weekend in the offing, barbecues and Ros\u00e9, blitz spirit.<\/p>\n

Plus, the good news is that having a glass of grog makes us happier, no matter what.\u00a0 There are a number of articles doing the rounds this week all reporting on the Mappiness app and the research done by some clever chaps at University of Kent over the last 5 years or so.\u00a0 I won\u2019t regurgitate the article that I read, as they wrote it far better than I ever could, (https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/05\/24\/scientists-have-figured-out-exactly-how-much-fun-it-is-to-get-drunk\/?spon_con=today10&tid=a_inl<\/a>) but I will comment on its findings.<\/p>\n

Apparently, drinking with friends makes us happy \u2013 who knew?\u00a0 However, there is a chance we were already quite happy before we met our friends, so the uplift in joy is not huge but nonetheless worth mention.\u00a0 However, the really interesting bit of news was that our innate happiness levels increase proportionally more when we have a drink whilst doing something we don\u2019t necessarily enjoy.\u00a0 Commuting and waiting were mentioned here as boring pastimes improved by a cheeky snifter.<\/p>\n

So, our analysis of this data tells us that for that glass of wine to make us most happy this weekend we need the weather to be mediocre and underwhelming rather than charming and bright!<\/p>\n

But the weather is not going to make us put our plans on hold: Wayne\u2019s off in a tent to Brighton, flip flops and sunglasses already packed, confidently.\u00a0 Alex is off to Devon, waterproofs and board-games packed \u2013 he\u2019s been before…<\/p>\n

One thing is for sure, we will certainly be drinking…. Wayne has lined up some cheeky campfire reds whilst Alex has his eyes on some wines with a bit of age on them, a serious Italian white and a few cheeky guzzlers too.\u00a0 He is also muttering about making his own version of Pimm\u2019s \u2013 if the sun shines we\u2019ll be happy, if it rains we\u2019ll be happier, allegedly, but only if we start drinking…<\/p>\n

But what will you be drinking?<\/p>\n

Perhaps we might be able to help by putting a few things on tasting.\u00a0 We will start proceedings this weekend by opening a bottle of the fabulous Cidre Breton (\u00a35\/litre)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Slightly cloudy, seriously habit forming and extremely tasty \u2013 taste it, taste it again and before you know it, the bottle will have gone!<\/p>\n

For a white, how about the new vintage of Leira Seca Vinho Verde 2015 (\u00a310.99) <\/strong>Alvarinho and Trajadura doing what they do best \u2013 producing a ripe, soft stone-fruit character wine with oodles of appeal.\u00a0 The red is slightly more warming, in anticipation of Wayne\u2019s night under canvas \u2013 Sesti Monteleccio 2013 (\u00a317.99)<\/strong> organic, biodynamic and made by an astronomer but don\u2019t let get in the way \u2013 they are one of Montalcino\u2019s finest producers, their Brunello being highly regarded and priced accordingly.\u00a0 This is what we drink whilst we are saving up for the Brunello, and it always makes us happy, no matter whether we are waiting for a train or having a dinner party…<\/p>\n

As always on Bank Holiday weekends, we\u2019ll be closing at 6pm on Saturday evening<\/strong> and will remain closed until Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Lastly, thanks to all who came to last night\u2019s Cheese & Wine Tasting<\/strong>. Who knew the Norwegians made such tasty goat\u2019s cheese?<\/p>\n

The next one is Thursday June 23rd<\/sup> at 8pm<\/strong>. Tickets as usual \u00a320 per person call us on 020 8944 5224 or pop in to book your place.<\/p>\n

Be Happy all weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Fellow Wine Lovers, Less than seven months to Christmas.\u00a0 Not had a day this year nice enough to wear shorts for the duration.\u00a0 Yet to sit outside the pub for longer than twenty minutes before admitting defeat.\u00a0 That suncream purchase seems a bit premature.\u00a0 Watching cricket last Saturday wearing a beanie and two coats, […]<\/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-731","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\/731","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=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}