Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
As a fleet of freshly minted Wimbledon cars flows slowly past our window, we find ourselves wondering about heatmaps (it\u2019s far too cold to think about flow charts!). So, is the current heatmap for the population of SW19, measured in Land Rover Discovery vehicles, higher or lower than in Solihull?<\/p>\n
Does SW19 currently have the majority of Jaguar F-Pace vehicles already licensed for use on our roads, or is there a cheeky concentration of them in Norfolk?<\/p>\n
Yes, you\u2019ve guessed it folks, Wimbledon 2016 is in full flow, Brits have been knocked out, unknowns have become suddenly very known, and Alex and I have been watching loads of brand spanking new Sports Utility Vehicles with blacked out windows privacy glass (Optional Extra \u00a3385 on the Jag!) and drivers who appear new to the area. We\u2019re never sure who they carry, but they appear each year in the latest model with Wimbledon Championship markings.<\/p>\n
We wonder what they do with them afterwards, low mileage, very carefully driven for 2 weeks (we\u2019ve been watching after all!), and only ever carried a sports bag or umpires clipboard in the boot. We thought it might make a nice delivery vehicle, not that the Volvo isn\u2019t up to the job, but, well, it\u2019s just not quite so shiny! We\u2019ll see, maybe we can do a wine\/Jag swap deal of some nature.<\/p>\n
Four wheels?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, I know I just mentioned it above, but did you know we do delivery? We can lend you glasses as well if you\u2019d like us to bring the Prosecco round for that party you\u2019re planning. We sell Ice too, if the sun ever shows up.<\/p>\n Two Wheels<\/strong><\/p>\n The world\u2019s greatest race (the Tour de France for those of you at the back) starts on Saturday, with stage 1 from Mont-St-Michel to Utah Beach 188km of basically flat cycling that suits the sprinters at the finish. Fingers firmly crossed for Mark Cavendish to end in yellow, but difficult to rule out Andr\u00e9 Greipel or Marcel Kittel.<\/p>\n Stages 3 and 4 on Monday and Tuesday see us in wine country as the Tour wends its way through the vineyards of the Loire. I\u2019d say it is worth watching for the scenery alone, add in the thrills, spills of top athletes doing their day job and we have TV gold! Wheels falling off<\/strong><\/p>\n Following on from the England football teams sparkling performance in the Euros, we would just note that French Olympic swimmer Yannick Agnel has vowed to swim around Iceland if they win. Now, I\u2019m no expert, but swimming around Iceland seems a long way for a man who specialises in 200m freestyle!<\/p>\n Elsewhere, the Westminster shenanigans seem to be making Yes, Minister<\/em> look more like a documentary than was ever intended.<\/p>\n Evening Classes\u2026 wheel teach you (!)<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, as we mentioned last week, Wine School is back.<\/p>\n Term time is 28th September – 9th November (Half term break 26th October). Taste 60 wines over 6 Wednesday evenings. \u00a3150 per person and space is limited. Get smart for the winter!<\/p>\n Anyway enough waffle from me, what are we tasting then Alex?<\/p>\n Tasting This Weekend \u2013 oiling the wheels\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, with a mild threat of sunshine in the evenings I thought we\u2019d start in the white corner with Accomplice Chardonnay (\u00a38.49)<\/em> a crisp, fresh, and modern Australian with bright fruit and lively finish that\u2019s perfect to kick the evening off with, and we\u2019ll follow that up with Innocent Bystander Pinot Noir (\u00a315.99)<\/em>, again from Oz and a bit of a bobby dazzler with those bangers I\u2019ve got lined up for the barbecue later on!<\/p>\n Come on July, bring us sunshine!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, As a fleet of freshly minted Wimbledon cars flows slowly past our window, we find ourselves wondering about heatmaps (it\u2019s far too cold to think about flow charts!). So, is the current heatmap for the population of SW19, measured in Land Rover Discovery vehicles, higher or lower than in Solihull? Does SW19 […]<\/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-743","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\/743","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=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI think our delicious Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur Champigny 2015 (\u00a315.99)<\/em> is a suitably local tipple to watch the highlights with.<\/p>\n