Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
I know, I know, in spite of our successful weather predictions for last weekend we have decided to stay in the wine game for the foreseeable \u2013 we have the reassurance that we can do successful forecasting if needed but frankly the wine business is far more fun.\u00a0 Just yesterday in fact, Alex spent 3 hours clearing up after the upstairs flat flooded and proceeded to pour water into the shop via the light fittings \u2013 you don\u2019t get that sort of fun at the Met office!<\/p>\n
But today it\u2019s business as usual in many respects, with a bit of proper excitement this evening which I\u2019ll get to later.<\/p>\n
When we first opened the shop in 2010, we only sold wine and champagne and a bit of port.\u00a0 Well, actually when we first opened the shop we only sold wine because everyone was a bit suspicious of the beardy man and the one with the earring, but eventually we managed to persuade you all to hit the bubbles and fortifieds.\u00a0 As time went on we added a few beers into the range and 3 spirits \u2013 a whisky, a gin and a brandy.\u00a0 Caution was very much our watchword.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to 2016 and where previously we struggled to fill a shelf with spirits, we now have over 30.\u00a0 Our increase in range, as is often the case, is led by you.\u00a0 In the past, cocktails you made at home would basically involve a clear spirit and a quinine based mixer.\u00a0 And a slice.\u00a0 Things have moved on and you have become more adventurous and, as a consequence, more demanding.\u00a0 Five years ago we wouldn\u2019t have known where to lay our hands on Orange Bitters but now we sell them.<\/p>\n
And we also sell other fun things.\u00a0 We have two Italian delights from Antica Distilleria Quaglia \u2013 a Vermouth Rosso and a Bitter<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Vermouth is deliciously tasty with a lovely herbaceousness \u2013 leagues ahead of the branded stuff we all tried as teenagers.\u00a0 The Bitter is also a little bit awesome \u2013 nestling midway between the sweeter style of Aperol and the bitterness of Campari, we find it extremely moreish which makes it a blessing that it comes in a litre bottle.\u00a0 Oh, and the Orange Bitters<\/strong> I mentioned earlier \u2013 made by a company called By The Dutch, <\/strong>these are aromatic and intense and come in a groovy little 5cl bottle with a pipette to help add a dash of science to your cocktailing.<\/p>\n By The Dutch Orange Bitters – \u00a38.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Berto Vermouth Rosso – \u00a314.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Berto Bitter – \u00a321.49<\/strong><\/p>\n Little Bird Gin<\/u><\/p>\n \u2018Small batch.\u00a0 Cocktail strength Gin.\u00a0 South London.\u00a0 Seductive pink-grapefruit, fresh juniper, zesty citrus, dazzling ginger.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s how Little Bird<\/strong> describe themselves on Twitter.\u00a0 However, if you want to learn more about this fantastic Gin from Peckham, pop in this evening, as we are honoured to have Laura, the driving force behind the gin, in the shop.\u00a0 She\u2019ll be chatting and pouring and who-knows-what-else from sometime after 5.30 and she really is a lot of fun \u2013 what better way to start a weekend than with a gin with a ginmaker and a Negroni aficionado!<\/p>\n Saturday Tasting<\/u><\/p>\n As we\u2019re all about Gin on Friday we\u2019ll save opening any wines until Saturday.\u00a0 When we do open them they will be two South African wines that we have sold since we opened but very rarely taste.<\/p>\n Percheron Chenin-Viognier<\/strong> and Percheron Cinsault (\u00a38.19) <\/strong>have both consistently out-performed their price point over the years and both have a very loyal fanbase \u2013 this is your chance to join the club!<\/p>\n Wine School<\/u><\/p>\n Places are filling, get it booked before the summer engulfs you!\u00a0 \u00a3150 for the six weeks, term starts Wednesday 28th<\/sup> September<\/strong> \u2013 full details attached<\/p>\n That\u2019s all from us for now \u2013 just make sure you remember to pop in and see Laura this evening and drink some Gin \u2013 definitely an opportunity not to be missed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, I know, I know, in spite of our successful weather predictions for last weekend we have decided to stay in the wine game for the foreseeable \u2013 we have the reassurance that we can do successful forecasting if needed but frankly the wine business is far more fun.\u00a0 Just yesterday in fact, […]<\/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-748","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\/748","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=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}