Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
Normally we\u2019d start with a little pre-amble, mentioning perhaps an event from the sporting calendar, poking fun at a politician for some mild mishap, why we\u2019ve even made fun of foreign politicians in the past. This week though is a tough one. So much has happened in the week since we last spoke that we just don\u2019t know where to start!<\/p>\n
We have a new Prime Minister, whose superpower seems to be impersonating previous Prime Ministers. It\u2019s not Sam Allardyce.<\/p>\n
The 145th<\/sup> Open at Royal Troon has been won by Henrik Stenson with the lowest 72 hole score ever recorded in the history of the Open!<\/p>\n Boris Johnson is Foreign Secretary!<\/p>\n There has been a failed coup in Turkey. It wasn\u2019t Sam Allardyce.<\/p>\n England lost the 1st<\/sup> Test to Pakistan by 75 runs.<\/p>\n There have been 18 stages of this year\u2019s Tour de France. Eight (yes 8!) have been won by a British rider (none of them Sam Allardyce), three by Peter Sagan, and none by a Frenchman.<\/p>\n Melania Trump autocued her way to becoming a laughing stock, after channelling more of Michelle Obama\u2019s spirit than the press corps thought decent without being called plagiarism.<\/p>\n Michelle Obama appeared in James Corden\u2019s Carpool Karaoke, rapping with Missy Elliot and singing Beyonce’s “Single Ladies\u201d in a move that has surely struck fear into whoever is the next first lady (Melania or Bill?).<\/p>\n The Republican convention has been a bit feisty with booing, walkouts, scuffles and calling Hilary Clinton a witch. It seemed like a 12 year olds birthday party with too much sugar and no adults present!<\/p>\n The Labour Party is having a leadership contest because none of the MPs like their leader, who appears most likely to win. It\u2019s not Sam Allardyce.<\/p>\n England has a new football manager. It is<\/em> Sam Allardyce.<\/p>\n I guess by now you can see our problem, a news packed week that seems quite ridiculous enough without our input.<\/p>\n Glass of wine anybody?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n This week we thought we\u2019d swing down to Italy for a bit of sampling. We\u2019ll start off in the white corner with the sunshine laden Sicilian beauty that is Cantine Cellaro\u2019s Luma Grillo (\u00a311.59)<\/strong>. When we tasted it we found candied citrus fruits, some minerals, and a lively crisp dryness of finish. What do you think?<\/p>\n Red wise we\u2019ll be a bit further north up near the lakes listening to opera drifting in on the breeze from Verona. Our glass will be filled with Monte del Fra\u2019s Bardolino (\u00a311.49)<\/strong> a deliciously fresh and summery red that Alex is threatening to gently chill.<\/p>\n Back to School\u2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n New Term starts Wednesday 28th<\/sup> September.<\/strong> \u00a3150 for the six weeks <\/strong>\u2013 full details attached. Don\u2019t miss out, book it now before you head off, so that you\u2019ve got something in the diary when the holiday blues kick in<\/p>\n That\u2019ll be us for the week, we\u2019re hoping for more of this sunshine stuff now that we\u2019ve found out it\u2019s so lovely!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Normally we\u2019d start with a little pre-amble, mentioning perhaps an event from the sporting calendar, poking fun at a politician for some mild mishap, why we\u2019ve even made fun of foreign politicians in the past. This week though is a tough one. So much has happened in the week since we last […]<\/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-750","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\/750","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=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}