Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
Hooray, hooray, Spring is in on its way!\u00a0 According to our correspondent at Metro (the paper of choice if travelling between Earlsfield and Waterloo for a tasting), Wednesday was the first day of the meteorological spring this year, while March 20 is the first day of the astronomical spring.<\/p>\n
What does that mean really?\u00a0 It means lighter mornings, lighter evenings, lighter moods and, I suspect, light rain in places.\u00a0 It means daffodils and leaves on the trees and lamb in the fields and the oven.\u00a0 It means Wayne going on holiday, impromptu 20 degree days and Ros\u00e9 back in the fridge, with a vengeance.\u00a0 Oh, and it means the last Spring Budget is in the offing \u2013 next Wednesday, 8th<\/sup> March \u2013 a time when we all wait with crossed fingers and unrealistic dreams of cheaper fuel and, ideally, wine.\u00a0 This won\u2019t happen of course so we need to remember that Spring is on its way we have lighter mornings and warmer evenings….<\/p>\n Fearful of currency fluctuation, poor vintages and duty increases, we have been spending an awful lot of our time of late staring through the bottom of wine glasses.\u00a0 Plus \u00e7a change, you might say, but actually this has been in the name of finding new wines.\u00a0 Often we get asked if we get to travel to exotic climes to try wines and we can now confirm that we do \u2013 we\u2019ve been to Victoria Street, Southwark Bridge and the Pimlico borders, and that\u2019s just this week, last week we were more Soho focused… Anyway the good news is we have, we think, found some new gems and some replacements for delisted wines and are hoping the Chablis crisis might be resolved but, with a 60% drop in yields in some cases, this doesn\u2019t look too hopeful.<\/p>\n So, if wine is to become a more valuable asset whether we like it or not, then we need to make sure we don\u2019t waste any – Did you know that every year in the UK alone, almost 50 million litres of wine are poured down the plughole – a massive \u00a3470 million down the drain!<\/p>\n That fact came from Tom Cotton \u00a0a Product Designer with nearly 20 years experience of bringing designs from concept to market, for global companies including Bacardi, InBev, Diageo and P&G, to name but a few.<\/p>\n But now he is the man behind eto \u2013 and here are his words and musings:<\/p>\n So what\u2019s the Problem? <\/em><\/p>\n You know how it is; you crack open that one last bottle with friends at the weekend and then the rest ends up on your kitchen counter for 3 days, exposed to oxygen, and your vino can taste more like vinegar. \u00a0Sure, there are wine preservation devices out there but they\u2019re either ineffective as the wine is still in contact with some air, or expensive, and you\u2019re tied into pricey refills. \u00a0I thought there had to be a better way, and so came up with \u2018eto\u2019 – an innovative wine decanter that allows you to decant, serve, and preserve your wine\u2019s full flavour. <\/em><\/p>\n How does eto work? <\/em><\/p>\n Decant your whole bottle into eto \u2026 this \u2018opens up\u2019 the wine and brings out its character. Pour yourself a glass – the sharp lip gives drip-free pouring. \u00a0But then, at the end of the evening, you push down on the neck and the unique, patented design forms a complete seal preventing any further contact with oxygen. <\/em><\/p>\n OK sure, but how do we know it works? <\/em><\/p>\n Science: Independent tests conducted at the laboratories of Bangor University show that eto far out-performs the more conventional wine-preservation methods on the market today. <\/em><\/p>\n Taste: This is where you come in… At Park Vintners we\u2019re carrying out a blind taste test comparing freshly opened wine with its eto 7 day preserved equivalent.\u00a0 This will take place on the evening Friday 10th<\/sup> March<\/strong> in the shop and we\u2019d love for you all to come down and taste the difference.<\/em><\/p>\n Tom is based on the Wimbledon Park grid, is a dad at Wimbledon Park Primary School, and\u00a0 \u00a0is a proud Welshman\u00a0 – \u201ceto<\/strong>\u201d is Welsh for \u201cagain<\/strong>\u201d as the decanter allows you to enjoy your wine again and again… and\u00a0 we\u2019re very excited to get the chance to be involved in the taste test<\/p>\n www.etowine.com is the website or follow their news on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram<\/p>\n So that\u2019s tasting next week, what about this week?<\/p>\n This week we\u2019ll open Nisia \u2018Old Vines\u2019 Verdejo 2015, Rueda, Spain (\u00a317.99)<\/strong> it is from really old vines in Rueda, the youngest were planted in 1942, and went down a storm at a recent private tasting we did.\u00a0 A crackingly complex white wine with a flavour profile that is similar to Sauvignon Blanc, but a softer finish.<\/p>\n Red wine drinkers will swirl, slurp and swoosh with Malbrontes Malbec Torrontes 2015, Mendoza, Argentina (\u00a312.79)<\/strong> where the Malbec is blended with a splash of Torrontes just to give the fruit profile a bit of a lift. Deliciously dark fruited red that we think is perfect for a sirloin Saturday supper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Hooray, hooray, Spring is in on its way!\u00a0 According to our correspondent at Metro (the paper of choice if travelling between Earlsfield and Waterloo for a tasting), Wednesday was the first day of the meteorological spring this year, while March 20 is the first day of the astronomical spring. 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