Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
This time last year we wrote that stage 3 of the \u201cRace to the Sun\u201d (Paris-Nice) had been cancelled due to snow; this year we\u2019ve had no white outs and Julian Alaphilippe is currently in the yellow jumper after five stages.<\/p>\n
A gentleman, much wiser than me I\u2019m sure, once described football as \u201ca game of two halves\u201d. I\u2019m not sure we will witness a better manifestation of that than what we saw in the Champions League this week.<\/p>\n
In case you missed it Arsenal demonstrated that a 5-1 drubbing is awful away, it\u2019s even worse when repeated at home. Barcelona were busy rejecting the Arsenal game plan entirely, with a fight back against Paris St. Germain that will be talked about for years.<\/p>\n
Some clever video chappy, I\u2019m sure, will be able to splice the two halves together to make a motivational video.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve not managed to get any comment on stories that Arsene Wenger has joined the Government\u2019s Brexit team.<\/p>\n
With Six Nations action as well this weekend, control of the remote is going to be key.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve had a Budget putting booze up again but the biggest surprise was Spreadsheet Phil cracking jokes!<\/p>\n
In other news, Resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, was found to slow the aging process in mice. Before we all get carried away, you would have to drink around 2000 litres of red wine to get enough to replicate the enriched diet the mice had. That is something we would counsel against even if we can be Dorian Gray!<\/p>\n
Cheese & Wine for Thursday 30th March has two places left at \u00a320 per head – We start at 8pm, are you coming?<\/p>\n
New Stuff
\nYou may have noticed we\u2019ve been opening the shop a little late on, or possibly greeted you with a rather purpled smile. That\u2019s because it\u2019s been prime tasting season and we\u2019ve been out hunting and gathering.<\/p>\n
Keep an eye on the shelves, some new wines are showing up already, some more to come too. There\u2019s an awesome new Chardonnay from South Africa, a few Sicilians, and we\u2019ve even listed our first alcohol free bubbly!<\/p>\n
Tasting with Tom
\nThose of you with long memories will recall that Tom Cotton is the designer behind eto.<\/p>\n
Eto is of course the innovative wine decanter that allows you to decant, serve, and preserve your wine\u2019s full flavour we were telling you about last week.<\/p>\n
Tom is all fired up and ready demonstrate in the blind taste test comparing freshly opened wine with its eto 7 day preserved equivalent. This will take place this evening in the shop from around 5.30pm. We\u2019d love for you all to come down and taste the difference.<\/p>\n
As we mentioned last week, Tom is local, a dad at Wimbledon Park Primary School, and is a proud Welshman – \u201ceto\u201d is Welsh for \u201cagain\u201d as the decanter allows you to enjoy your wine again and again… and we\u2019re very excited to get the chance to be involved in the taste test. So come on down, have a chat with Tom, taste some wine and you\u2019ll be home in time for the Wales Ireland game at 8.05. Who knows it may even kick-start the Wales Six Nations campaign!<\/p>\n
www.etowine.com is the website or follow their news on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram<\/p>\n
So eto has the red accounted for, I\u2019m not giving away any secrets when I tell you we\u2019ll be tasting The Long Barn Pinot Noir (\u00a312.99), from California.
\nThe white corner, meanwhile, will be hosting Luis Pato Maria Gomes (\u00a311.99) which rather splendidly says on the back label to drink as a welcome drink. I can\u2019t help but think that on Friday night a glass of wine is always a welcome drink, so this seems perfect!<\/p>\n
See you all at 5.30pm then\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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