Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s a question \u2013 what\u2019s in a name?<\/p>\n
Take the name Terry, for example.<\/p>\n
In the worlds of media, entertainment, music, literature, chocolate and Archbishop\u2019s Special Envoys, we\u2019ve got Terry & June, Terry McCann, Terry Thomas, Terry Hall, Terry Pratchett, Terry\u2019s Gilliam and Jones, Terry\u2019s All Gold and Chocolate Orange, Terry Wogan, Terry Nutkins, Terry Waite, Terry O\u2019Neill, Terry Christian and Teri Hatcher.\u00a0 Hooray.<\/p>\n
Whilst over in sport we\u2019ve got Terry Butcher, John Terry, Ross Terry (who he?), Terry Griffiths and Terry Venables, to name but a few.\u00a0 Many of them were household names for large parts of their careers but equally as many of them are now consigned to history.\u00a0 I asked my son to name someone called Terry and he came back with Terrymasalata.\u00a0 Thanks.<\/p>\n
Conclusion: Terry\u2019s not a fashionable name anymore but does that make it any less good?<\/p>\n
How about we try Jerry\/Gerry next?<\/p>\n
Gerry Adams, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Gerry Anderson, Gerry Francis, Geri Halliwell, Gerry Rafferty for the G\u2019s, whilst under the letter J we have Jerry Bruckheimer, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Springer Jerry can, Jerry Maguire, Jerry Rice, Tom & Jerry, Jerry Dammers, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Hall, and of course, Jerry Lee Lewis.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t ask my son this time but yet again a lot of old timers in there who don\u2019t necessarily cross the younger generations path.<\/p>\n
All very diverting but so what, I hear you say.<\/p>\n
The other day we were ruminating on the perpetual failure of one of our favourite tipples, Sherry, to achieve everything it promises and step out of the fortified wine shadows into the limelight.\u00a0 It\u2019s a glorious drink, much beloved of the wine trade and their friends but it struggles to spread its appeal further.<\/p>\n
Which got me to thinking, is the suffix \u2018\u2013erry\u2019<\/em> to blame?\u00a0 Does having an \u2018erry\u2019<\/em> in your name create a certain impression that perhaps relates to bygone times or naffness?\u00a0 Blackberry, no longer the force in handsets that it used to be; cross channel ferry, now superseded by Eurostar; Mary Berry \u2013 exactly…<\/p>\n Let\u2019s face it, how many famous people called Sherry can you name?\u00a0 We thought we had one with Wimbledon Hockey star and Ed Sheeran girlfriend Cherry Seaborn but as you can see, she is actually called Cherry, so that doesn\u2019t work; really the only famous Sherries are Pale Cream, Sweet and Harvey\u2019s.<\/p>\n Anyway, our ruminating came to nothing, short of deciding that perhaps it could rebrand itself, losing the \u2018\u2013erry\u2019 <\/em>and becoming Sh-auvignon Blanc<\/em> or Sh-ros\u00e9<\/em> to improve sales, which was clearly not very helpful.<\/p>\n More helpful was Wayne\u2019s idea to join in with Sherry Festival 2015<\/span> 2016<\/span> 2017 <\/strong> which has been going on for the last week or so and culminates this weekend.\u00a0 His strategy was quite simple \u2013 put up a Sherry display in store, decorate the window with Sherry based memorabilia, wear a Sherry related polo-shirt and open lots of Sherry.\u00a0 I like this man\u2019s approach and that\u2019s why he\u2019s my business partner!<\/p>\n So, on show this weekend we will have:<\/p>\n Equipo Navazos Fino En Rama (37.5cl) – \u00a310.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Fernando de Castilla Classic Manzanilla (37.5cl) – \u00a37.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Fernando de Castilla Antique Palo Cortado (50cl) – \u00a334.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Fernando de Castilla Antique Amontillado (50cl) – \u00a330.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Fernando de Castilla Classic Oloroso (75cl) – \u00a314.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Cesar Florido Cruz del Mar Cream (37.5cl) – \u00a38.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Cesar Florido Moscatel Dorado (37.5cl) – \u00a38.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Pedro Ximenez Colos\u00eda (37.5cl) – \u00a315.99<\/strong><\/p>\n What a spread, I can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n Interestingly, whilst everyone claims to prefer the dry styles and be somewhat dismissive of the sweet styles, referencing old ladies and blue rinses usually, our best-selling pair are the Moscatel and the Cream!\u00a0 Nowt so queer as folk, as Wayne might say.<\/p>\n Please come and join us any time today or tomorrow, see if you prefer the sweet or the dry and help us in our crusade to save Terry and Jerry and, above all, Sherry!!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a1Ol\u00e9!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, So here\u2019s a question \u2013 what\u2019s in a name? Take the name Terry, for example. In the worlds of media, entertainment, music, literature, chocolate and Archbishop\u2019s Special Envoys, we\u2019ve got Terry & June, Terry McCann, Terry Thomas, Terry Hall, Terry Pratchett, Terry\u2019s Gilliam and Jones, Terry\u2019s All Gold and Chocolate Orange, Terry […]<\/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-875","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\/875","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=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}