Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
Well I\u2019m back, did you miss me? I\u2019ve been on a road trip with my family and have learnt (and in some cases re-learnt) several things over the last fortnight. My kids concept of time is completely dependent on their environment. It would appear that time spent in a swimming pool zips by quicker than a trip in the Tardis, whilst time spent in the car seems to move more slowly with every minute being an hour like endurance. On the other hand the Alhambra really is beautiful, houses really do hang from the cliffs in Cuenca and oysters are as magnificent with Muscadet as they ever were.<\/p>\n
Enough about me, how are you? Has Wayne been looking after you? He certainly doesn\u2019t seem to have done much round here, just handed me the keys this morning muttering something about going for a beer with his father-in-law.<\/p>\n
I see the football season has started in my absence, Huddersfield certainly seem to be enjoying themselves!<\/p>\n
Vuelta a Espana is on, I didn\u2019t see any yet, but I\u2019m sure Wayne will have kept you up to date. It ends up in Cuenca today so I\u2019ll relive a small part of my holiday!<\/p>\n
Tomorrow sees the final of the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup with England facing New Zealand in Belfast. Come on the Red Roses!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had a quick scan of the news this morning and the most interesting item I saw was that Mike D of the Beastie Boys has taken a job as a sommelier, helping to choose the list for a new Hollywood restaurant Hearth and Hound. Fight for your Right (to Chablis)!<\/p>\n
In Germany, a supermarket in Hamburg took all the foreign products off the shelves in a bid to make a point about diversity. We thought it a brave move for a company to make, but a fine point well made that life would be poorer without Italian lemons, Spanish olive oil, and French wine\u2026<\/p>\n
Wine Course<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Still some places left. Term starts Wednesday 4th<\/sup> October here at 8pm. \u00a3150 buys your seat at the table where you\u2019ll taste around 60 wines, discuss their differences, and a whole lot more besides.<\/p>\n Precious Things<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n We still have a bit of Chocolate Block 2015 (\u00a323.99 each or 6 for \u00a3120). <\/strong>It\u2019s the first vintage where all of the fruit is from Swartland. A blend of 71% Syrah, 15% Grenache Noir, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cinsault and 1% Viognier giving us the rich and polished wine we\u2019ve come to expect from Boekenhoutskloof. Don\u2019t be shy, it won\u2019t be around for ever.<\/p>\n Bank Holiday Monday<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 As usual we will be closed for the Bank Holiday.<\/p>\n Tasting This Weekend<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Well I\u2019ve been very keen to retaste the Spencer Hill Latitude 41 Pinot Noir 2014 (\u00a321.49<\/strong>) that we bought recently. It\u2019s from Nelson and we were really impressed the first time we tasted it in May.<\/p>\n So while I\u2019m at it why don\u2019t we go for the full Nelson and try their Chardonnay too. In which case, the white corner will be from the Upper Moutere in the shape of Spencer Hill Latitude 41 Chardonnay 2014 (\u00a320.99).<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re planning grouse one of these should be perfect.<\/p>\n Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, Well I\u2019m back, did you miss me? I\u2019ve been on a road trip with my family and have learnt (and in some cases re-learnt) several things over the last fortnight. My kids concept of time is completely dependent on their environment. It would appear that time spent in a swimming pool zips […]<\/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-903","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\/903","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=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkvintners.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}