"Home Entertainment"
A winy Nursery Rhyme...
Sing to the tune of 'Sur le Pont D'Avignon'...
Cabernet, Sauvignon, (Cabernet Sauvignon)
dans ma verre, dans ma Verre, (in my glass)
Cabernet, Sauvignon - le raisin que nous aimons (The grape that we love!)
(It sort of rhymes...)
SUMMER PICNIC QUIZ,
At the Summer Picnic (Pamphill Village Hall, Wed. 18th August) there was a quiz sheet - here it is online, for those who might like to peruse it at their leisure!
Click below to follow the link ...
And if you'd like the answers, click below to follow the link ...
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Further to our request for interesting nuggets of wine-related activity from members, we got the following report from Committee Member Georgi Gillett about a wine she tried (and it certainly sounds as if she liked it...!)
"Brazin Old Vine Zinfandel 2017 Lodi
I am never going to be a wine expert but confess to the love of reading about wine and frequently succumb to purchasing if I find a
review of interest. Thus I forked out £14.99 at Waitrose as the report said:
On the nose there are hints of violet and jammy fruits, and in with every kind of fruit you can imagine there's a seam of vanilla that gives a subtle creaminess with notes of liquorice. A stocking
wine.
Once purchased, upon reading the label and the fact the alcohol content is 14.5, I was apprehensive and considered this wine a bit too powerful for me, so it was with trepidation that I uncorked and
decanted. The cork came out very easily and I loved the promised very fruity nose. The cork was completely wine free, would that be the fact that the cork was 100 per cent renewable plant based
material?
I sampled my first glass whilst preparing dinner and everything promised was evident being very fruity. I decided to dish up dinner before sampling more!
I was very happy with my choice even though perhaps a bit too robust for my delicate palate?
Written whilst under the influence?
Georgi ?
Sent from my iPad"
Let's have more entertainment like this from members!
Stuart's "Champagne Table Top"
“Champagne Projects”
Well, well. You know how they say “great minds think alike”?
WWS members may be interested to know that, independently and without consultation, two of the WWS committee had very similar ideas about an activity to undertake whilst under lockdown.
You know those metal caps which you get on the top of champagne corks, under the wire?
Well, quite independently, both Stuart Warnock and I have been saving these (over the course of several years!), with a vague idea of doing something with them at some point…
Peter's Champagne Cap Display
The photos here show how Stuart has mounted his champagne caps under a glass top with a view to topping an occasional table, while I mounted mine on a thick plaster backing under a deep frame ready for hanging on a wall. Stuart’s incorporates a lot of Veuve Clicquot caps - look at the lines at each end! I included only one of everything I had (so I have quite a few duplicates spare if anyone wants any…!)
What we might do in due course is take more detailed photographs and see if members can identify them all!
Has anyone else any interesting wine-related photos from the last few months we all might be interested in?
Please let me know and I can put them up on the website!
THE WINE SOCIETY
Some helpful online videos
Guide to home wine tasting under lockdown
This week Marcel compares and contrasts two distinctly different styles of grenache from the southern Rhône and the Roussillon. If you happen to have any such bottles at home and any left over after your meal, you may just find this grape is not a bad match for chocolate!
Let the Easter indulgence continue by joining this Thursday's virtual tasting - we're trying sweet and fortified wines and matching them with cheese!
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