Tuggy’s Tips
The power of the Blackberry I suppose. Last week Kensington Church Street was eerily quiet yet my weekly e-mail bounces back from Edinburgh to the Punjab to Cordoba to Rio to the West Indies. What an International lot you are!
Now to this week’s offering:
Soave Classico “Alzari” 2010 Coffele, Veneto, Italy at £ 19.00 per Bottle
A terrific wine in this Spring weather that can’t quite make up its mind. A lovely solid mouth-filling texture.
Rich, dry, minerally. A really flavoursome wine but nicely balanced and not too overpowering. Should keep both the boys and the girls happy.
At £ 10.00 Soave is invariably insipid. At £ 19.00 it should be that bit better. This is markedly so.
In the Shop and ready to go.
The London Marathon – Sunday, 22nd April – “Make A Wish”
On Sunday week, a good customer of ours (Jamie Mc) is planning to run the London Marathon sub four hours and having given up alcohol for over six month to train will raise a seriously healthy sum to go towards the children’s’ Charity, “Make A Wish”. I have been invited to watch (as my training programme didn’t quite match his) from a vantage point in Canary Wharf and as such am effectively donating a Double Magnum of Château du Tertre 2006. Any early bids will happily be taken and the actual winner will be notified after the race and the winning price will go directly to “Make A Wish”.
Double Magnum of Château du Tertre 2006 Margaux 5th Growth at £…
“Time Out” – Week of 23rd to 28th of April
Next Thursday I am due a second operation on my hand and though Mark Haisma will cover for a couple of days I have decided to take a bit of well and truly needed “time out” to rest and spend time with my son, Archie. So for the following week the Shop will appear pretty much closed. However, as the saying goes: “always have your drug dealer on speed dial” and on that note I will pop in each day so I will be fully “Open By Appointment” for any regulars that might need a half-case of Champagne, a case of Rosé etc. Just call or text me on 07900 818 400 and rest assured we will come to you.
Silly season and news from around the World:
One such e-mail from a customer sunning himself in the Punjab told me that he was drinking Kingfisher Beer but noticed on the label: "alcohol content not less than 5.25% vol but not to exceed 8.25% vol". Nice to know it is not just in Burgundy that one gets bottle variation!
After the powerful storms in Buenos Aires last week I was checking on the safety of some friends in The Argentine. On the anniversary of the Falklands it is worth noting that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has now introduced a restricted freedom of the Press and I am told even creating something akin to a Hitler Youth. More to come about Las Malvinas me thinks. On discussing Argentina yesterday, a customer in the Shop said: “The Argentineans are merely Italians who speak Spanish; act like the French and wish they were British”.
It was only after Edwina Currie’s untimely comment about salmonella and eggs that I actually realized what great value eggs were and duly ate more than I used to. In that vein with matey-peeps Dave’s comment about Cornish Pasties I indulged in one on a rain soaked railway platform on Easter Sunday. In truth it was one too many.
On a technical note “Mr Angry of Edinburgh” advised me that the Alto Adige was nicked from the Austrians by the Italians in 1918. So last week’s Pinot Grigio has mixed parentage.
Having woken up at 4.00 a.m. this morning I decided to put on one of the Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) series, “Funeral in Berlin”. As dated but not as detailed as Tinker, Tailor…worth seeing but not as classic as it could have been with a little more care. Also a certain parallel right now in China but I did like the almost opening line:
“Your useless in the kitchen. Why don’t you go back to bed.” – Michael Caine
Tuggy Meyer
