Phil is the 'Godfather of Shed'. He came up with the idea. So he has the biggest shed and a huge number of friends/disciples. So his party was always going to be big. He invited us last September when he was over at La Clariere bringing his wisdom to our vintage. So here we are. His timing was risky; harvest has started; he has a couple of tubs going. But next week the entire floor will be covered in fizzing grapes. Would have been tricky for a party.
I got a call from Barbara telling me about the other Big Party back home. Yesterday the Mayor of Southwark opened our vast new Wine Arch at Vinopolis. It was packed out and a good tasting had by all. On Saturday we had nearly a thousand people come and taste, buy and take part in our Laithwaites Lucky Dip, where every wine was £5, which could get you one anything from one of our bestsellers to a bottle of Haut-Brion. They were queuing up outside the shop before it opened!
I'm doing a tasting in The Arch on 10th March. We're over subscribed for that, but I'll be doing another soon (I'll let you know the date). We've already got sixty people on the list for the next tasting. Contact the shop; (thearch@laithwaiteswine.com) if you’d like to be on the list! We've also got a tasting this Wednesday with our Papavero producer and a week on Friday with our New Zealand Stonewall producer. Drop them an email if you'd like to meet a winemaker and taste some amazing wine.
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