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Shoehorn in a Tube strike reference, why don’t you?

Posted on April 30, 2014January 3, 2019by Old Parn

Shameless. Fucking shameless.

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

Lemons, stones and sunshine for a sodden marmoset

Posted on November 21, 2012January 3, 2019by Old Parn

Tresolmos Verdejo from the Wine Society is exactly what you need after battling through the bleak London rain

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

A Picpoul de Pinet to neutralise canine flatulence

Posted on September 5, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

Domaine Felines Jourdan Picpoul de Pinet should be chilled and ready in your fridge to be snatched out at the first signs of autumn’s fleeting sunshine — or a farting dog

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

Mischievous Italian flirtation, with a hint of gruffness

Posted on July 12, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will flirt fruitily with your nose, before getting gruff with your gob

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Guest post: The Ubiquity Of Fizz

Posted on July 8, 2012January 31, 2019by Old Parn

In which Old Parn’s first guest blogger, Elly Tams, has her knickers charmed off by Prosecco

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

A sherry suckerpunch of Manzanilla mouthjoy

Posted on June 16, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

…is one half-bottle-sized suckerpunch of mouthjoy — the sea-wind bite, the roll of it, the swell of it, the crescendo

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

A fresh, thunderstorm-clearing Alsace Riesling

Posted on June 5, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is a wine for rooftop terraces and golden sunshine

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Winsome White Wines from Waitrose

Posted on May 6, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

In which Old Parn points a quivering finger at two excellent wines you’d be a damned fool not to go and buy right now

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

Quinta da Espiga Branco 2010 (Casa Santos Lima) review

Posted on February 8, 2012January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… may not be a bona fide speed potion mixed by a malicious child — but is certainly nice enough to warrant a shambling kind of jog as you go to fetch your wallet

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Brundlmayer Gruner Veltliner, Ried Kaferberg 2002 review

Posted on January 10, 2012January 3, 2019by Old Parn

… is like the taste equivalent of a massage that makes every single part of your body feel amazing. It’s a perfect, coruscating globe of flavour, tickling every tastebud, expanding to fill every corner of that slavering gob of yours.

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