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We usually choose it, but we've been sent it by the Bativo team. Now, I have seen this bottle around . It's very hour catching, I will have to say, looks quite fancy, doesn't it? Yeah, it's a botanical aperitivo and it's non alcoholic. Yes, yes. So if you want a little bit of a substitute and there's many people who watch and listen who say they don't drink, but is it Nort Persen? Nort percent . Forty eight calories, every glass, British apple cider vinegar, wildflower honey, fructose, my favorite water , rosemary and thyme. My God, my favorite detectives . Gentin root, wormwood leaf, and orange zest. Oh, wow, all right . Okay, so let's have a taste of this. So it's saying it's herbal, it's bittersweet and it's citrus. Neither of us have this is one part potivo, seven part soda water poured over ice with a squeezed orange wedge, stir and taste to . Now what are you ? Oh , okay , I'm going to say that is years ago I went to an event and I tasted Aperoll for the first time, Aperol and soda. Yeah . And it was before Aperoll Spritz actually got invented and it was this event it was Manchester Diary Party. That's where I told this story before. That was when David guest I sign karaoke and he asked David guest. David guest was there and asked, Who am I signed with? I said, What do you mean? He said, Who's your record label? I said, David, it's karaoke. And I sang common people by Pulp, and he asked me who I'm assigned you up. I know. Did you know I've got one of Liza and David Guess wedding gifts in the house? Oh, and you always asked to top drumpet, death, doesn't it? Sorry. I had you there wondered. No, no guess. Yeah, I did a show with David guest and he gifted me a Friday night project , one of Liz's cha andeliers, not chandeliers, Candle Arbor soil . So I always get those two mixed up. I wondered why you had candles hanging from the ceiling . I always get Cafeter and Cavettier mixed up as well. Oh yes. I'll go back to that Starbucks . So he gave me candida but it's weird because he's only one and I feel like it needs another one and obviously I don't want to ask him , well, you can't. Yes, he has died. He did look a bit bad turning off at the funeral . Hello , well the other one . But that's pretty cool, isn't it? Yeah, that is cool. I've never seen that . I gave it to my mum and gave it to me mom and did it. Oh, right. In Northampton, there is a little corner of Northampton that has like Liza and David Wedding gift. Well, I always find it fascinating that Martin McCutch in was one of the bridesmaids. Yes, it was very strange, wasn't it? Going back to the petitiva, I was going to say just circling back . It tasted like the Apperoll and soda that I had there before it spritz. So I wondered if you got a non alcoholic like fizz, you could have the equivalent of an athletes sprint. Yeah . For me, it lacks a bit of a kick. It does, but if you are going non alcoholic on that , I would say that is nice because it gives you that nice little you feel like you're having a cocktail with that. But I think they've put too many fruits and herbs in that. It's like motorboating a hanging basket . You know, you're like, what is this now ? You know, I don't like to be surprised when I have a drink. I expect every mouthful to be the same as the last bloody mouthful. Well, I will say that they have sent a recipe booklet as well. So there are different ones and you can do it kind of similar to like a white negroni. I'm not sure if the hanging basket is included in the recipe booklet , but I quite like it, but I like that . If you like, if you like an orangey thing, this is you like a bit. I don't like it too floral. Yeah, now I do like that. So it's all depends on taste. So thank you to Bativa. Well, I wanna do a shout out, and thank you so much to everyone who has been getting involved in messaging us at Bottoms Up Show or emailing us bottoms up at listen.co dot uk. I'm going to give a shout out to Lara. Lara has saved our skin. What happened? Well, I'll tell you what happened. Get a message from lovely Lara, saying just to let you know on the pod follow links so you've got a link on one of the socials . If you click listen on Spotify , guess where it took us to? Guess where it took Lara to when they click the link to watch bottoms up another rival bottoms up No I'm fuming about it and guess what? It's all about porn . No. It's porn. What did she hear that? Uh that was us drinking the wine. Yes, yeah . No, it took her only fans episodes it's someone Keith and Darren is, it, Keith and Darren or someone? It was the wrong link. People have been directed to bottoms up on God. Because you know our worry when we named it Bottoms? Yes, it was also that there's a rectal podcast called Bottoms Up as well . Yeah, I know. So I think we've really fucked it with the name, to be honest. There's no pun intended . I bet they heard us go, all that, Allan Lee, I knew they were friends, but not like oh my god, well hopefully we've got that rectumified . Good one, yes. You've peaked there . Oh Yeah, I need a cigarette after that . If you know anyone who wants to get married because obviously you know I bought the castle now and I want it to be a venue and I was thinking it is perfect for weddings. It's like something out of out of a movie. It's like a Disney castle If you're on a Hollywood wedding , then my castle's perfect for you. A movie wedding, a film wedding. The thing is with weddings, okay ? My major ity is a good price . Well , you better, I would be offended if not. But what I was going to say is weddings. Firstly, I want it to be a party. I think the best kind of weddings is party first , but I think we have a skewed vision of what weddings should be because of films. I think films and stuff you've seen on TV make you think it needs to be the grand thing. And actually I sometimes think less is more , you know? Really? Less is more. Yeah, I wish you'd fall that when you put that jacket on . Okay . I love the buttons they're quite elderly . Is it mother of palms ? For anyone not watching this, I've got you're the lucky ones . I knew you'd start on this. I walked in today and I liked it. Listen, I listen if you're not watching he's wearing what color would you call that yellow? Yellow? Yeah. Yellow . Quite a bright yellow and then mother of pearl buttons . We want to talk about yours. That looks like you've put some pink socks on a white load and a green load and it's all run into one. You want to start having fashion critique. God we',re starting to be mean to each other. I think we need alcohol. We need yes . That's what happens when you start to put me in a rat bad mood . Because then the thing is with movies and stuff, I was thinking the other day, it happens a lot in American films. It's like kids climbing up the tree, teenagers and getting into the girls. See, we never get that in England, did you? Oh, what? Yeah, yeah, like when your mum the mum's like night, sweet dreams. It's like night mom and then they Duve comes off. She's fully closed. Bay window goes up. We never have that. And like a really kind of honky guys , hey, is she gone? Great. And then and then they're in bed and then she's my God, who needs that pawnling? Remember what it is all that this. And then she's like, quick, my father's home. Oh no . And then you're like, yeah, yeah, it's a lot. That never happens. No, no. And you know what happens in the movies that never happens to me in real life? You know, when they put the towel round them, I can never tie up that knot bit in the thing. Oh, well, you do. I haven't done it yet. No, I do do that, but you know what? I like to do. It's a bit I like to do it over . I'd like to do it over my breasts . I like to do like the woman version of it. I've always done that. I just more because I like to have it up like that . Yeah. Yeah, you keep buying lots of hair . Norma Desmond. Yeah, that's yeah, yeah. No. I also like it when people taught letter curt. We don't really talk about that a lot, do we towel etiquette? Well, you can tell this podcast has been going for a little longer than we model towel. How do you do your towel etiquette? Please, at bottoms up . How do you do your towel? No, but can you do it round? Yeah, I can Yeah. What am I doing wrong then? Do I need a bulldog clip or a stapler? No, no, you just get my gunt . No, you just like tuck it under . I just never seems to come undone, especially when there's a man with a parcel . That's why you're banned from Amazon . And no, also I was thinking with the films drinking . They always do this. Let's say that this is a strong drink. They get home from work . They drink the drink. And they always grimace, don't they? You know? But also, what about those English frillers in the U K, someone's got a high power job. The woman comes in large glass of wine and she tips me at that. And then she's emailing after that she's up there. Hang on the kitchen island, isn't it? Yeah, get home from work. But if I had that much wine, I wouldn't then go on the phone hi, yes, buy sell, make it happen, find out who the killer is. Find out You'd ring up the next day. I found out who the killer was, but I was so pissed and forgotten. I don't. Yeah, it's just not real, is it? No, it's not real. And I like pills And going shopping . I like shopping while I'm on pills . No, when they 're just like , need You the pill s, got the pills? The pills have all spilled out onto the table. Then they're like, sliding down the door. I've never done that. I'm gone. I'm freaking so yeah slide down the door up . That's never happened. But you know what? Do you know what I like the most out of films? And I remember I think it was a guy who did this. I can't remember the name so I feel I feel bad. Someone can maybe put this in the comments, but where we used to like parody people in films that gets in the taxi and is this high powered woman who's just left her life and left everything to start a new life . She sits in the back of the cab, she's looking out the window. The taxi driver goes, Where two, mom ? And she goes, Home , I'm going home . And then the credits ro Bye. End of the film . You're lucky they get a taxi driver and go Lester Square . Leicester Square. Lester square. Yeah, yeah. The taxi driver is like r . Oh right. Well, listen, this is growing up. Yeah. And you know what? Thank you to Pete though. It is I like it 'cause I like that kind of bittersweetie taste, very nice if you want a substitute and you don't want that hangover in the morning and you want to remember who the killer is in that movie. Yeah , then you should have a bativo. Your bums up. You're sliding down a door and you can't find home and you've got a towel wrapped around your tits. This is for you . And as that porn podcast would say Oh no, sorry, boss aren't This segment is brought to you by Birds Eyes Best Ever Fish Fingers, which are now even more crunchier. Yum . Right, come on . Right. So what we're doing here, Alan , we are making no, I don't need bread. I've got brioche babes. Briach . Yes, because the challenge is for anyone listening , we are making our own versions of a fish finger sand wich, right? And you're going for Brioche. Her to see a bird's eye because yeah, I'm going a bit bougie with it, all right? I think you've made a big mistake. Why? Just for a nice bougie fishfinger butti. All right. And now I will say this, you gotta take this seriously babes because I grew up on fish fingers. This is the best ever. I remember on Saturday Saturday afternoon, we'd sit down and watch the wrestling. Me and my mum in Northampton love wrestling. I love wrestling. What did you like? I wonder we're gay . So me and me mum we would sit down, we would have a gorgeous f ish finger sandwich . We would have mushy peas, curry sauce and crisps. All right, so well, I'm going a little bit different. I don't have that memory. So I'm going obviously with your bird's eye fish fingers. Oh, you can even feel the crunch there actually. So and I love a bit of crunch. I think with sandwiches, crunch is key. So I'm going to elevate the crunch slightly from the fish finger, pardon my reach , with a crispy shallot, a pickled sorry, a pickled girkin? I love a girkin. Well, I'm putting a girkin on here like it's basically like a fish finger lasagna . What you're layering it? Yeah . Now I will say the reason I said take this seriously is because uncle Lady in the trump . I'm the lady well make of that what you will. So the reason I'm saying take it seriously is because this is a challenge . We're trying to find the best fish finger sandwich. I mean, they are when they see this this, is curry sauce , crisps , girkin , lettuce . Everything. Well, I'm going to go a little bit different. I'm going for a more bougie sandwich here. It says so. No, it's dill sauce because I think the dill will really elevate it there. So I've got a couple of pickled shallots on there to add to the crunch of the bird's eye fish finger. Now what you need to do? Drizzle some lemon. No, don't ruin my sandwich. Fish, lemon. No, I don't want lemon You have lemon with fish . What do you don't why have you soaked in lemon? You are trying to sabotage me. Everyone has fish with lemon. Yes . And Joan have it can we saw ? Okay you don't hit too far you've gone too far. You want the bookless to win? You're gonna cut into that there . Oh my god, I could hear I can hear the crunch . Here we go . Well, I think I'm gonna eat one half of mine now. You have mine. One half. Yeah, and then you have one half of them. Can we saw some mushy peas with a bit of gurkin? Okay, here we go. Let's taste this . Mm . That's pretty nice. Yes. And you got the crunch there, but you've got double crunch with the shallots as well. I love the shallot . Mm . Can you taste the tammy sauce? I have to say, yours is delicious. I wasn't expecting it to be . Well, but actually and I love the addition of the Girkins. But you know what? We need someone impartial to judge . Do we have a judge here, someone who can taste? You had me with the Girkins. I'm sorry it's Allan. Now I will have to say either way, I'm a massive fan of crunch and I think the birds eye just adds that but elevated. So if you are looking to elevate your sandwich, try birds eye best ever fish fingers , bums up . Oh where is Daredevil ? A minor . Don't miss the return of Marvel Television's Daredevil Born again. So what's next? I've been liberated . We're gonna take this city back over the mannequin . In an all new season now streaming only on Disney plus. They're hunting us. It's time we started hunting them . I can work with that. This should be tons of fun. Marvel Television's Daredevil Born again, now streaming only on Disney plus Our next guest has come back. Hurrah and boy do we need her. She really knows her grapes from her guesswork. It's Alicia Ansel Thank you . Thank you. Alicia, I can't remember whether I said this last time, but Alicia Hanssel, a great name. Is it? Do you think so? I always think like the X factor . Alicia Hansa , you know ? Oh my Ruddy God . I'm gonna say Alicia Hanssel. Oh, say Rachel Adege for Rachel Ad jer . Yes. I am going to record that on my phone and have that as well ring This other phone. I like it because it's an A so it means I'm at the beginning of things, but I always didn't know if it was a bit like Mer. But thanks . Alicia's not Mer Allen is Allen one boy . Also at the beginning of the , you know, register. I thought you were gonna say awesome you went . But you're awesome. I was like, yeah, also at the beginning of the What did you What would you want to be called if you weren't called Alicia Okay, so you remember when we were a bit younger and we used to be on like chat rooms when we were teenagers and we shouldn't have been Yeah talking to you know grown men that our parents didn't know about. No . I wasn't expecting the story to go so dark, so quick. I was reading Mary , Joan . Chill . I always use the name Rock San on that. I thought it was quite a yeah, it is sand when it was like a Yes out No, not ASL age sex location. Yes . No, sex as in. So you would if someone said ASL to you, right , with Allen, you'd say forty nine n male. Ma mleail and location next, please . No. That's what the old male wanted you to say . Sorry . You had plied me with wine before you thank you Rox, Roxan e Rock San, can we have Alicia back please? Mild man at Alicia by day. Cheer rock san by night . I could see that. You're altering. Thank you. Although I'm currently, you know, I'm back with a new fringe and something new to tell you. So I do feel like I'm channeling my inner Rick James more than Roxanne . So we've got Alicia, we've got Roxy, we've got Rick. You do, it just look a little it does . Yes. And as Rick James would say, give it to me, baby. It's not that bottoms up the music on . I will say it is Rose Season and I am very pleased to see three bottles of I will say different shades of rose. So what are we doing today? What are you gonna teach us? So I know you love a palepomp. So I'm gonna start you off with one of these and then I'm going to move you over to Rosa's that hopefully you'll like, but just so you can learn a little bit and venture out in time. First question, is a pale province like that essentially white , dressed up as Rose . Is it like a little is it like a gay white wine? Just for you to say not me let's get her cancelled So there are kind of three main ways that rose can be made. So the main way is called maceration . And that's when the juice of any grape is always clear and you get the color from the skin. Yes. I might have told you this , I think . So to get a rosea , you just leave the juice in contact with the skin for twelve hours to twenty four hours, depending on how deep you want it. That's maceration. Then we've got one called Sagn ier, which is a fancy French word for bleeding. And basically that's when they're making a red wine , but then they bleed off a little bit in order to keep that red wine to make that red wine more concentrated and then the stuff they' ve bed off than they can use as a rose . No. So like a remnant remnant. So that one's not always . That one's not always as good of a quality. Then you get binds. A bit like you've got like cuts of meat. You've got the back of the cut yet. Yeah. And you know, they wouldn't have even used it, but since the popularity of rose has become so big now it's like ah, two for one. Yeah, exactly a bog or so is that wet method maybe a little bit cheaper and a little bit .act Elyx . Yeah, because the thing with me and you're the same, sometimes when we go to a restaurant and order a drink or a bar or something, I won't ask what the price or where it's from. I'll say, Oh, can I have a look at the color of it ? Because I am driven by that but someone's in the naughty corner. Someone's gonna get a spanking come Rocksound anymore and I've been so bad recently I should never imagine that . So that's bad. Yeah, it's not bad. It's just not the best. And then we've got blending, which is literally red wine and white wine put together. That is illegal anywhere in the East Go, and you go anywhere in the EU people used to do that at Uni. They would just pour in a white and a red wine. Oh no, it's great. Isn't sangria red and white wine ? No, I don't think so. It's like red there's a white wine that's why I'm getting mistaken sorry . So it's illegal anywhere apart from champagne and in what we call the New World so like Australia learned about that . Yeah, I know. So let's start ing that this one isn't Sagnia is No, this is a beautiful rose a winery that I absolutely love called Mirabo and I love them because it's nice. They do such amazing things when it comes to environmental causes and they're all involved in like regenerative bitter culture. And I always think, I know it's a little boring and a little whatever, but I just think we drink wine in such a place of happiness that it shouldn't the making of it shouldn't cause anyone's sadness . Do you know what I mean? Yes. That's actually I always want wine to have a what? The story or the wine I'd switched off to be honest . Yeah , I So this is delicious. How retailing do we know? It's sixteen pounds. Just clarifying here, the skin of this so the skin of the grape probably not that much contact. Exactly. And how long then are we sleeping for twelve hours? Maybe? That quick. Yeah, maybe twenty four at top just enough to pull some of the phenolic, so the colour and the flavours and a little bit of the texture, but keeping that fresh acidity that you know and love in a rose. Would you say there's like wine can be in fashion and stuff? Because obviously like the sun's come out, you see people there. I'm gagging for a rose. This is the time. Is there any is there trends at the minute with wine and rose? What's happening? You might be surprised actually that obviously rose in summer is a thing, but Christmas is the second biggest spike in rose consumption. Everyone is drinking rose at Christmas now. I don't have Christmas ever. Because honestly, rose is the best like if you don't know what to pair with food wine. If you've got no idea, go for a rose, you really safe. it Be'causes got like a little bit of the structure and fruit of a red, but the acidity and freshness of white, it works with so much know what I'm thinking about it now . And if I was eating and I didn't want a red , but sometimes I don't want to what I suppose that is a bit Rose is a bit of a meat in the middle, isn't it? But are there any supermarkets or anything at the minute? You know, it's summer season, where would you head to get your wine? Is that where would you get the best bargain song? Because we all like a bit of like a bargain bargains you know what? I love the discounters are doing great things. Audi and Little do good things. You have to kind of be a little bit savvy and know what to look for . But they're always really good and I do love a waitrose. I think they're always consistently good. What about Tesco wines? Are they good? Tesco They're such a like monster. They have so much power can. br Theying in so many good bargains because just because of economies of scale. They are excellent . Actually we do we do tastings every autumn winter and spring and summer. And Tesco's is always the biggest. So we're tasting like one hundred fif andty wines in one go . Wow. And that's like not even their whole catalogue, yeah. So this is late , but we knew we'd be like , I just knew this isn't the thing, but this is the thing about colour. We know you're at a restaurant like you've said this but you're at a restaurant . He shows me this . He shows me a mirror bow and he shows me a chapel down which is slightly darker . I know safe option, I'm gonna light the mirror bow. Yeah , but what if this is nice? Don't be a hater . I'm not a hat I don't see color I'm not. Okay, so we've gone from a cop to Providence Corsican. So I wanted to show you like a cool French cousin. That is how I feel about Corsica Rose. I love Corsica Rose . You know, they've got a very mixed history. They've got a bit of French, a bit Italian, they're in an island . The grapes they use represent just the vibe I feel about the island, which is like a little bit spicy, a little bit saucy. All right . So you should not intercourse the cam. But nor have I actually, I just feel like that's how it should be. Sorry. Just appeted to you . No, maybe maybe Roxanne went . This is a wine Roxan drink . I also want to try this, but I'm just gonna bear with Mick , yes. Are you finishing now? We don't do spit. We don't do spitz. There were no switches here. Okay . So why did you just neck that? Because that was that was the Provence. Oh okay . Now I f thoughtelt I left out . You'd already drunk your house. What I wanted to nectar? You can do it and I'll report you. Go, go on. Down it , down all that 's nice. Oh yay . It's nice . Very good . Oh God I can't do this . Right, God. So what's it called? So Miya. So it's from the Isle of Butter. They call it the beautiful Isle. It's about Korska, and I love it because it's got one Indigenous grape, which is Shakarula. Shakarula, I think it's pronounced and cira and both of them are very sick of spice and a little bit of texture. And I wanted to show you because I don't think you would have chosen this colour which is no way it's darker than don't like the label, don't like the colour. Don't like that thing on the bottle . It wouldn't have even reached my periphery. Okay, give it a taste and tell me if it reaches your palate. Are you alright? That's Simon Gal I don't like the label, I don't like the font . Don't like the color. It's a no for me. If you have anything else ? No . Give it a smell first though. I want you to see if you can smell that spiciness and aromat ics I was speaking of. In comparison to the Mirabau, which is lovely, but it's a little more restrained. Yes. This is slightly more spice No, no. Tell me some flavours you get. No, okay. It's that for me like you said restrained, that doesn't really have a smell. This hat I'm trying to work out what the smell is. It's different , but not in a nasty way. It's do you think that I'm getting I've never really smelled anything like this Yeah?, I can get spiciness from it. There's something there that's sort of tickling the nose. Yep, perfect. That's the indigenous grape. And cirrah is also known for like red fruits and black pepper . So I just think this is what you do think ? It's not too fruity. That's so nice. The spiciness . But I think a lot of the time what people want in a Provence or what they're looking for, that they love in a Provence is like the freshness , right? It's the acidity. And I do think even though this has got a little bit more texture, a little bit more flavor and spice, it still does have that acidity coming through. Do you know what? I don't like it. Fair enough. I love it. Oh , you got mate, you got mate. You really did. That's another Simon Cow thing. Didn't it? Yeah. Yes . Okay, I do like it . What I don't like is and I think you taught us this about the lightness and the texture in your mouth. It's slightly heavier than the pale. Yes. And I think with a rose, I quite like that feeling of like almost like I'm drinking water. Yeah. That is what we call in the trade alcoholism. A pool a pool side wine. A pool side wine. So you don't have to think about it. You just have to drink it. And I like those too, but sometimes you want they were eating . I was gonna say with a meal, this might be a little bit nicer . That's, you know, when you sat by the pool in Corsica. Zaccholo, you'll get there. The girl can dream . And is that quite Caustican wine is like that a lot? Yes. Why you expect it is Costican? It's very unknown. I would say in the wine trade , yes, people love it, but it's very unknown. But this is very typical for a Corsican rose. I is one of my absolute go tos. And it always surprises people if they come around my house and they're like, oh and they're drinking and they have the same reaction. When people write dilemmas in, a lot of people want to bring a wine to a party that maybe is a little bit left filled. So that would be great because people are like, this is a Corscan one that I love. You'd be like, that wow. So how much is this then? Eight pound fifty Oh , I know . It is value central in Coursecoat honestly. And I do think that is an important thing to maybe say because I'm going to be honest here. If I saw a bottle of wine for eight pound fifty, that might put me off. I know that's it . Yeah , because I would just assume that the cheaper would not be as nice and I think that's just something in my head whereas actually I've tasted that it's delicious and I need to probably be a little bit less snobby about that. I have to say you are the first person to ever come across with that viewpoint. I'm sure others do share it, but that's so interesting. Who doesn't want cheap wine? Yeah. No, well yes , I don't because I sometimes equate cheap wine to bad hangovers. Yeah . And that's what I think is my worry. Okay. So then we talk about whispering angel, twenty pound a bottle and I've had some slate inking hang over . All right. So in any shavy glasses? Yeah , yes. Go on then . You're making that grimacing face that you said they didn't do they did in the films . Yes, you've just doubled . Yes . Are you saying yes? I've used you had some sort of weird fucking thing without fucking excuse me language plays down the podcast. It went on Keith and Darren's bottoms up now . Because you two are all a little mean girly over here. Maybe it's the Rose crack open the next one and get this over with I am never coming back sorry that was Rock Sam this episode of Bottoms Up is brought to you by Tilda Eyes, the UK's favorite rice brand. Lee, sometimes making dinner can all end up a little bit tragic, can't we? Yeah, absolutely. And often I'll just rummage at the back of the fridge or try and find something but I do, like to actually enjoy dinner, Alan I to sit down, play tuck, and pretend I've got my life together. And that's where Tilda comes in. You see, they've been going for over fifty five years. They're proper experts. And you know the basmati rice ? They age it for up to eighteen months. It's so soft and fluffy. No claggy nonsense . 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So the thing is, the reason I've showed you this, eh, yes, because of the color, but also we've got to think about where things are growing. So this is English. We are cool climate and what does cool climate give us in a wine? It gives us freshness . Yay. Acidate. I guess. Perfect. Acidate. And what did we say that we liked from the Provence and the Corsican? The colour . The riddle. The acidity. Yeah God, why? Why does it turn into a riddle? Alan, Alicia, and Lee have three glasses of wine. Three bottles of Rose . They necked them all. How many did they have? Another three . So gone. So yeah. So even though the color is dark, I'm hoping that you'll see that the acidity because of the cool climate is still there, which will hopefully mean that you'll like it still. Okay, all right. And to be honest , I will say I am being a bit drudgy on that, but comparatively, if I got served this, I would still think this was a pale rose. In the glass, it's not as dark as it is. In the bottle compared to that, yeah. Yeah. All right. Give it a smell. And is it like Kent as well? Because the chalky thing, yes. You've done so good. I know wiped . It's so good with the chalky so good. So basically chalky there, chalky there. So just to remind . So the White Cliffs of Dover, obviously they are chalk and that is the same soil as in the north of France. So yeah, very good South of England. I mean, you've got that Birmingham Tran, which we've talked Jack and Birmingham will never have its own wine. They do babes. And actually there is one I remember that I have had wines from and I've loved before called Half Penny Green, but they even go all the way up like Yorkshire , which is a really good sparkling had from there and then even in Scotland . But the wine is not drinkable from there yet. Yeah. Do you think, you know, we talked about climate change, do you think eventually maybe it's yeah absolutely it's just I think Mr Car.r at his cast le could have a little vineyard . You know, Scandinavia makes wine. So if you look at the latitude, longitude, latitude , yeah. I'm sure that's about Scotland, isn't it? Oh my god, isn't it like Birmingham van vineyards and all that. Let me be your vineyard consultant for your vineyard I don't have a vineyard, but you can 't and I'll consult for you . Yeah . Which will just give you rise. My castle. I would love to castle. I would love to go to the world. You know what? Actually, you want to get to married not to me, but are you getting married? You know, I am already married, but I for various reasons it had to be very small . So it was just me and my husband and two witnesses and we did want a big party, but we couldn't. And we always said we'd do an anniversary party. How long have you been married? That's a really good question . Well, let us know when you know. You know, when I remember only like four years or something but come and get married my fifth fifth year anniversary. No, I would actually would love that. Oh my god, you're good. Because my parents didn't see me getting married or his parents didn't. So no, like nobody was just like Were they annoyed of that? No, actually . Well, you know who was the most out of both of our parents? My dad was the most upset. My mom was like about time. His parents did it, but my dad was the one that you know what? And I don't want to speak for your dad, but I know him very well. And you hanging around with big blackmen just randomly Yes . No, but I wonder whether sometimes sometimes fathers are you the only daughter? I am the only child, he's probably thought. I can't wait for the day that I give my daughter away to someone. So maybe renewing your vows you can make clear in there. Although we're not part of that patriarchy, so he's not giving me no, okay, that's it. You're having a mare with this conversationally. I'll tell you . I wish I was talking to Rox anne . She's about to miss her. Now, listen, come on, focus .ap Chel Dam. Yes. Why are we thinking about this? We've had the taste of it. The smell of it is the most I want I don't want to say pungent, but it's the most aromatic. Aromatic . Excellent , aromatic, intense, pungent, even perfect. So that is because of the grapes we're using. So this is Pinot Noir and Pinomernier , which obviously is a famous red wine. So it gives you that very red berry a little bit of spice too . So you're feeling the fruitiness. There should be some acidity there. This is nice. And Joan, you're being so good. I like it. And Joan, I saw the I saw the colour and I saw English, Rose, Ken and I thought, please be nice, please be nice. Because you know, we are to be patron diarrhea like come on, you know, and I would have that. I would have that. That's such a good choice. Would you? I like it. I really do. I do think it is on the cusp. I will say percent is the fruitiest that we've had on the fruit. On the cusp for me and it's just there, but yeah, really nice. I do love Chapelown as a brand that I always loved there. I'm so glad again, when we're talking about food , this one again will take it up a notch and we'll be able to go with like even barbecued. How much does this retail at the chapel down ? sixteen pounds. Yeah, so it's about the same, well just a little bit more than the Province . Okay. You've got to remember we've got less land in England . It costs more for labor. So that's why English wines always tend to be a bit better. If you want to be a little bit patriotic than that , that'd be nice for St. George's day. You're a bow classic , Chapel Down, Patriotic. Is ula Mia horny. , yeah . Sounds good . Well, on that now , buttons up . Well, thank you, Alicia. And before you go, you're not just a wine expert. You are. I'm a fragrance founder, a fragrance founder , I love that. I'm holding your candles in my hand right now. And I will say it says on it Evokin Cotte de Provence. We've got pink grapefruit, sea salt and white mos. Nowque they're not like Guynne of Poutras Candle, is it? Not quite though. So it's all about a smell goo. It's all about evoking the landscape and the culture of a region. And the region obviously happens to be wine regions in this case. That's nice. Thank you. So we've got the pink grapefruit and the pink fruits for the rose wine, but then we've got sea salt because it comes in from the Mediterranean and then it's grounded with like sun bleached woods. Love it, pink right here. Where did I buy these from? My website says overtures about the French way London overture London. com Alicia, always a pleasure, never a chore or should I say never a overture . Doesn't make sense. I like it . If you've enjoyed this episode of Bottoms Up, you know where to find us. 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