More complications

[A 2020 Vernaccia di San Gimignano, from Montenidoli of Fiore]

A few days ago, at reference 1, I noticed Waitrose wine being delivered by DPD, rather than by one of their vans, which are to be seen from time to time in our road, although perhaps not as often as the vans from Ocado.

Then, following notice at reference 2, I thought it time to renew my acquaintance with Les Caves de Pyrene, a wine shop near Guildford, linked with Terroirs, late of William IV street, off Trafalgar Square, which served us well during the plague years.

[The scene at River Road, Ilford]

This morning my parcel of Italian wine, very nearly the one I first wanted, turned up. But it did not turn up from Guildford, rather from what appears to be a very large shed a little to the south of Ilford, otherwise a bonded warehouse, very near where the River Roding joins the River Thames. Just across the Roding from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. The people at reference 3. It does not look as if the wine in question was ever anywhere near Guildford.

But the bottles are rather impressively labelled, without any taint of English. Without any taint of screw top lid. We look forward to trying one out.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/11/chicken-up.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/11/bread-and-cheese.html.

Reference 3: https://www.lcb.co.uk/. 'This is what we do. From London’s oldest bonded warehouse to the UK’s leading tax (?) warehousing company LCB has an impeccable reputation with renowned drinks trade customers. Fine wine merchants and global investors entrust us with their storage in the ideal conditions of Eton Park, Melksham, Dinton and Drakelow'.

Reference 4: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/06/gallions-reach.html. And just a few yards downstream from the reach noticed at this post.

Reference 5: https://www.montenidoli.com/. The wine probably started life here.

Reference 6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernaccia_di_San_Gimignano. A wine which started out, it seems, in the late thirteenth century.