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News from
March 2006
27
March 2006
In preparation for refreshing our
a la carte restaurant menu in the
spring, we have reviewed our wine list and are now able to offer a wider
and, we believe, more appealing range of wines. Click on a
bottle to read more about each of the wines available by the glass and
bottle:
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Sparkling Wine
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Prinz Rupprecht
Liebfraumilch
Origin: Germany
Alcohol Content by Volume: 9.5%
Sweetness Rating: 6
A medium-dry German wine with light fruit
balanced by clear acidity
Prinz Rupprecht Liebfraumilch is available by the glass
and bottle.
Echart
Privado Torrentes Chardonnay
Origin:
Argentina
Alcohol Content by Volume: 13.5%
Sweetness Rating: 4
This Argentinian Chardonnay is a
broadly appealing, easy aromatic and grapey wine, soft
and gentle on the palette
Echart Privado Torrentes
Chardonnay is available by the glass and bottle
Di Pav Pinot
Grigio Provincia
Origin: Italy
Alcohol Content by Volume: 11.5%
Sweetness Rating: 3
A medium-dry white wine from
Italy, this fashionable grape delivers a lively fruit
flavour with a dry slightly nutty finish
Di Pav Pinot
Grigio Provincia is available by the glass and bottle.
Ropiteau Freres
Chablis
Origin:
France
Alcohol Content by Volume: 13.0%
Sweetness
Rating: 1
A weighty and complex Chablis, dry and
steely with fine fruit
Ropiteau Freres Chablis is
available by the bottle
Wolf Blass Eagle
Hawk Merlot
Origin:
Australia
Alcohol Content by Volume: 13.0%
Body
Rating: Medium
Bursting with plum and
red berry fruit flavours, a soft, easy drinking
Australian red
Wolf Blass Eagle Hawk Merlot is available by the glass
and bottle
Moondarra Shiraz
Cabernet
Origin:
Australia
Alcohol Content by Volume: 13.5%
Body
Rating: Medium
Packed with vibrant fruit, this has a
ripe berry flavour underpinned with spicy style
Moondarra Shiraz Cabernet is available by the
glass and bottle
Scenario Chianti
Origin:
Italy
Alcohol Content by Volume: 12.0%
Body
Rating: Medium
A serious Chianti, dry in style with firm
fruity flavours
Scenario Chianti is available by the bottle
Vendange White
Zinfandel Rose
Origin:
California
Alcohol Content by Volume: 10.5%
A
light rose, bright pink in colour, with flavours of
luscious strawberries
Vendange White Zinfandel is
available by the glass and bottle
Santero Asti Spumante
Origin:
Italy
Alcohol Content by Volume: 7.5%
Body Rating:
7
A sparkling wine with appealing freshness and lots
of Muscat fruit, deliciously medium sweet and of
excellent quality
Santero Asti Spumante is available
by the bottle
Duc de Roucher
Champagne
Origin:
France
Alcohol Content by Volume: 12.5%
Body
Rating: 2
A dry champagne, yet soft, fresh and
appealing.
Duc de Roucher Champagne is available by
the bottle
We look
forward to uncorking a bottle for you.
 Here
at The Fox, in return for your support we run a
Loyalty Card Scheme.
Each month we make a money-saving offer that is only available to
loyalty card holders.
Throughout April,
buy two large glasses of one of our wines from our
new wine list and we'll give you the
rest of the bottle for free. That's a saving of £3.60!
Joining the scheme is
easy: complete the very short application form
available from the bar, hand it to the bar staff, and you can begin
using your card immediately.
Pick up your card and begin saving
money at The Fox today.
 Last
week Gordon Brown raised the duty on beer and wine in his annual budget,
but here at The Fox we don't do everything we're told. We won't be
asking you to pay more tax, not just yet.
Earlier in the year,
the manufacturers raised the prices of lager, cider and Guinness, as
well as putting up the price of Coke and other soft drinks. But
here at The Fox, we have not raised the price you pay at the pump.
In fact, we are holding
the prices on all our alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
until 1 May, when Greene King raises the wholesale price of its bitter.
Until then, you will save up to fifteen
pence on each drink you buy at The Fox.
Just another reason for
visiting The Fox this spring.
15 March 2006
From Scotland and Ireland in the fifteenth century to the United States and Canada
during Colonial times, and to the rest of the world as its popularity
grew, whisky (or "The Water of Life") has become a popular
drink for
any occasion. From today you can sample some of the best that
Scotland has to offer as we launch a range of five single malt
whiskies to complement our more familiar blended brands.
 Dalwhinnie
15 Year Old
Dalwhinnie, the highest
distillery in Scotland stands in an area steeped in history. The name
itself means 'meeting place', where cattle drovers and smugglers met on
their way to markets in the south. The distillery was originally
named Strathspey when it was established during the whisky boom of the
late 1890s by two men from Kingussie.
The Dalwhinnie 15 Year
Old is a light to medium intensity single malt, with flavours of orange
juice and some grainy mustard. When diluted, it becomes more
aromatic and mellow, with scents of daffodils and chicken-corn.
 Glenmorangie
10 Year Old
It has been called ‘the
perfect ten’ and most Glenmorangie drinkers will readily drink to that!
After 10 years in ex-Bourbon casks, the Glenmorangie spirit has had
enough time to mature and mellow into a beautifully balanced yet
marvellously complex malt whisky.
The fragrance is light
and delicate, floral rather than cereal, with perhaps a light smokiness
of mandarin and
vanilla. This is a malt with an overall
impression which is refined and fresh; indeed, Glenmorangie 10 Year Old
is Scotland's favourite single malt whisky.
Highland Park 12 Year Old
 Founded
in 1798, Highland Park is Britain's most northerly
whisky distillery. In the unforgiving Orkney
Islands off the North coast of Scotland, with gale force
winds, crashing waves and rain every other day,
distilling whisky is a challenge. With the long
list of accolades and awards for each of its single
malts, Highland Park distillery proves that the struggle
is well worth it.
Made from the best barley malted over burning peat from the
distillery-owned Hobbister Moor, merged with waters from the Cattie Maggie spring,
it is aged in casks for a minimum of
twelve years that shape its rare and very distinctive character.
Highland Park 12 Year Old has a rounded smoky sweetness that Which?
magazine described as "the best buy amongst single malt whiskies".
 Laphroaig
10 Year Old
Laphroaig 10 Year Old
is an all-malt Scotch Whisky from the remote island of Islay in the
Western Isles of Scotland. Laphroaig, pronounced "La-froyg", is a Gaelic
word meaning "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay".
In making Laphroaig,
malted barley is dried over a peat fire. The smoke from this peat, found
only on Islay, gives Laphroaig its particularly rich flavour.
Laphroaig is best
savoured neat, or with a little cool water. Roll it around on your
tongue. Release the pungent, earthy aroma of blue peat smoke, the sweet
nuttiness of the barley, the delicate heathery perfume of Islay's
streams. It is as unique as the island itself.
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Macallan 10 Year Old
For 300 years Easter
Elchies House has stood on the banks of the Spey as a symbol of Scottish
fortitude. The name Macallan itself is a very old one, which can
be traced as far back as the time of the introduction of the Christian
faith into Scotland.
The Macallan 10 Year
Old is matured exclusively in oak sherry casks from Spain to deliver a
deep, rich, deliciously smooth and well-rounded flavour with a slight
sweetness and touch of sherry and wood. Its deep colour is achieved
wholly naturally without the addition of any colouring. It has
been described as fully developed, with hints of vanilla, raisins,
spices and lots of esters. "No need to say more, a lovely whisky."
14 March 2006
Our current guest ale
is Smiles Heritage West Country Ale, a full-bodied cask-conditioned beer
at 5.2% abv. Dark ruby in colour with a roast malt character and
fruity aroma, the crystal and chocolate malts used in brewing Heritage
are balanced with the use of Fuggles and Styrian Golding hops to produce
a pronounced roast malt flavour.
The Smiles Brewing
Company in Bristol was founded to brew traditional ales using only
the finest ingredients. Throughout the process they only use water,
malted barley, hops and yeast. No artificial colours, flavours or
preservatives are added, ensuring fresh natural beer.
 7 March 2006
In
addition to our regular brands,
we also offer Greene King's seasonal ales, as well as guest ales from
other brewers.
Our current guest ale
is Titanic White Star from the Titanic Brewery in Stoke-on-Trent.
White Star is a light refreshingly distinctive hoppy beer with a
freshness that belies its strength.
It is so easy to drink
it will fool all but the crustiest of sea dogs. (Anyone who says
it will go down nicely will be ejected from the bar!)
Places
are already filling up for our Mothering Sunday lunch on Sunday 26
March, so if you don't want to disappoint Mum then reserve your table
now. We shall be offering
our usual
Sunday lunch - three courses for just £12.50 - but we'll also
be giving each mother a small gift to celebrate the day.
Reserve your table
today and don't disappoint Mum!
1 March
2006
We're having a party! To celebrate our
success in the annual Best
Pubs 2006 awards, and to mark the landlord's second
anniversary at The Fox, we are partying on down. The disco is
booked, the free buffet will be laid on, the licence has been extended, and you're invited,
you don't need a ticket, so why not
join us on Friday 24 March - 8 'till late.
 Friday
17 March is St. Patrick's Day, when Ireland celebrates its heritage, and
we're celebrating at The Fox, too.
All weekend - that's
Friday 17 - Sunday 19 March - we are knocking 90p off the price of
Guinness, making it just £2.00 a pint for those three days.
Not only that, if you
buy four pints, you'll win yourself a free Guinness St. Patrick's Day
souvenir hat.
As well as the Guinness
giveaways, The Fox has thrown something into the party too. Buy a
raffle ticket and you have the chance to win one of five Guinness
T-shirts we will be giving away in aid of our house charity,
Support
for the Sick Newborn and their Parents (SSNAP).
Join us sometime over the St. Patrick's Day weekend and have a Guinness
- it's good for you, you know?
Throughout March,
if you place a food order for £25 or more, we'll give you £2.50 back in
cash - that's up to 10% off the cost of your meal.
Joining the scheme is
easy: complete the very short application form
available from the bar, hand it to the bar staff, and you can begin
using your card immediately.
Pick up your card and begin saving
money at The Fox today.
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