New Years Day Bubbles by phil_howcroft

New Years Day Bubbles

It's become a bit of a tradition in the Howcroft household to watch the BBC2 New Years Day Concert from Vienna / Wien, with a bottle of champagne, together with a cheese and biscuit selection and a few olives, nibbles etc.

This year while in Sainsbury's Jane spotted a bottle of Gran Campo Viejo Cava Brut Reserva.

Campo Viejo, make great wines, especially the full bodies reds, so on the reputation of Campo Viejo, we changed our custom from Champagne to Cava

The Cava was lovely and so was the music, even little Ruby (our whippet) quite liked the music, enjoying the trombone crescendo to a "Transaction Waltz".

The wine comes highly recommended.

After the Concert I listened to the football and the day ended badly as Bolton Wanderers were thumped 6-0 by Hull City.. I've seen the goals on Sky Sports - shambles and pathetic are not overstating how bad the defending was !

Anyway, Happy New Year to all my friends and followers on 365 . Thank you to everyone who has commented or faved my pics. Every one is much appreciated


BTW : Vintage Lens : Yashica 50mm ML f1.7
LOVE watching the New Year concert from Wien every year - we enjoyed it very much this morning too.

Happy New Year to you and yours! Look forward to your photos this year too, always a treat.
January 1st, 2019  
Sorry about your team Phil; they have known better days. As a lifelong Forest supporter I'm looking like this today 😀!! Unusually missed the `New Years Day concert but a second chance this evening (no champagne, but there are quite enough bubbles in the music) Maybe there's a shot of Ruby enjoying the music? Happy New Year to you both!
January 1st, 2019  
Yes , the New Year concert - was a must here too ,unfortunately without the bubbly !!
January 1st, 2019  
Happy New Year. Lovely photo. cheers
January 1st, 2019  
Wow Phil, 8 years is such an achievement - you deserve every one of those bubbles!
January 1st, 2019  
Well strangely enough fir the first time fir years I missed this today! Instead of eating at lunchtime we ate tonight so it’s thrown me off course with routine! I’m cross with myself now! We had an Echo plus given us yesterday so was listening to that as I prepaired our roast dinner.
January 1st, 2019  
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year Phil, I shall bear your wine recommendation in mind!
January 2nd, 2019  
Nice idea!
January 2nd, 2019  
Celebrating in grand fashion. I rarely sit for lunch or dinner with a bottle of wine on the table, makes digestion easier, don't you agree (and the tongue for chatting looser, haha). Thank you for your nice comments of my shot of yesterday. You are one of my esteemed friend on 365 and I always look forward to see your beautiful posts. Sorry for Bolton, seems they have reached rock bottom.
January 2nd, 2019  
Fun!
January 2nd, 2019  
Good wine and lovely music, just right HNY
January 3rd, 2019  
a belated happy new year to you and the family Phil :)
January 8th, 2019  
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