{"id":1215,"date":"2012-06-21T20:44:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2012-07-16T18:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:38:19","slug":"welcome-new-contributor-the-wine-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=1215","title":{"rendered":"welcome new contributor, the wine buddy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was just visiting my sister in Charlotte, NC and we had a great time cooking together.\u00a0 She actually did most of the cooking, as it was my vacation.\u00a0 My brother in law Denny has a gift for choosing the perfect wine to accompany every meal without breaking the bank. \u00a0It is such a pleasure to have someone pick a great wine for a wonderful meal.\u00a0 I talked my brother into writing a section of this blog devoted to wine. \u00a0It is our goal to have you enjoy wine with your meal and venture into value wines that are affordable without sacrificing taste. \u00a0Meet Denny &#8220;The Wine Buddy&#8221;, I have a feeling you will be tuning into the blog more and more due to &#8220;The Wine Buddy&#8221;. \u00a0I will continue to add recipes, products, table dressings, and places to go that are easy, interesting, and mostly healthy with the ultimate purpose of bringing your family and friends to your table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pam<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WINE BUDDY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m excited to share my passion about wine with all of you.\u00a0 When I say \u201cpassion\u201d I am referring to all aspects of what goes into the final product that so many of us enjoy, from the growing of the grapes, to the climates they grow in, and to the art and craft of making wine.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to make you aware of value wines, those every day wines that don\u2019t break the bank but offer a high quality to price ratio, along with the special occasion wines that might cost a bit more, but are worth the price.\u00a0 And, the good news is\u2026 I don\u2019t mean that you have to spend over $40 for a special occasion wine.\u00a0 There are many wines below that price point that are absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n<p>My love for wine began about 15 years ago in 1997, which coincidentally happened to be labeled as the vintage of the century in California and Italy.\u00a0 Since that time I\u2019ve accumulated wines that I have been able to cellar for several years along with buying my every day wines, which can be drunk immediately or held for 1-5 years.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to jumping in from time to time with excerpts that will enhance your wine buying and wine enjoyment experience.<\/p>\n<p>Salute!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Denny \u201cThe Wine Buddy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just visiting my sister in Charlotte, NC and we had a great time cooking together.\u00a0 She actually did most of the cooking, as it was my vacation.\u00a0 My brother in law Denny has a gift for choosing the perfect wine to accompany every meal without breaking the bank. \u00a0It is such a pleasure &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=1215\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}