{"id":1315,"date":"2012-06-26T21:39:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T21:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2012-06-26T21:39:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T21:39:50","slug":"fathers-day-dinner-and-wine-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"father&#8217;s day dinner and wine 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our main course was grilled Armenian shish kabob (lamb &amp; beef), blended with onions, tomatoes, assorted peppers, and accompanied with a side of Armenian pilaf and Armenian bread.\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"holiday meal recipes: shish kabob armenian style &amp; armenian pilaf\" href=\"http:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=486\"><strong><strong>RECIPE: Armenian Shish Kabob\u00a0 <em>(Click to Read)<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I hear lamb, I think Australian Shiraz.\u00a0 When I hear grilled anything, I think Zinfandel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1316\" title=\"WineForShoahKabob\" src=\"http:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WineForShoahKabob.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WineForShoahKabob.gif 540w, https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WineForShoahKabob-225x300.gif 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We started with a MollyDooker 2008 \u201cThe Boxer\u201d Shiraz (91 points from the Wine Spectator).\u00a0 The big fruit forward Australian Shiraz with its peppery complexities made us say \u201cwow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1317\" title=\"zin\" src=\"http:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zin.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zin.gif 540w, https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zin-225x300.gif 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next we opened a Seghesio 2007 Sonoma County Zinfandel (93 points from the Wine Spectator and the #10 wine of the year) which we are savoring while I write this.\u00a0 Zinfandel may be the perfect wine for grilled meats.\u00a0 Somewhat similar to the Shiraz, the up-front fruit and spiciness of Zinfandel is an excellent complement to anything on the grill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our main course was grilled Armenian shish kabob (lamb &amp; beef), blended with onions, tomatoes, assorted peppers, and accompanied with a side of Armenian pilaf and Armenian bread.\u00a0\u00a0RECIPE: Armenian Shish Kabob\u00a0 (Click to Read) When I hear lamb, I think Australian Shiraz.\u00a0 When I hear grilled anything, I think Zinfandel. We started with a MollyDooker &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/?p=1315\">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":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","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=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feastandflowers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}