{"id":420,"date":"2012-04-06T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/?p=420"},"modified":"2012-04-06T18:33:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T18:33:47","slug":"todays-tasting-easter-wine-and-cakebread-chardonnay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/2012\/todays-tasting-easter-wine-and-cakebread-chardonnay\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Tasting, Easter Wine and Cakebread Chardonnay!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tasting-4-6-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-421\" title=\"Tasting 4-6-12\" src=\"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tasting-4-6-12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tasting-4-6-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tasting-4-6-12-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Easter is almost here!\u00a0 Do you have your Easter wine?\u00a0 Stop in and I will help you select a great wine for your meal.\u00a0 Yes, many of you have been asking for it and now it is here.\u00a0 We now have in Cakebread Chardonnay just in time for Easter!\u00a0 \u00a0We have two red and two white wines to taste this evening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schild Estate Barossa Shiraz from Australia ($24.99)<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;An expressive Shiraz, bursting with dark plum and bright blueberry notes, joined by hints of roasted meat and spice. The finish rolls along with an airy, open texture that lets the flavors sail. Has depth and pinpoint balance. Drink now through 2019.&#8221; Wine Spectator, 92 Points<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zonin Chianti from Italy ($9.99)<\/strong> &#8211; Ruby-red color with garnet reflections. Fine bouquet with scents of cherries, wild berry fruits, violets and spicy hints. Dry and fresh, with good body and agreeable tannins. It has a fruity and persistent taste with a lightly spicy background.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essence Mosel Riesling from Germany ($14.99)<\/strong> &#8211; Pale gold. Aromatic, with scents of apricot and peach. Fresh fruit flavors perfectly balanced by a racy acidity and mineral character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Praia Vinho Verde from Portugal ($14.99)<\/strong> &#8211; The Wine is made from 40% Arinto, 30% Loureiro, 20% Trajadura and 10% Azal.\u00a0 The grapes are carefully selected from the best vineyards of the Vinho Verde region &#8211; the most extensive in Portugal.\u00a0 Praia, which means beach in Portuguese, is a smooth and fresh wine with delicate and lovely fruity flavors. Slightly spritzy, it is well balanced and very refreshing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easter Wine Pairing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you having a traditional Easter Ham?\u00a0 I have a great selection of Riesling, Gew\u00fcrztraminer, Chardonnays and Red Zinfandels that will go great with the Ham.\u00a0 Having something else, stop in and I will help you pick out the right wine for your meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easter Weekend Hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chateau La Vin will be open our normal hours on Friday and Saturday.\u00a0 If you have friends and family in town for the holidays, bring them in for a glass of wine!\u00a0 We will be closed on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like us on Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easter is almost here!\u00a0 Do you have your Easter wine?\u00a0 Stop in and I will help you select a great wine for your meal.\u00a0 Yes, many of you have been asking for it and now it is here.\u00a0 We now have in Cakebread Chardonnay just&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}