{"id":1342,"date":"2016-11-23T18:25:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:25:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:25:05","slug":"a-red-and-a-white-to-uncork-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2016\/11\/23\/a-red-and-a-white-to-uncork-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"A red and a white to uncork for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our annual feast-a-thon is upon us, that sumptuous seasonal slice that dawns on Thanksgiving and waddles off into the sunset on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2016\/11\/23\/a-red-and-a-white-to-uncork-for-the-holidays\/mkmbrown2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1344\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1344\" src=\"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mkmbrown2.png\" alt=\"mkmbrown2\" width=\"251\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a>There is no better way to usher in the holidays than with food-friendly wines. On my recommended list are a red and a white from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tertalowines.com\">Terlato<\/a> Wines, the four-generation winemakers who have amassed a global portfolio of more than 70 brands in more than a dozen countries. Terlato provided wines for us to sample, including these two standouts from California in the $20-plus range.<\/p>\n<p>Markham Merlot, born and raised in the Napa Valley, fills the glass with a jammy pop of dark ruby color scented with vanilla and dark chocolate, with lively notes of cherry. Its pillow-soft, laid-back tannins make it a great pout for entertaining small, intimate groups enjoying roasted veggies and sausages fragrant with herbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2016\/11\/23\/a-red-and-a-white-to-uncork-for-the-holidays\/hanna-sauvignon-blanc-russian-river-valley-usa-10206617\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1343\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1343\" src=\"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hanna-sauvignon-blanc-russian-river-valley-usa-10206617.jpg\" alt=\"hanna-sauvignon-blanc-russian-river-valley-usa-10206617\" width=\"297\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a>HANNA Sauvignon Blanc from the Russian River Valley is a match for crisp, fresh salads or a counterpoint to spicy dishes. It&#8217;s a bright yellow tinged with grass green, a zippy sip of pleasantly acid nectarine and peach with notes of hay and ginger.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers to the holidays!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our annual feast-a-thon is upon us, that sumptuous seasonal slice that dawns on Thanksgiving and waddles off into the sunset on New Year&#8217;s Day. There is no better way to usher in the holidays than with food-friendly wines. On my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2016\/11\/23\/a-red-and-a-white-to-uncork-for-the-holidays\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,32],"tags":[696,694,692,693,695,462,359],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eat","category-shop","tag-entertaining","tag-hanna","tag-markham","tag-merlot","tag-sauvignon-blanc","tag-terlato","tag-wines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2zjZK-lE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}