{"id":822,"date":"2011-03-29T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T12:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/hootnannie\/2011\/03\/29\/how-to-enjoy-wine-among-other-things\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T12:07:11","slug":"how-to-enjoy-wine-among-other-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/hootnannie\/2011\/03\/29\/how-to-enjoy-wine-among-other-things\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enjoy Wine&#8230;Among Other Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em\">\n<figure style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8628862@N05\/5558521586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fireplace, Seyval Blanc, and Fingerprint\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5133\/5558521586_eb80bd5a58_m.jpg\" alt=\"Fireplace, Seyval Blanc, and Fingerprint\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by mtsofan via Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Certain situations call for certain wines.\u00a0 Not in the mood for wine?\u00a0 No problem, some situations call for other &#8220;stuff&#8221;.\u00a0 The moral of the story is to sit back, enjoy life, appreciate the ones your with, and make the most of every moment!<\/p>\n<p>Here we go&#8230;in no particular order!<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In front of a fire on a rainy night, with your favorite person \u2013 Deep, rich Cabernet Sauvignon<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With friends, enjoying a casual dinner \u2013 Spicy, grungy Pinot Noir<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the patio of a downtown sports bar, watching the people go by \u2013 a Microbrew with plenty of hops<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A hot summer day, after a stressful day at the office \u2013 chilled, juicy, floral Viognier<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunday morning brunch, with chosen family \u2013 Mimosas!<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Picnic on the veranda of your favorite winery with a view \u2013 Complex and earthy Mourvedre<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Playing bocce ball on a Saturday afternoon \u2013 Chilled Syrah (that\u2019s for you, Gary)<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At a Halloween wig party with lots of cool people \u2013 Gin and Tonic, lots of lime!<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Watching Football and eating nachos \u2013 Buttery Chardonnay\/Sassy Zinfandel<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For no reason at all \u2013 Whatever\u2019s open!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve missed a lot of combos, some close runners up were things like &#8220;Cleaning the garage, paired with a cold Bud Light&#8221; or the ever-popular &#8220;I should stop drinking but I&#8217;m going for a little bit more, paired with a bottle of 2-buck Chuck that you forgot you had in the back of the wine rack&#8221;.\u00a0 So many things to do in a day&#8230;so many wines to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite, most interesting, unique, embarrassing, or random pairing?\u00a0 Tell us about it&#8230;we&#8217;ll give it a try!!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none;float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_a.png?x-id=b04935ce-095d-4fd6-8fb9-93a5ba1ff84e\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain situations call for certain wines.\u00a0 Not in the mood for wine?\u00a0 No problem, some situations call for other &#8220;stuff&#8221;.\u00a0 The moral of the story&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[88,200,335,387,484,529,558,561],"class_list":{"0":"post-822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wine-types","7":"tag-california","8":"tag-food","9":"tag-mourvedre","10":"tag-pinot-noir","11":"tag-syrah","12":"tag-viognier","13":"tag-wine-tasting-descriptors","14":"tag-wine-types","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Enjoy Wine...Among Other Things by Hoot n Annie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Like wine? 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