{"id":15570,"date":"2013-07-26T08:40:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T12:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=15570"},"modified":"2013-07-26T09:41:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T13:41:41","slug":"wine-of-the-week-summer-white-blend-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wine-of-the-week-summer-white-blend-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine of the Week: Summer White Blend, Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wine-of-the-week-summer-white-blend-ontario\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13931\" alt=\"Sale March 18, 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sale-March-18-20131.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sale-March-18-20131.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sale-March-18-20131-160x110.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sale-March-18-20131-125x86.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>This week&#8217;s bargain bottle reminds me of a quote from the writer Bill Bryson: &#8220;My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can&#8217;t make your children carry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although I never made my young son carry wine when we were in the LCBO, I did wonder what others thought of a 4-year-old being on a first-name basis with all of the product consultants.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a light white that you can easily carry out to the deck or dock this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nNatalie<\/p>\n<p>Sale Ends: August 18, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Sale Price: $13.95 | Save: $1.00 (Usually $14.95)<\/p>\n<p>Natalie\u2019s Score: 90\/100<\/p>\n<p><strong>13th Street White Palette<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/winepicks\/wine\/13th-street-white-palette-2011\/184480\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a>Ontario<\/p>\n<p>The gew\u00fcrztraminer leads in this blend with riesling, sauvignon blanc, chardonnay musque and viognier. Enticing aromas of baking spice, rose petals and lychee. Very floral and perfumed. Medium-bodied. Great for Asian and spicy dishes. Finishes clean and refreshing with some grapefruit and lemongrass. Lovely! Pair with grilled seafood, herbed chicken and watching the kids happily finger-painting with their picnic table with mushed strawberries.<\/p>\n<p>Drink: 2012-2015<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/winepicks\/wine\/13th-street-white-palette-2011\/184480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15571\" alt=\"13th Street July 26th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13th-Street-July-26th.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLCBO Code: 207340<br \/>\nSugar Code: Dry<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/mywinelists\"><strong>My Shopping List<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/mycellar\/\">My Cellar<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/winepicks\/winepicks_print.aspx?batch=9c2686463697d8dbc1e0200058294a1f\"><strong>All Bargain Wines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/stores\/ontario\/stockcheck.aspx?wid=184480\"><strong>Find this wine<\/strong><\/a> in your closest LCBO stores now. Feel free to share this wine on Facebook or on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s bargain bottle reminds me of a quote from the writer Bill Bryson: &#8220;My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can&#8217;t make your children carry.&#8221; Although I never made my young son carry wine when we were in the LCBO, I did wonder what others thought of a 4-year-old being on a first-name basis with all of the product consultants. Here&#8217;s a light white that you can easily carry out to the deck or dock this weekend. Cheers, Natalie Sale Ends: August 18, 2013 Sale Price: $13.95 | Save: $1.00 (Usually $14.95) Natalie\u2019s Score: 90\/100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,208,51,54,265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-wines","category-lcbo-sale-wines","category-lcbo-wine-sale","category-lcbo-wine-buying-list","category-wine-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15570"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15578,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15570\/revisions\/15578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}