{"id":1986,"date":"2011-08-02T12:15:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2014-02-17T00:47:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T05:47:34","slug":"summer-is-upon-us-and-it-is-a-great-time-to-visit-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/summer-is-upon-us-and-it-is-a-great-time-to-visit-wine-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer is upon us and it is a great time to visit wine country!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Checking-out-new-Pinot-Grigio-Vines-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2021\" title=\"Checking out new Pinot Grigio Vines (3)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Checking-out-new-Pinot-Grigio-Vines-3-160x214.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Steven and Chris with winemaker Roberto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steven and Chris stopped by Reif Estate Winery last week to check out the new plantings of Pinot Grigio that are being cultivated for a future bottling of their white wine.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Trend Chardonnay-Pinot Grigio is a wonderful blend as the Chardonnay offers apple, lemon and pineapple notes while the Pinot Grigio provides a fresh acidity and minerality that is most refreshing on a hot summer day.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">After touring the vineyard Steven and Chris made a stop in the wine sensory garden to enjoy an artisan cheese plate and local charcuterie with our Reif raisin and walnut bread and of course a glass of the Trend Merlot Cabernet.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cThis Merlot-Cabernet blend has been a big hit with our red-wine loving guests. Friends and family alike comment on its fresh black cherry and currant flavours, with hints of blackberry and cocoa. We love to serve it on its own, with cheeses, or at dinner with grilled meats.\u201d Steven and Chris<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Last stop was for a wine gelato \u2013 Icewine Peach, Pinot Cherry or Riesling Pear gelato anyone?<br \/>\nIt was an afternoon designed to be fabulous!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To book your visit to wine country visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reifwinery.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.reifwinery.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendwines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2000\" title=\"S&amp;C Trend logo BEST\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SC-Trend-logo-BEST2-160x122.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendwines.com\" target=\"_blank\">TREND<\/a> wines at your local L.C.B.O. and now in Manitoba at the M.L.C.C.<\/p>\n<p>Trend Merlot-Cabernet Bonus Air Miles at the L.C.B.O. July 17<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 August 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Wines designed to be fabulous by Steven and Chris! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Steven and Chris with winemaker Roberto Steven and Chris stopped by Reif Estate Winery last week to check out the new plantings of Pinot Grigio that are being cultivated for a future bottling of their white wine. The Trend Chardonnay-Pinot Grigio is a wonderful blend as the Chardonnay offers apple, lemon and pineapple notes while the Pinot Grigio provides a fresh acidity and minerality that is most refreshing on a hot summer day. After touring the vineyard Steven and Chris made a stop in the wine sensory garden to enjoy an artisan cheese plate and local charcuterie with our Reif [&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":[107,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ontario-wine","category-wine-travel-to-wine-regions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986","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=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17841,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions\/17841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}