{"id":9186,"date":"2012-07-19T13:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T13:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2012-07-20T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T15:27:42","slug":"ontario-vqa-wine-and-canadian-cheese-twitter-tasting-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/ontario-vqa-wine-and-canadian-cheese-twitter-tasting-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario VQA Wine and Canadian Cheese Twitter Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/ontario-vqa-wine-and-canadian-cheese-twitter-tasting-tonight\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9187\" title=\"cheese and wine party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cheese-and-wine-party.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cheese-and-wine-party.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cheese-and-wine-party-160x105.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cheese-and-wine-party-350x231.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cheese-and-wine-party-125x82.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What an amazing tasting last night! <span style=\"font-size: small;\">on Twitter with Canadian cheeses. A terrific group of wine tasters shared thoughts on the pairings and lots of laughs in a live tweet-up that everyone could join. (They had a whey with curds.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most amazingly, our discussion <strong>trended #1 on Twitter<\/strong>: it was the most discussed topic on Twitter worldwide, more popular than Jay-Z, Mitt Romney&#8217;s wife and pop culture icons. Smokin!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Join us this Wednesday at 8 pm as we get together again for a live <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/video-wine-and-cheese-tasting-july-25-live-on-google\/\"><strong>Google + video group wine tasting<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheese-Trending-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9414\" title=\"CdnCheese Trending #1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheese-Trending-1-350x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheese-Trending-1-350x434.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheese-Trending-1-160x198.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheese-Trending-1-125x155.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheese-Trending-1.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do you participate in the next wine and cheese tasting? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/how-to-get-started-on-twitter-in-5-minutes\/\">Signup for Twitter<\/a><\/strong>, tweet whatever you like (under 115 characters so it can be re-tweeted) and use the hashtag #CdnCheese. For example:<\/p>\n<p>My fav combo is Avonlea Cheedar &amp; Jackson-Triggs Meritage #CdnCheese<\/p>\n<p>Or send out a question for the community:<\/p>\n<p>Which Ontario wine would you serve with a salty, pungent blue cheese? #CdnCheese<\/p>\n<p>To follow the conversation, use the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/realtime\/%23CdnCheese\">search term #CdnCheese<\/a><\/strong> and open up a stream with just that term in TweetDeck, Hootsuite or regular Twitter, like this. Then you&#8217;ll see the tweets of everyone who uses this hashtag to follow the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Previous notes:<\/p>\n<p>The excitement is really building for tonight&#8217;s Ontario VQA wine and Canadian cheese tasting tweet-up on Twitter! Join us at 8 pm EST and use the hashtag #CdnCheese for your tweets. More details here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/twitter-wine-and-cheese-tasting-july-19-join-us\/\"><strong>Twitter Wine and Cheese Tasting July 19: Join Us!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are snippets in the stream from TweetDeck, already smokin &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/realtime\/%23CdnCheese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9342\" title=\"CdnCheeseTweets7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets7.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets7-160x151.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets7-125x118.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/realtime\/%23CdnCheese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9341\" title=\"CdnCheeseTweets6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets6.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets6-160x394.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets6-125x308.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/realtime\/%23CdnCheese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9340\" title=\"CdnCheeseTweets3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets3.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets3-160x415.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets3-125x324.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/realtime\/%23CdnCheese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9339\" title=\"CdnCheeseTweets5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets5.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets5-160x203.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets5-125x159.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/realtime\/%23CdnCheese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9338\" title=\"CdnCheeseTweets\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets.jpg 313w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets-160x415.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/CdnCheeseTweets-125x324.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/how-to-pair-wine-and-cheese-plus-serving-tips\/\"><strong>How to Pair Wine and Cheese Plus Serving Tips<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/how-to-get-started-on-twitter-in-5-minutes\/\">How to Join Twitter in 5 Minutes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nataliemaclean\">Find me on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an amazing tasting last night! on Twitter with Canadian cheeses. A terrific group of wine tasters shared thoughts on the pairings and lots of laughs in a live tweet-up that everyone could join. (They had a whey with curds.) Most amazingly, our discussion trended #1 on Twitter: it was the most discussed topic on Twitter worldwide, more popular than Jay-Z, Mitt Romney&#8217;s wife and pop culture icons. Smokin! Join us this Wednesday at 8 pm as we get together again for a live Google + video group wine tasting. How do you participate in the next wine and cheese [&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":[77,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-cheese-pairing","category-technology-wine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186","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=9186"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9345,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186\/revisions\/9345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}