{"id":22,"date":"2013-09-11T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2014-07-09T19:55:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:55:46","slug":"wine-wednesday-red-diamond-merlot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Wine Wednesday: Red Diamond Merlot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Wine Wednesday! \u00a0This Wednesday’s wine of choice is this Red Diamond Merlot, made in Washington State.<\/p>\n

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Like all great wines, there’s a story behind this one.<\/p>\n

I (a tad apprehensively, \u00a0I’ll admit) asked my other half to pick up a bottle of red wine to have with dinner one night. \u00a0I usually lean towards various red blends that tend to be on the softer side, although my horizons are broadening thank goodness. \u00a0What does my husband pick up? \u00a0Not a red blend, but a merlot! \u00a0Now, I had only tried a merlot one other time and it was so <\/i>bitter and very<\/i> dry. \u00a0I looked at Marty (husband’s name) as he proudly set down the bottle of Red Diamond Merlot. \u00a0In all fairness, it was red. \u00a0I asked for a red wine, right? \u00a0I told him that it wasn’t really what I was hoping he’d get, and I could see the look of defeat settling across his face. \u00a0Quickly trying to recover his mood I said, “Well, I’ve only tried a merlot once and didn’t like it– but this one could be good!!”<\/p>\n

And, happy ending to the story, it was <\/i>good.<\/p>\n

It’s nothing like the merlot I had tried previously. \u00a0It’s on the softer side, not harsh, and even a little airy. The flavor is strong but fruit undertones really make this wine enjoyable. \u00a0(I’m by no means a wine connoisseur, I just know what I like.)<\/p>\n

And there you have it, my wine choice for this wine Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Happy wine Wednesday to all! \u00a0Half way through the work week :-)<\/p>\n

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Cheers,<\/div>\n
Kayla<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Wine Wednesday! \u00a0This Wednesday’s wine of choice is this Red Diamond Merlot, made in Washington State. Like all great wines, there’s a story behind this one. I (a tad apprehensively, \u00a0I’ll admit) asked my other half to pick up a bottle of red wine to have with dinner one night. \u00a0I usually lean towards… [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrate","category-misc","tag-wine","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42QGB-m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_6006-copy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}