{"id":484,"date":"2006-08-11T07:47:20","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2006\/08\/11\/its-friday-have-a-glass-of-win\/"},"modified":"2006-08-11T07:47:20","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T07:47:20","slug":"its-friday-have-a-glass-of-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2006\/08\/11\/its-friday-have-a-glass-of-win\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Friday, Have a Glass of Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, OK, you might want to wait until after work. But if you’re into wine, you might be interested in The Naked Vine<\/a>, a wine-recommending blog started by a guy from a mailing list that I’m on. The origin in explained in the mission statement:<\/p>\n

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The August 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine has a sidebar – “Best Wines for Grilling.” Don’t get me wrong – I enjoy that magazine. I leaf through it every month. I’m an amateur foodie – and I love new ideas. That said, when the cheapest recommended selection on a rack of pinots to accompany your freshly flame-caressed breaded pork chop is close to $30, something’s amiss.<\/p>\n

I love good wine. And I’m willing to splurge from time to time – but my basement doesn’t look like the wine cellar at DaVeed’s. I generally want something I can enjoy but also actually afford on an average salary. Truth be told, that’s not difficult – but guidance helps. A friend of mine whom I’ll shamelessly plagiarize, once said, “The trick isn’t finding a good $50 bottle. The trick is finding a good $10 bottle.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

His goal is to provide recommendations of wines that are both good and affordable, on a weekly-ish basis. There are a few entries’ worth up there already, so check it out if you’re in the market.<\/p>\n

(Personally, wine is ok, but I prefer beer. Anybody wanting to recommend a good beer blog is encouraged to do so in comments…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, OK, you might want to wait until after work. But if you’re into wine, you might be interested in The Naked Vine, a wine-recommending blog started by a guy from a mailing list that I’m on. The origin in explained in the mission statement: The August 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine has a sidebar… Continue reading It’s Friday, Have a Glass of Wine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}