{"id":13792,"date":"2017-01-16T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=13792"},"modified":"2017-01-16T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:49:29","slug":"january-16th-national-fig-newton-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/16\/january-16th-national-fig-newton-day\/","title":{"rendered":"January 16th, National Fig Newton Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13793\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/springhill3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13793\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/springhill3.jpg\" alt=\"Springhill Winery vineyards in Kentucky\" width=\"259\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Springhill Winery vineyards in Kentucky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today is National Fig Newton Day. The Fig Newton cookie was first created and marketed in the early 1890s. The first cookies were filled with a fig jam. Today Nabisco has changed the name to Newtons and consumers have the choice of fig, strawberry or triple berry fillings.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago we visited several wineries in Kentucky. One of our stops was at Springhill Winery, a boutique winery, in Bloomfield, KY. The owners are Eddie and Carolyn O\u2019Daniel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13794\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/springhill2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13794\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/springhill2.jpg\" alt=\"Springhill Plantation Bed &amp; Breakfast\" width=\"296\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Springhill Plantation Bed &amp; Breakfast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next to the winery is a historic manor house, Springhill Plantation Bed &amp; Breakfast.\u00a0 The manor house has a\u00a0tragic\u00a0story about the Civil War which involved\u00a0soldiers believing it was a safe house. To find out what happened visit Springhill Winery or read the Wine Trail Traveler article.<\/p>\n<p>One of the wines the winery offered during our visit was a Chardonnay which they suggested pairing with Fig Newtons. We wrote, &#8220;Chardonnay Plantation White is the best selling wine. The wine produced from a blend of French hybrids has a light floral aroma. The sweet taste has floral nuances. The finish has floral notes as well. Eddie suggested pairing Fig Newtons with Chardonnay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our article about Springhill Winery is available <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/kentucky\/springhill.php\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So open your package of Fig Newtons and decide what wine you should pair with this well known cookie.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"January 16th, National Fig Newton Day\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=13792\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is National Fig Newton Day. The fig newton cookie was first created and marketed in the early 1890s. What wine to pair with a fig newton?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[3756,21,3755,3754,106],"class_list":["post-13792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-bb","tag-chardonnay","tag-fig-newton","tag-national-fig-newton-day","tag-winery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13797,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792\/revisions\/13797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}