{"id":15573,"date":"2018-05-03T12:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15573"},"modified":"2018-05-03T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:50:26","slug":"cinco-de-may-is-may-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/03\/cinco-de-may-is-may-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinco de Mayo Day is May 5!"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_15575\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15575\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15575\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pearmund14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"216\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearmund Cellars is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with their special sangria!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>May 5 is Cino de Mayo Day, a day celebrating the Mexican army&#8217;s victory at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. This battle took place during the Franco-Mexican War that was waged between 1861 and 1867.<\/p>\n<p>Are you planning to celebrate Cinco de Mayo Day this weekend? Consider avoiding crowded venues and create your own Cinco de May feast.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another great option is to check your local winery to see if they are hosting a Cinco de Mayo celebration. In Northern Virgia, Pearmund Cellars is offering a Mexican-inspired menu. The winery will begin offering their special sangria that will be available by the pitcher or the glass. Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/pearmundcellars.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pearmund Cellars website<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p>If you are planning your own celebration of Cinco de Mayo, consider some of these recipes: corn dip, tamale pies, quesadillas, tacos, burritos, enchiladas, queso dip, guacamole, salsa and nachos. A quick look on the internet will provide you with many available recipes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beverages for Cinco de Mayo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To add to the Cinco de Mayo theme, prepare your own margarita or sangria. The Wine Trail Traveler website with a <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/recipes\/food.php\">recipe section<\/a> has several sangria recipes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In February of this year, I posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/its-national-margarita-day\/\">blog<\/a> for National Margarita Day and included several Margarita recipes. Look for Spicy Sparkling Margarita, Watermelon Ball Margarita, Slim and Sparkling Margarita and Pomegranate Margarita.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Cinco de Mayo Day is May 5!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15573\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit a winery or plan your own celebration of Cinco de Mayo Day! Numerous recipes are available online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[3044,3973,69,900],"class_list":["post-15573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-cinco-de-mayo","tag-margaritas","tag-recipes","tag-sangria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15573","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=15573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15580,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15573\/revisions\/15580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}