{"id":1610,"date":"2009-08-14T14:17:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T19:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/14\/defining-yourself-as-a-wine-buyer\/"},"modified":"2009-08-14T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T19:17:35","slug":"defining-yourself-as-a-wine-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/14\/defining-yourself-as-a-wine-buyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Yourself as a Wine Buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you define your wine buying habits?<\/p>\n<p>How do you choose a wine from the wine shop or the restaurant wine list? Are you looking for a brand name you recognize,a reasonable price or a particular varietal? Perhaps you\u2019re looking for a wine to pair with tonight\u2019s dinner? Are you an adventurer who is seeking a new experience with a new wine \u2013 whether it be a wine from a winery you have never heard of before, or a varietal grape or fruit wine you\u2019ve never tried before. Perhaps you may want to try a wine from another area of the world you haven\u2019t tried before or perhaps from a wine in your local area. Think of the \u201cdrink local movement\u201d that is gaining popularity. For &#8220;drink local&#8221; fans, do you want a wine produced in the local area with grapes sourced from anywhere or a wine produced in the area with local grapes? There is a lot you can consider when buying a bottle of wine.<\/p>\n<p>What it all comes down to is &#8220;what do you want from your bottle of wine?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Defining Yourself as a Wine Buyer\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/14\/defining-yourself-as-a-wine-buyer\/\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you define your wine buying habits? How do you choose a wine from the wine shop or the restaurant wine list? Are you looking for a brand name you recognize,a reasonable price or a particular varietal? Perhaps you\u2019re looking for a wine to pair with tonight\u2019s dinner? Are you an adventurer who is [&hellip;]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","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=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}