{"id":2526,"date":"2010-08-18T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2015-03-12T16:58:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T21:58:07","slug":"romance-in-the-vineyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/18\/romance-in-the-vineyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance in the Vineyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why are vineyards romantic? I can certainly understand that wine is probably the most romantic beverage\/food. But why are vineyards chosen as a sight for proposals, wedding pictures and anniversaries?<\/p>\n<p>In this photo, Kevin Sullivan and Brittany Powers pose a few weeks prior to their August wedding. The backdrop is Niagara grapes that were transplanted from Kevin\u2019s grandmother house in upstate New York. Vineyards have a connection to the past. Their potential to produce wine grapes gives them a connection to the future. The aroma of the Niagara was evident even weeks prior to harvest. As a wine, Niagara elicits comments such as, \u201cGrandma\u2019s house.\u201d The grape creates wines that not only offer aroma and taste, but also a sense of time and place.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps vineyards are chosen as a romantic site because they are deep rooted and enduring. What are your thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Romance in the Vineyard\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=2526\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are vineyards romantic? I can certainly understand that wine is probably the most romantic beverage\/food. But why are vineyards chosen as a sight for proposals, wedding pictures and anniversaries? In this photo, Kevin Sullivan and Brittany Powers pose a few weeks prior to their August wedding. The backdrop is Niagara grapes that were transplanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[124,594,214,98],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-niagara","tag-romance","tag-vineyard","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11137,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions\/11137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}