{"id":6090,"date":"2012-04-04T00:02:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T05:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6090"},"modified":"2012-04-03T20:28:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T01:28:01","slug":"spring-shows-the-promise-of-grapes-growing-and-wine-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/spring-shows-the-promise-of-grapes-growing-and-wine-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Shows the Promise of Grapes Growing and Wine Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is an exciting time of the year at many wineries. With the dark, cold days of winter over, spring is here and the sap is beginning to flow upwards. Many grapevines are weeping at the places where they were pruned. Other vines are beyond that stage and leafing out. It\u2019s a little early for this and many winery owners have been worried about the potential of a hard frost before spring is over.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is exciting to visit wineries in the spring. Many wine festivals are already planned as well as barrel tastings and spring releases of new wines. Keep a watch at the wineries in your backyard and whenever you travel discover the wine regions you will be near. A stop at a winery tasting room can be as short or as long as you would like it to be. If you find a wine you like, buy a bottle to share at home with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>A few of the wine festivals and special events coming up soon are listed below. Be sure to visit the event websites for more information and updates.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy! Kathy<\/p>\n<p>April 14<br \/>\n<strong>C\u00f4tes du Coeur Int\u2019l Fine Wine Auction &amp; Celebrity Chef Dinner<\/strong>, Texas<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallaswineauction.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 11 to April 14<br \/>\n<strong>Blue Ridge Wine &amp; Food Festival<\/strong>, North Carolina<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueridgewinefestival.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 12 to April 15<br \/>\n<strong>Tybee Wine Festival<\/strong>, Georgia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tybeewinefestival.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 12 to April 15<br \/>\n<strong>5th Annual Pebble Beach Food &amp; Wine<\/strong>, California<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pebblebeachfoodandwine.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 14<br \/>\n<strong>8th Annual Sante South Wine Festival<\/strong>,\u00a0 Mississippi<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santesouthwinefestival.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 14 to April 15<br \/>\n<strong>Spring Wine &amp; Food Festival<\/strong>, Pennsylvania<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcmountainresort.com\/spring-wine-food-festival\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 14-15 and April 21-22<br \/>\n<strong>El Dorado Wines Passport Weekend<\/strong>, California<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eldoradowines.org\/events.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 15<br \/>\n<strong>CCC 5th Annual Food &amp; Wine Event<\/strong>, California<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contracostabooks.com\/site_foodwine.asp?\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Website Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Spring Shows the Promise of Grapes Growing and Wine Festivals\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6090\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is a wonderful time to visit wineries and wine festivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,1],"tags":[970,728,98,3759],"class_list":["post-6090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","category-wineryevents","tag-auction","tag-festivals","tag-wine","tag-wineries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090","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=6090"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6094,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090\/revisions\/6094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}