{"id":7346,"date":"2013-01-03T09:21:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T14:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=7346"},"modified":"2013-01-03T09:21:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T14:21:39","slug":"ten-new-years-wine-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/03\/ten-new-years-wine-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten New Year&#8217;s Wine Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s only the first week of 2013, so it\u2019s not too late to begin and keep New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make a list of the wineries in your local area.\u00a0During 2013 visit some of these nearby wineries and discover what types of wines they produce.<\/li>\n<li>Plan to attend at least one winery event in 2013 and discover the experience<\/li>\n<li>Introduce a friend to a local winery.<\/li>\n<li>Take a small journal or notebook when visiting wineries for notes about the wines you taste. It&#8217;s never too late to start.<\/li>\n<li>Revisit a winery you have not been to recently.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase good (not necessarily expensive) wine glasses for enjoying wine at home.<\/li>\n<li>Host a vertical wine tasting.<\/li>\n<li>Discover five new grape varietals this year.<\/li>\n<li>Relax and enjoy wine. Wine is not only about the taste but the experience. Take time to enjoy family, friends, food and wine.<\/li>\n<li>Begin or add to your wine library. Consider <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awinejourney.winetrailtraveler.com\/purchaseindividual.php\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">purchasing <em>A Wine Journey<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!<br \/>\nCheers, Kathy and Terry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Ten New Year's Wine Resolutions  \" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=7346\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s only the first week of 2013, so it\u2019s not too late to begin and keep New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.<\/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":[2719,915,98],"class_list":["post-7346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-a-wine-journey","tag-new-years","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346","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=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7359,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions\/7359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}