{"id":6,"date":"2011-05-20T02:30:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T02:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blucid.com\/wp\/?p=6"},"modified":"2011-05-25T20:16:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T03:16:06","slug":"stans-pick-for-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"STAN&#8217;S PICK FOR MAY 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=6\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Barnard Griffin non-vintage Cabernet Merlot&#8230; $9.99<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I  make no excuses for posting my pick so late in the month. I made my  decision in April and for some reason I did not post it on my blog.  Sometimes I feel like such an airhead! Needless to say, I could make  this wine my pick all year when it comes to q.p.r. or quality to price  ratio. As you probably have noticed, my pick of the month not only has  to be a wine that is good to drink, it has to be a good value. The  cab-merlot (Tulip Label) is a perfect fit for this parameter.<\/p>\n<p>Notes  of blackberry, vanilla and spice come through on the nose. Silky smooth  on the palate showing notes of mocha, blackberry and cherry with some  herbal components on the back end. The tannins are soft, but the wine  has good structure giving it a lot of versatility when matching with  food. A really nice bottle of wine for ten bucks that will not let you  down. Match it up with hamburgers, pizza, or grilled meats. 90 points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barnard Griffin non-vintage Cabernet Merlot&#8230; $9.99 I make no excuses for posting my pick so late in the month. I made my decision in April and for some reason I did not post it on my blog. Sometimes I feel &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=6\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stans-pick-of-the-month","tag-wine-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dRZl-6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}