{"id":293,"date":"2011-12-11T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T18:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blucid.com\/wp\/?p=293"},"modified":"2011-12-11T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T18:44:24","slug":"stans-pick-for-december-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"STAN&#8217;S PICK FOR DECEMBER 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=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=293\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>2007 GORDON BROTHERS SYRAH COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON &#8230; $16.99<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone who knows me, knows that I love syrah. I have been saddened by the decline in sales over the last couple of years and I have written a few articles on my theory about why this is the case. I am happy to say that I am starting to sense a resurgence in interest towards this wonderful wine. There is no doubt in my mind that it\u00a0 is syrah like this Gordon Brothers that is helping the cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Brothers is one of the oldest wineries in the state, and they have a long history of producing some outstanding juice. This syrah has all the elements I look for in a well made wine. Intense aromas of black plums, black licorice and hits of blueberries. On the palate notes of bacon fat, tar, black plum and a nice core of spice in the middle. This baby has a lot of weight to it and it shows on an intense finish showing notes of white pepper, plum and blueberries that hang on the palate for a long time. There is some oak present on this wine but it is well integrated with the fruit. One of the best syrah I have tasted this year from Washington State.\u00a0 95 points\u00a0\u00a0 Cheers! Stan The Wine Man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2007 GORDON BROTHERS SYRAH COLUMBIA VALLEY, WASHINGTON &#8230; $16.99 \u00a0\u00a0 Anyone who knows me, knows that I love syrah. I have been saddened by the decline in sales over the last couple of years and I have written a few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=293\">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":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stans-pick-of-the-month"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dRZl-4J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}