{"id":293,"date":"2008-06-22T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2009-02-22T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T19:06:04","slug":"dont-forget-to-include-wine-at-your-next-barbeque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Be Sure to Include Wine at Your Next Barbeque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2008 has been kind of a bizarre year for weather in the Northwest, hasn&#8217;t it? Snowfall in April, a fairly gloomy spring, and then plenty of cool, drizzly days earlier this month. To top it off, skyrocketing gas prices make it difficult to justify any kind of travel to a warm-weather getaway.<\/p>\n<p>But summer has arrived &#8211; at least the calendar says so &#8211; and one way to make it at least <em>feel<\/em> summery is to fire up the barbeque and pop the cork on a good bottle of wine. Before you begin, keep this barbequing tip in mind: don&#8217;t slather too much hickory smoke sauce on your meats or overdo your other seasonings and spices.  By keeping these down to a reasonable level, you&#8217;ll be able to enjoy a much broader range of wines to accompany the foods you serve.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, grill up some vegetables such as zucchini or corn on the cob and pair them with a chilled white wine.  I suggest the <strong>Waterbrook Winery 2007 Pinot Gris<\/strong> (about $12) from the Columbia Valley. It has a beautiful aroma of fresh pears, plenty of bright, melon flavors, and a big, brisk finish.  The wine is well distributed and available at several local grocers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badmintonwines.co.uk\/acatalog\/201011.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/>The <strong>Gouguenheim 2006 Malbec<\/strong> (about $12) from Argentina&#8217;s Mendoza region is a super barbeque wine.  Loaded with dark, spicy fruit flavors and backed by firm tannins, it pairs nicely with a variety of grilled meats such as burgers, steaks or ribs. I picked up my bottle at the Old World Deli in Bellingham, located at 1140 North State Street.<\/p>\n<p>And what would a barbeque be without a nice bottle of syrah? <strong>Dusted Valley Vintners 2006 Stained Tooth Syrah<\/strong> (about $24) is a real treat from the Walla Walla winery. This tasty, medium-bodied red wine has layers of dried cherry flavors followed by nuances of smoke and spice. It&#8217;s a natural to pair with lamb chops or can easily be enjoyed on it&#8217;s own; so kick back and dream about sunny days to come. Dusted Valley wines can be ordered through Compass Wines in Anacortes and area Haggen stores.<!--43c75cafd1555f29a47ab92cbc65db85--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2008 has been kind of a bizarre year for weather in the Northwest, hasn&#8217;t it? Snowfall in April, a fairly gloomy spring, and then plenty of cool, drizzly days earlier this month. To top it off, skyrocketing gas prices make it difficult to justify any kind of travel to a warm-weather getaway. But summer has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}